Performance video 2

Performance Art #1

Stop Motion

Opera

   Truth be told, I listen to opera quite a bit. When I was younger, I never had the opportunity to listen to opera with an open mind. Each time it came on I saw the reactions of everyone around me and just assumed that it was terrible. But once I gave it an earnest shot, I found that I really enjoyed it.

   As much as I enjoy opera, I wasn't really a fan of the Madama Butterfly animation by Pjotr Sapegin. I felt like the animation was so bizarre it took all the attention away from the music. When we were watching the animation, I completely lost focus on the music and paid all my attention to the characters. 

    I was really interested in the intricate set at the Met. The set is made out of 24 planks are attached to an axis held by two towers on the stage. The set runs on a hydraulic systems and weighs about 90,000 pounds. It was amazing to watch the Valkyrie scene. They used the set to make it look like they were riding animals and then it turned into the background- it was so fascinating.  

From Multimedia to Hypermedia

Last semester I had the amazing opportunity to take a Greco-Roman art history class. I love both creating art and learning about the history behind the art we have nowadays. My appreciation for ancient Greek and Roman art grew immensely over the course so I was quite excited to see a Greek Theater and the Coliseum under topics for us to look at. After class this week it made more sense to me why Greek Art would be a topic for Art  & Technology. According to Dictionary.com, technology is the "branch of knowledge that deals with the creation and use of technical means and their interrelation with life, society, and the environment." This definition can be applied to almost all of the art we learned about last semester. From the magnificent bowls they made that each had their own purpose to the aqueducts they built to their theaters, each had two sides, the technical way it interrelated with their life and society, and the artistic side which focused on the quality, production, and expression according to aesthetic principles. I also enjoyed listening to the Baroque Theater Performance at the Cesky Krumlov Castle. I have a vast and eclectic taste in music, one of the types being classical.

The interview with Raul Cuero was very tough to get through, mainly because his speech was so difficult for me to understand. After watching it twice the only points I were able to understand were that he played basketball and that he used to observe cockroaches at his grandmother's house.

It was not an easy task trying to find Juan Carlos' work online. I found a few pictures of sculptures that were covered in ice. One statue was what looked like jail cell bars covered in ice and the second was a sculpture portrait of a woman covered in ice. I thought it was quite a strange idea yet all I could imagine was that sculpture in a garden covered in snow. It was interesting how my mind quickly created an environment where the sculpture could be found. 

Hello, my name is Laura and I'm a junior Math Programming major at UT. I grew up in the Air Force and got to live in different places growing up. Once my dad retired from the military we settled in Cape Cod, MA. Sign Language was my first language and is the language I use with most of my friends. In a way, I view sign language as art. If you had 10 artists draw the same apple all of the pictures would look distinctly different. This is the same as when you sign. The signer has control over his/her words the way an artist has control over their paintbrush. I love both art and technology so I am very excited for this class 😊