Career Pictogram

If I couldn't be an artist i would definitely be an author.

Parable of the Garden

I was able to visit the Parable of the Garden exhibit only once. Maybe if I had gone more I would have been able to find a piece that spoke to me better. My favorite piece from what I saw was most definitely “Paradise” by Muratbek Djoumaliev and Gulnara Kasmalieva. It consists of three looping videos behind a small circular patch of grass. One video is simply a dim muddy landscape. The second video is a man reaching for the sky (paradise). The third video is a moving close up of grass. The second video was my favorite and the most symbolic.

I know that everyone interprets artwork differently, but what I got from this is a timeline of sorts. The first video shows earth in all its stark depression. The second video shows the act of striving to be in a better and happier place. And the third video shows actually arriving in your personal “paradise”

I love that even though this is a very conceptual piece, it is still easy to interpret and enjoy. I wish I could have spent more time viewing it or finding out other students opinion on this highly interpretable installation.

Self-Visualization Collage

Film Still Visualization

Word Visualization

Bruce Nauman - "Mapping the Studio I"

My favorite piece at the Dia: Beacon was “Mapping the Studio I” by Bruce Nauman. Nauman was born in Fort Wayne, Indiana, on December 6, 1941. He studied mathematics and physics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, but quickly became interested in art. His most used mediums are sculpture, photography, video, and performance. Nauman’s artistic influences and inspiration come from Samuel Beckett, Ludwig Wittgenstein, John Cage, Philip Glass, La Monte Young and Meredith Monk. The piece I chose, “Mapping the Studio I”, is one of several similar video pieces. The piece itself takes up an entire room. In the center are several old looking metal stools. Every wall has a different projected video playing on it, so that you feel as though you are in another room. Because of the night vision footage and dim lights the effect is eerie. This causes the viewer to look for something else, like movement, or any hint into what the artist was thinking when he created this strange piece.

Inspiration for Photo Project