Last Tuesday Lecture

The speaker at this lecture was by far my favorite, and I'm really happy he was the last speaker because it would've been a hard time for any other speaker who had to live up to him and Emmit's powerful stories. He didn't even explain some of his photos and they were still very powerful, without even knowing the meaning behind them. Also he was one of those people who just took you into his world. You could feel his presence and energy in the room the second he started to speak. I was also impressed by how humble he was. He did not want a huge introduction, and he showed other people's work and his work from when he was in graduate school, which I appreciated seeing that, because it just shows even people who are huge like him now started off just like we, as Tyler students, are. Overall though this lecture made me leave remembering why I love art so much.

Machine Project!

So this is the result of our last project in foundations computer for fall semester. It was another two weeker project which I enjoy better because I am allowed more time to figure out what I want the final result to be. Also it allows me more time to figure out all the little problems working with a computer can cause. Any who my machine is kind of a gossip eating machine...I haven't really been able to figure out a more interesting name for it yet... This machine is simple, but I think what it does is quite important. It's taking all of the harsh cruel things in magazines that have been said about celebrities, or anyone and chopping up those words in a fan and then they are being sucked into a box to never be let out again...here's a pic of it!

Clothespin

The Olenburg clothespin is one of my favorite pieces of public art work. I was out and about in philly today and it really caught my eye. In 3d a couple of weeks ago we were talking about how the scale of things really impact people and how they take certain things in. The clothespin does a good job of this. It really does take a more powerful meaning then a regular clothespin does. Here's a picture of it...!

Second To Last Tuesday Lecture!

Well today's lecture...I'm not sure what to say about it...but I know there's a lot I do want to say. The gentleman speaking today was for sure excited about his work and other people's work. Which by him being excited to be at Tyler and to be able to speak to us made me become more interested and excited. It's just refreshing to see someone that into art. People like that remind me of why I'm actually at Tyler and how much an artist can get out of his/her work with the end result. Even though he took a while to get to showing his work...the wait was well worth it. His work that he showed was all hand painted and it was for sure impressive. He had a lot of interesting designs happening in each one of his pieces and I can only imagine how much patience and time it must have taken him. Finally his work seemed to remind me more of something a women would do...not that it's a bad thing that his work does that...it was actually just very surprising. Overall I enjoyed the second to last Tuesday lecture =)

Tuesday Lecture

Todays lecture was pretty good. The speaker was a good public speaker, even though you could tell he was nervous.. But he even stated he was nervous but by him saying he was nervous made it even better for himself, because I could understand then why he would pause at some spots and why he would stumble a little bit. Anyways his artwork was very very refreshing. I loved seeing someone like that because it just makes me realize that as long as you want something it will happen. This guy had no intention of making art or even becoming an artist when he moved here to philidelphia. He just started to make art and do what he loves and it just happend. He intentionaly just wanted to hang out with friends and skateboard when moving here. He artwork was also very graphic and I liked how he wasn't afraid to show works of art form when he first got started. It really helped him relate with us, because we are all just getting started just like he did way back when. He was also very friendly, and more our age so that helped as well with us being able to relate with him. The band at the end of the lecture was a great add, but I couldn't stay for it because I have class at 1215, which I was very dissappointed about! Anyways it was a very good lecture and I was very interested during the whole time he was speaking.

This is our latest project. It was done in photoshop again, which I enjoyed doing. We had to take an image that was known and then work in pictures to make it look like those pictures were supposed to be there. I choose to do Munch's Scream piece.  It was a more difficult assignment then the one we did previously, but I did learn a lot from it, and I'm really enjoying using photoshop so that makes it all the better =) 

Another Project!

I liked this project the most in my computer class so far. Instead of working in adobe illustrator we worked in photoshop and that made it a whole lot better. It was a lot less restricted and I was able to add a lot of my own feelings into it. We did two drawings of two journals out of the five we did over the last week. Anyways this is the result of the project... =)

Tuesday Lecture

Today's lecture interested me a lot. The guy talking did a lot with the sunlight and exposing papers and just experimenting with all the elements he was using. Also he did a lot with fibers as well. The first picture he showed us of one of his works was very intriguing. It was basically a mesh of fiber that ended up looking like some type of big nest. Also some of his work was very simple but it really caught my attention because of how simple it was. I love when a piece of work pops up on a screen and I say to myself...is that really it?...and then I start looking at it more just to figure it out and I find so many things about it that interest me. Even though there wasn't a lot of people at this lecture and I'm not going to lie I was tempted to leave myself, because really there was about three rows full of people and the rest of the hall was empty, but I'm glad I stayed. Also the guy speaking really gave us time to just look at his work and think about it and then he would go into a brief explanation, and then let us think about it and wonder more into depth about the piece of work. Overall I was very interested in this lecture.

