Orange Dream

Orange Dream is a collaborated project by Onemena Ofurhie and Daniel Davis. Its is an alternate project created by the artists in lieu of their original project which consisted of a Paladin engulfed in glowing gold aura; a plan which was scrapped due to time constraints and the difficulty in actually finding a Paladin.

The audience is faced with liquor-creating apparatus laid on a table and both are pushed against a projection screen. A well-dressed figure is projected onto the screen and commences to creating a drink with the tools which the tangible objects displayed on the table. The piece loops infinitely, giving the audience more time to appreciate and enjoy the many different points of interest in the creation of the drink.

The installation speaks out to "art for arts sake", an idea which both artists share. It is made to be free from all form of social criticism, emotional influence or other distractions. That however didn't stop the artists from creating a well crafted Video installation. The crisp and colorful imagery and it's presentation are eye catching and captivating both with or without lighting. The actor in the projected video moves meticulously through the motion of creating the drink, a process which can be watched for long periods without loosing appeal.

Keep Moving - Neemo

This is the closest I've come to accomplishing what I had in mind.

This is by far the best I've done and it's only because I have been helping out a friend of mine who is directing a horror comedy. I got to see their entire process and I tried to apply that to mine.

I wish the digital pieces were not as cartoony and were more entertaining but I guess that's something to work on and strive for.

I don't know if I will continue this series again or if I'll move on to other ideas but this is something I strongly feel I can improve on.

Late Blog about Self-Portrait Examples

You know what I did after class? I went to look for that one video that we couldn't see named Are You Someones favorite person? I thought it was pretty nice and I'm sure I wasn't biased because it had Miranda July and John Reilly. However I was not given permission to speak about this video so I should just move along now.

I decided to speak of El Mundo LA: Humberto Sandovol. Talk about a simple yet effective video.

Lets face it... most of the power in the piece is held in the speech and the way its carried out. I love great speech. Not since Kill Bill did I break out of my "audience" mold and realized just how artistic one could be with their language. The words chosen and the way they are spoken have a big influence on me... more than my family and friends as they have taunted me when I point it out.

Speaking of speech... lets take a minute to think of all the times when someones trying to explain something and the receiver keeps on interfering by saying "right... right... right...". I honestly think its rude and it does nothing but force the speaker to stop. Therefore it is a bad attribute for people who call themselves "good listeners" and seeing as everyone thinks their "open minded and good listeners" then there's a lot of hypocrites.

Perhaps I shouldn't talk so prophetically.

Anyway, I honestly liked his choice of Purple monochrome. Its calming and makes me feel more comfortable. If he had chose to use all the colors in the rainbow I would feel inadequate mainly because I lack color theory knowledge and this would do nothing but distract me from the dialogue which I loved so.

As far as the random frame rate changes, I'm not exactly sure what the purpose was. It didn't enhance anything for me and it was quite unrewarding and jarring.

I Finally take a trip to The Blue Star!

So I went to the Blue Star. Considering all every art class always speaks about going to galleries and talk about "First Friday" I decided that I should probably talk a...

oh no... its happening., I'm loosing the will to type. why does this happen to me. it never did before. If this continues I will stop writing and chuck it up to some meaningless excuse... no... I must continue... but not with fore. if i use force it will end up like the piece of crap review i wrote for blue star... don't worry... i will post that soon.,.. very soon... mwahahahaha

And... back.

As I was saying, the blue star was a weird place to be. There were people walking around going from gallery to gallery, talking to the gallery curators/artists and amongst each other as though it were a party... which it might as well be because alcohol and snacks are semi-bountifully offered.

Needless to say I didn't feel as though belonged there one bit. Granted I was wearing Jeans, and carrying a notebook too but I didn't feel that I would be comfortable even if I was dressed in a Yves Saint Laurent three button Jacket and Louis Vuitton shoes.

I looked around and what I saw was a social event. People enjoying themselves and discussing amongst themselves. This was basically a party for sophisticated individuals. I've never truly enjoyed parties for my peers and I sure as hell wasn't enjoying a party with older individuals.