Ectasy of Meaning

For me the reading was hard to read in a couple of spots, but I was really interested in a lot of other areas of the reading. The first part that really caught my attention was the fact that they mentioned how placing an object in a strange place can change the way we see it. It was weird to me because my 2d class was actually just doing a project somewhat related to that. We had a sketchbook project that we had to pick an object and one of the things we had to do with it was take a picture of it in a different place. I had a pointe shoe and I placed it in the refrigerator and it made the pointe shoe so much more interesting.
Also the other thing that really got me was when the article was talking about how reusing an object made it ...not better...but something new. Also it was very interesting to me when they were talking about how Americans like to reuse things. For example a newspaper can be read one day and then the next day it's being used to wrap glass or something fragile.
Overall the reading was a long one, but it was worth getting through it, because of the parts that really had me interested.

Tuesday Lecture

Today's lecture was ok. I liked how we had three speakers throughout the lecture, but I didn't find a lot of what they had to say interesting. I really did like their work though. Especially the artwork that showed the touristy part of an area and then the real part of an area. I think I'm coming to the conclusion that a lot of the really good artist are not as good at public speaking. Which is kind of common even within myself and my classmates, but I think artists by the time they are established and in the art field they should be able to talk more fluently and easly about their own work. I already appreciate the work I saw today, but if I could've understood them more I would've had an even more appreciation for them if I could've understood the explanantion of them more. Also it isn't complelty their (the visiting artists) faults. The mic system isn't the greatest in the hall that we sit in for the lectures. Overall though I really appreciate the lectures. It gives me a chance to realize that what I am aiming for is possible. I haven't yet seen an artist I compelty do look up to but I'm pretty sure I will soon. Finally the artist from the philippeans (spelling?) was the one out of the three that stood out to me. I appreciated him invovled family and personal images into his artwork. That's all for now .

This is the result of our latest project. Our class was assigned to make a type of currency up. I had a lot of difficulty with this project, but I really learned a lot of illustrator. Plus after this we start with photoshop which I am so ready to start learning about!

The Election

I have a lot of mixed feelings on the election. Even though I am not registered for vote...which I'm really not happy about and I just keep forgetting to get around to it...but anyways the election is kind of an odd topic for me. I love Obama...I don't care what people say I think he is going to be good for this nation . Even though he doesn't have the most experience and there are always complications when it comes to who is our president...I really think he will be one of our greatest presidents. Also I'm nervous to find out who it will be. I always remembered just being excited because I've never felt strongly about who won...but this time with feeling strongly about it I am actually nervous....but who knows what will happen. This country has been thrown for so many curves I'm not sure what else we ( as a country) can't handle. We're strong and we stand up for ourselves...and overall Obama I feel, stands for that as well. All we can do is hope for the best!

Lecture for Oct. 21st

So today was another lecture at the Tyler School of Art. I never seem to catch the name of the people who are speaking, but I really enjoyed the women who came to speak today. For one her artwork was amazing. She was an abstract painter, but for once I understood someone elses abstract art. Even before she explained what the paintings were supposed to be representing, I still understood what they were supposed to be before she even started talking. Also she kept saying that the projector was messing with the colors of her pieces, but even with the distorted colors I still loved everything. The paintings had just the right amount of color. I admire this very much as well. I'm always overworking my work, when it comes to abstracting, but it was good to hear from her that it took her awhile for her to even get the hang of when a painting was done or when it needed something else. Also she could speak to a group of people very well. I really enjoyed some of the past speaker's work, but I kept saying how I wish I could've understood what thy were saying. Today this women was exellant Finally the one thing I noticed was that some of her paintings reminded me of piles of fall leaves that have fallen from trees, which I absolutly loved. If I had to money I would've bought a piece off of her today.

Self Through Context

This was one of the projects we had to do in computers. It was a lot fun to be able to work in color considering during foundations first semester we only work in black and white. I'm happy with how it came out, even though it was kind of frustrating at the beginning, but it was fun working as a class to try to figure out how to use the pen tool. Also even though I have some bright colors in this project I now wish I would've used even more colors.

Tuesday Lecture Series

Today was another one of the Tuesday lecture series. I liked the guys work that he did, but then again I couldn't really get into it. I know he couldn't help it, but his heavy accent made it hard for me to understand what he was trying to say. At first when he was showing the artwork on the slide I thought it was his work, but then when he said "Well that's enough of that, I'll show you my work now..." I became confused. I assume he was showing work of other artists in his area. Once he started showing his work I liked what I saw for the most part. I liked his animations and the graphic nature of his work. Also I thought it to be interesting that a person could tell what nationality he was just by looking at his work. I also noticed that he really really liked planes. Almost half of his work had planes in it, in many different ways and with many different meanings to them. Overall I was pretty interested in his work! I' m looking forward to the next lecture.