The theme was Japanese photography, a mixture of a place and culture I love and a medium I am interested in. But this was not to be fully absorbed by my curiousity...

I had to get out.

That's right, after I got to the Blue Star gallery, my first impression was to get out! But that just wont do. I have a job to complete here and I'll be damned if my self consciousness gets the best of me.

Following this will be a confused, uninspired, frustrated and consecrated review of the gallery. I advise that you not read it as it is mostly there for legal reasons:

COUNTER-PHOTOGRAPHY
Japan's Artists Today
Blue Star Gallery, San Antonio
September 5th, 2008


Japan.

Upon the mention of this word I have been completely captivated. Regardless of what follows my interest has already been raised to forty percent. You see, somewhere around the age of fifteen I discovered that Japanese cartoons were becoming the new wave of fashion for those in the nerd or geek sub culture. I, being a card carrying member, was attracted to this form of entertainment which eventually evolved from Love of Japanese Cartoons to Love of Japanese Culture and finally to Love of Japan.



So Imagine my delight to know that the Blue Star was hosting a Gallery full of modern Photography by Japanese artists. Not only does this sedate my Japanophilic needs but it also educates me on the artistic process oh photography. Please be aware that most of my judgment will be based on my feelings towards the works themselves and will not be affected by any social or political factors.

Let us begin with the Works of Eikoh Hosoe. Black and white photographs on Gelatin Silver prints. Mounted on a slim black frame with thick white borders. Nothing to distract from the work and why should there be? I find his work very easy to relate to. He chooses angles and perspectives to make the figures interesting or to make the entire composition effective. These pieces seemed to be the only ones in the gallery that chose to make the human form an active part of the photos.

However Mr. Hosoe is completely different from Tomoaki Ishihara. The works of Ishihara are larger, more colorful and employ mixed cultures in some cases. Untitled #195 is one piece that consist of a blurry face in the foreground while the background, where the focus is, is a beautiful triptych with what seems to be European art similar to that of the reconnaissance period. This seemed strangely comfortable with the process implemented. I'm not sure what experience leads one to such inspiration like that but I would love to reach that point someday.

Photography seems to be a very alien style of art from what I've seen. It seems to make even less sense than conceptual works and yet have a far more striking impact on those who know it's true nature. Walking around the gallery of Japanese art filled me with a sense of regression. I felt as though all that I have learned up to this point is so minute that I will never be able to catch up unless drastic measures are made. That or I re-roll Japanese.

FALL 2008 SEMESTER BEGINS HERE!

FALL 2008 SEMESTER BEGINS HERE!

INSTRUCTIONS

ASPECT 1: Google Yourself!


Verdict? I am not online. There are only two hits with my full name. I try to not put my name on anything online. But it really isn't good that one of them is an Anime Forum for a Club I joined. I would rather my name not be online at all in case I decided to do something important in the future I didn't want what I did on the internet to be my downfall.

The other result was on a website that just has everyone in US' name and their city. It's annoying but far from a frame-worthy information.



ASPECT 2: What is Lynchian?

To use the Lynchian style is to create a movie for less recognized senses. That means, to create a movie which you follow along with other functions of your mind that do not get exercised as much as the ones we use for anything we view in the world.


More to come on Lynchian style...

P2P in Class Day

And then VJ Future Worker Girl said:

Let there be Filesharing!

And it was so. All the students fluttered around their digital ones and zeros and picked out which they thought would place the best image they would want in the minds of their fellow classmates.

My Given Files


With this set up I had successfully set up my basic traits and neatly cleared away the more shady things that rhyme with "Forchun". I have games, things to use for digital art, movies, anime and even wallpapers for everyone.

I don't think any of it got taken. I don't feel bad though. At least the Luminaria pictures went and I finally go t to give that picture to Keitaro and Kristin.

My Received Files

Though I was Lucky enough to find The Malice Mizer song I have been looking for (Thanks Josh). I came to realize that what I was most interested was the works of the other students and to watch them again. Especially T&K's Closed Circuit (2008) Piece.

Though I meddled with some more movies and a few interesting pictures that The Professor provided I figured the ability to destructure and analyze the works of my peers was the biggest payoff for the event.