Currency

This is the currency I am pretty sure I will be working with for the next project. I really like how it's not only currency in Italy, but it was also used as a postage stamp. I'm not very fond of the not so original male profile on the one side of this currency, but I really like the side with the advertisement. What dollar bill today has an advertisement on it's one side? I think it would be fun to put a different face and make up my own advertisement and so on. I'm excited to be moving on to this project as well. I really did like the portrait project, but it was very frustrating at first but now since I know what I'm doing after having to practice a lot , I Feel like this project will move along a little smoother and better. I'm also excited to learn more tools and to hopefully excel more at using illustrator.

Tuesday Lecture

So today's lecture...I'm not sure what to say about it. I liked it but then again I didn't seem to connect with it. I was disappointed that he didn't show any of his art work, and he didn't really explain what he does. I'm not sure if he thought we all already knew what he does, which some of the other students might have, but I didn't have any clue at all. Which not having a clue could be my fault but, still, even if he just showed maybe five things he has done I would've figured it out. He also had a very strong opinion about things which I did really like. He really did say whatever he wanted. Also he kept me interested even with the little material he had to show which was very surprising to me. Usually I need a lot of visual stimuli to keep me focused, but not this time. Also his opinion on how some people who have money don't deserve to even have pockets , or better yet pants to wear was a very good point and I totally agree with it. Overall he had some good points and was a good speaker , but I would've liked to see some more of his work.

Overview of my Tyler life

So far at Tyler it's been a pretty interesting experience. I have my doubts sometimes about how much more stress I can take, but then when I see the final result of a project I remember why I love art. I just can't wait until the Tyler campus is on main campus. The shuttles are probably my main annoyance besides...well the work ...but that was expected. The shuttle buses weren't expected at all. It gets very difficult to get on a bus with a portfolio, tackle box, books, and well myself. I love my classes though. There's a few I could do without, but that's always going to be in a school students life. Philly is for me in all ways shapes and forms. I love the atmosphere and being able to take a train or walk to wherever I need to go. Also the people here no matter what people say are the best people ever. I love how the freshman class is bonded by the fact that we're always together working on art, and the classes are small so we get to really know each other. I'm just really excited to see what else is in store for me here. I really can't believe I'm here, it's been a vision of mine, but I never thought it'd come true. I plan on embraces every second of it.

Lecture

Today's lecture was a little bit better and a little bit worse. I liked her work, but I didn't understand what exactly it is that she does. Also it wasn't the easiest to listen to her talk. She didn't seem like she knew what she wanted to say for a lot of the lecture, so she kept losing me. I was very drawn to the rain art. I like the idea and her end result came out to be very beautiful. Also even though I hate spiders I love her idea of making art with the spider webs. And she even had spider webs she has collected with her! Which has been my main complaint about the lectures, that no one brings in their art to look at in person, but she did! I also feel like I would've really liked to have been there in person when she was doing the exhibit of the melting strawberries and frogs. I found the way she lived to be very different. She said she lived in the woods in a very small cabin. I could never ever be able to do that. Then she said she was moving again into an even smaller cabin. I was impressed by her sense of adventure. Overall she had interesting work...but it was just difficult listening to her at points.

The Anit- Portraitist

Marlene Dumas really intrigued me when I was reading about her work and what she does. Also her portrait of herself really pulled me in, because obviously it was her, but it wasn't a realistic portrayal. She also impressed me with the fact that she holds the record for a female of selling one of her pieces for 6.34 million ( LIVING female artist that is). Also I tend to gravitate towards artist who go against the grain, which Marlene definately does. Marlene wants to make the point that you can't read too much into a person's facial features. She states that when she looked at a painting of a murderer she was reminded of Jesus because it was painted with soft strokes. I also like how in her painting called "The Cover-Up" she confronts, and illustrates wonderfully, something that puts people in discomfort right away. Overall like I said before I'm drawn to fearless artist, who go against the grain, and get people growing. I highly recommend reading into her, or even just looking at her work. I'm sure you'll feel the same.

Our Shapes Project

I really enjoyed the shapes project we did in our class. It really helped me become more familiar
with adobe illustrator. Also it helped me be more abstract with my work. Here are the final results...

Third Tuesday Lecture

Todays lecture was a little bit better then the one from last week. I have to say though that the first one is going to be a hard one to beat entertainment wise. I feel like whoever schedules people to come in for the lectures went wrong when scheduling the three alumni guys to come back and talk. I mean I know they probably couldn't help it but it's apparent that we all keep wondering who will beat that lecture out. Anyways back to this weeks lecture. I really loved her work. I feel like she was the first older artist I have ever meet that I can really relate with her work. The work she has done is very beautiful and very unique. It amazes me how she could take a skull and make it such a beautiful thing to look at. I felt like asking her if I could buy some of her work right on the spot but I know I don't have the money for it at all right now haha. She also inspired me to decorate a room to make it look like she did. I loved her one piece with the gold flower wall paper with the gold flowers kind of falling out of the wall paper on the one side and the black lamps and black table just were really eye catching and well put together. Also I loved how she was influenced by music to make art...kind of because right now in 2d we are working on how music moves us to make all different kinds of marks. Overall I loved her work, but it's just the slide shows that kill me...I really wish when artist would come in they would bring the actual work if that would be at all possible. That's all for now!