Ruminalia

Through the entire course of the day I pronounced my R's as L's and vice versa. I must thank Chintan for putting up with this.















And so it happened. As if it were a Game show I was here, standing in a festival with a ttag around my neck that read "artist". I have always wanted a tag. Weather it be one at an Otaku convention or even a backstage pass, I just wanted something on my neck that says "I know what I'm doing so don't talk to me/talk to me".



















Sadly, I don't think my peers shared the same enthusiasm over their badges that I did. Don't be deceived by their smile.

There was so much going on and sadly most things were left out like the orchestra, musicians, artists, including the guy who was painting on the spot! I spent most of my time against my Chintans will, in the Movie place where I enjoyed the crappy stop motion movies of High school kids (The oxymoron is expected). Also I was lucky to have witnessed "A Story About Bob"... an amazing movie which I have become a huge fan of... maybe because the creator was about my age or because it seemed like I could learn from him, but for whatever reason I want to purchase it on DVD.

The truth is, even after 3 weeks later I haven't completely Digested the event. I still think of it every night so there really isn't anything I can conclude with. I can mention The Spiderman Lucha Wrestler Hero guy, The Unbeleivably entertaining guy with a parrot, or even the Lazer show. Anyway you were there too so you probably understand what I feel already.

William Wegman presentation

http://oncampus.osu.edu/article.php?id=1617

http://www.pbs.org/art21/artists/wegman/index.html#

www.youtube.com

http://www.pbs.org/art21/artists/wegman/clip1.html

OXYMORON!

Nurture Boy
(Stereotypically feminine attribute, a young male)


I guess the title comes from DJ Worker Girl. The Proffessor by that name, said that it is a play on "working for the future" which is far from I imagined. I figured that the options for naming yourself DJ Worker Girl were either:

A. The slightly contadicting nature of a female in the workforce.
B. The inevitable future where one becomes less artistic for the sake of making money to live a comfortable life.

I enjoyed the first reason more and for that reason I chose Nurture (The caring, feminine emotion that is usually reserved for women or mothers) and boy (the opposite of Girl)


LETS MOVE ON...



Tim and Eric Awesome Show Great Job

I have always adored adult swim for their complete deviation from the normal television entertainment. After the anime addicts of america have had their fill and left, adult swim has a lot of time to show cartoons and shows that are truly entertaining in a manner that can be found no where else on television and you might be hard pressed to even find it online.

Tim and Eric Awesome Show Great Job (must be said completely) is one of those shows. However I single it out because it goes even farther away from television entertainment while at the same time using the form of old television techniques. The video above is a typical example of their techniques.


I'm considering doing my study of an artist on Tim and Eric specifically for their show Tim and Eric Awesome Show Great Job.

The Struggle to Begin

I find it hard talking about anything here. I've come to the realization that the only reason anyone will read about you is if you make yourself important enough to do so. Weather you are reallu important or not is unnecessary information. Most of the time I've learnt to do that through comedy. But writing comedy on a journal is more of a hassle than I imagined.

I always considered reading the other classmates blogs to get and idea but I don't have the link. I never got the link. I should probably send an email asking for the link. In the mean time I have wasted too much time and now have to type something. Maybe I should write about how scary it is that I am making videos. Its odd I understand the logic of these videos and have been watching the likes of them long before I found out they were art.

The GIJoe PSAs were hilarious and I was suprised to find them labelled as video art. All of a sudden the entire video art scene seems bigger than me and I can't seem to focus.

Some of the works are serious. They make me feel that I will never be taken serious unless I create something that is deep or experimental. The only solution for me, being unserious by nature, is to create extremely experimental works while maintaining my light heartedness by saying jokes. Besides when you say jokes people tend to disregard your flaws. Thats what most overweight people gravitate to. It's an excellent strategy.

I shouldnt complain though. This class is the only one giving me great feedback. The other art classes are somewhat draining my soul and I dont even want to think about my Baroque History class.

I'll have to see how far I come.

Now back to animating.

Initial

"Its much better to approach these kinds of things with a sense of poise and rationality."