Digital Currents

http://www.digitalcurrents.com/flash/currents.html
Digital Currents was a very frustrating site for me. I tried linking to a bunch of different artists and all of them wouldn't connect to that artist's page. I did get to connect with a couple of links. One of the links I got to was the No Place artist. It was kind of ironic because in class right not we're working on merging shapes and making all these shapes into a whole bunch of little designs in adobe illustrator. I find that to be a lot of fun, so I'm sure this artist had fun with his type of art. He would take images or different movie clips from the internet ( you tube, google searches, etc.) and he would combine them and make a piece of work that included all of those elements. It was somewhat inspiring for our shapes project in computer. I was also able to look at the time line sort of thing that was on the digital currents site. I appreciated that because it would be a very good source to study for an art history test, and we all know how insane those tests are, so any sort of help will help in that area. I also got to read on the Disseminet site. It was kind of intense reading the stories of being take away in a helicopter and being seperated from his/her parents and sisters, but once again I couldn't find any artwork on this site. I'm not sure if I'm missing something, but I thought there would be more artwork. I also got to visit the ECafe website...I liked this one a lot because for one it wasn't as confusing to figure out as the other websites and what the artist does was interesting. Her one installation includes a 30 minute dvd and an inviting couch to sit on and watch...I'd be down for that anytime =). Anyways I put the link up for the overall site...so maybe you'll have better luck with it then I did! That's all for now.

The Second Tuesday Lecture

This lecture as I expected was no where near as exciting as the past lecture. I found that as I looked around there were a lot of sleepy and sleeping freshman trying to get through the presentation. I thought that their work was very different and hard to understand. I was very compelled by the videos they had to show, but when they started to explain things I lost them, for one because the mic sounded very mumbled back where I was sitting, and for two they explained the theory of the video before they showed it which made it hard for me to understand. I really liked how their exhibits are surround sound and basically make you feel like you are there in the piece, acting as part of the piece. The last video they showed was very compelling to me. It had a lot of meaning behind it to me, but I don't think the meaning that I got from it was the meaning they were trying to get across. Finally I think that if it would have been possible at all, they could've set up a piece they did so we could see it live and in person. Actually think this would make for a very more exciting presentations for any artist we have visiting. That is my take on the Tuesday lecture.

The Shapes Project

After reading the information provided about the shapes project by Allan McCollum I was pretty much amazed. I can't begin to imagine how amazing all of the shapes together would look like. Even though I am amazed now by it I wasn't so sure of it before reading about it. In all honesty I thought it was kind of a boring concept...to make shapes for everyone?...I really didn't understand how he went about doing this or why...what was the point of it?...but it is all pretty clear to me now. The process of putting together all the parts is quite clever. I also like how he made sure to be able to have it be continued after he is passed away. I also like how he has some of them set aside not just for the soul purpose of it being a shape, but to be used in many different ways. Overall I'm impressed by his project he has going and I'll be sure to keep track of it now that I know of it.

Lecture From Tuesday

I really liked the lecture on this past Tuesday. I wasn't sure what to think at first when I saw a guy dressed up in a bear outfit jumping around in the front of the hall, but I soon became interested in what they had to say. I really liked how they were students that graduated from the same art school that I am attending. I kind of reassured and encouraged my classmates and I that we all could be them someday, coming back to lecture a group of freshman. It was really impressive to see the art space that they have created over the years, and especially because they were still so young and such newly graduated students. I would kill to have a place like that to work in. I'm kind of upset I never went to the advent they were holding on Saturday night, so hopefully I will be able to get to the next one. Overall I was impressed an very intrigued at what they have going on for themselves.

Intro To Me!

Hello...my name is Gina Fisichella and this is my first blog. I'm 18 years old and I love where I'm at in my life right now. I'm excited to experience a whole bunch of new things now that I'm going to college in the city. I'm originally from new york city but I'm technically from a little town in Pennsylvania, because we moved there when I was about 11 or 12. I'm also into all types of arts. From the performing arts to visual arts. I've been dancing since I was three years old and I miss it already now that I've stopped because of college. The artist that I'm really into at this point is Andy Warhol, but basically I like any type of art that is graphic. I also live off of starbucks coffee. Half the time I'm not sure what people did before starbucks was around. That is all for now. =)