Running Empty

That really depressing moment when you realise you are shopping online for alcohol because you are completely out and its Friday night.

Bauhaus Search Week 6

Image soucred from http://farm2.staticflickr.com/1194/777451818_8aca111d78_o.jpg.

When searching for images on the computer in search engines, you do have to define your search so you get relevant images for what your after.

Make sure you type in correct phrases and keywords

Exclude some results from your search, like when searching Bauhaus exclude "bands" if your not looking into music and bands from the bauhaus movement.

Include as much information you can about the subject you are searching for.

Select the size image you are looking for, small, medium, large - if you need a good quality picture you will most likely have to search large images.

FLOSS

FLOSS, aka Free License Open Source Software

This open source software is free to download. It is under a open licence which allows people to modify versions of it and distribute them modified to their changes and the original un-modified version, as long as it is still under the same licence, allowing the next people who get the software the same option of modifying and distributing it and so forth.

This guy really was a crack up, my favourite comment had to be "Piracy is attacking ships and its very bad, but we shouldn't use a term for something so bad to talk about sharing, because sharing is good " very good philosophy I feel, but overall he did explain about FlOSS pretty well.

For more about the free software movement and a better more in depth and technical explanation check out this link, Free Software Foundation.

Image from Flickr with CC license

I love wildlife photography and tigers and big cats of all kind they wear their personality on their face, and if I could do anything meaningful in my life I would work with the conservation and preservation of these big cats and all endangered species so we as a generation aren't responsible for their extinction.

Tiger_8442

This work is from Flickr

It was taken by Jean-Guy Dallaire (user name: ru_24_real) and is licensed under a creative commons license. Attribution-Noncommercial-NoDerivs 2.0 Generic license (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)

This license means I can share this image but can not alter and change it in any way, use it for commercial purposes and have to give all the attribution for this image going to the artist and can not claim it as my own.

It is a stunning photo. To view the rest of the work by Jean-Guy Dallaire  on Flickr click Here

Copyright Case Study 3

Keir Smith vs The Law

Oh so criminal created by Keir Smith as much as people would like to think of what he did as illegel and to some extent it is, having montaged all these "brands" whether its brands of Companys, people's voices, musicians etc all together without their permission, and it proberly is worst as he posted it on the internet for all to see and isn't restricting it to personal use. However I do find it genius, he has put it all together, all these different parts in a way to convey a different message, unique to his view. It also shows the way these downloads of movies and songs etc can be good to share, he shared this video on the internet for all to see and its entertaining to watch, its very clever and enjoying to watch.

This is a case of I see and understand both sides points of views on piracy and illegel use of other property, I both disagree and agree, and am just going to chill on the fence and let others decide on this case.

Copyright Case Study 2

 Universal Studios vs Lebbeus Woods

This scene from the movies 12 Monkeys (1995) on the left is basically a direct copy of this drawing on the right by Lebbeus Woods (1987).

Every aspect of the scene is the same as it was drawn by Lebbeus Wood, all without the artists permission, in breach of copyright? I think so.

From the shape and design of the chair to the layout and texture of the walls and the positioning and design of the hanging sphere, from the scene to the original the similarities stare you blatantly in the face.

One of the worst copyright and most obvious copyright breaches no surprise Universal Studios lost this one.

Copyright: Case study 1

Case Study One

George Harrison "My Sweet Lord" vs. The Chiffon's "He's so fine"

How he got sued for copyright infringement I'm not too sure, yes like every song out there you can find something that it is similar to in one way or another, but they aren't really the same at all, however George Harrison did end up getting sued for copyright infringement.

Rating System: 5= Exactly the same 4= V. Similar 3= Somewhat alike 2=Barely the same 1= Not at all the same

Melody: 3
Harmony/ Chordal Structure: 3
Rhythm:3.5
Tempo: 5
Lyrics: 1
Instruments: 2

The two songs are further similar in their back up singers melody which is very similar and the length of the verses and syllables but the songs are completely different in pitch, the style of music (instruments) and the lyrics are not alike in any way. While there are some comparisons I don't personally think there is enough to sue for copyright infringement.

Check them out Here

Ceramics Studio Rotation 1

My first rotation of the different subjects I selected as my modules at art school was ceramics. To say I wasn't the best at it is a huge understatement. I will never make the cut as a potter of any kind I only succeeded in getting covered in clay and producing some very interesting work, overall I wasn't very successful and won't be majoring in ceramics, my next rotation, photography, should be much better.

Ceramics Powerpoint PDF

Workbook Worksheet Week 4 PDF

Slideshare.net

Slideshare is on online website where you can upload private or public slide shows for others to view. The link below I found inspiring to flick through, it reminds me no matter where we come from or who we are, we all have the right to enjoy life and the beauty of the world and the presence the people in it. We lose sight of this as we learn more about the truth of the world and the people in it, but the innocence of these children reminds me that a world where we aren't judging so quickly is a place of hope, peace, enjoyment and wonderment at the beauty each day holds.

This is one of my favourites, Colors of the World, Children

Speaking of the world, there is this awesome site that is really quite fascinating, Worldometers, its all these statistics about the world and you can watch them change as the worlds population constantly evolves and changes. Check it out Here

Maori Culture

Maori Culture

This video relates to my first assignment for Art History and Theory which was on Mark Adams, a photographer who focuses on Maori and Pakeha influence on the land telling past history of the land choosing it as his subject because of its symblic maori history. This video helps give an understanding about the relationships between the Maori and Pakeha with the land today and how close the Maori culture is to its history.

Workbook work sheet Week 6 PDF

Computers and Art 1960 - 2012

Dipity is a free digital timeline website. It was created to organize the content of the web into a logical, visual and interactive timeline. On the timelines you can upload any kind of media, images and text. It allows people to interact and collaberate with each other creating timelines and sequences on all kind of topics.

Check it out http://www.dipity.com/tedles/Computers-and-Art-1960-2012/

Art History and Theory Assignment

Mark Adams

 

 

Land of Memories 1988 Te Koroka, Wakatipu Waimaori, Otago, Te Wai Pounamu

Gold toned silver bromide fibre-based Photos.

This series of Photographs Mark Adams took were from around the South Island.  Adams photography often has a cultural perspective and meaning behind. This series he did alongside Fiona Pardington, shows a journey of the history of Pounamu discovery in the South Island (Adam photographed the Landscapes and Fiona photographed the Pounamu from these sites). The end collection tells a geographical story of where this Pounamu came from which is unique to New Zealand[1].

The Iconography of these images is these photographs of these places were taken because these places are where Pounamu was found in the ground and they are completely free of human interference and show the land as it naturally was when the Maoris took this journey as they searched for Pounamu so we feel as though we are seeing the same views they saw years ago. These picturesque landscapes are iconic to New Zealand as you can only find these mountains and Lake in New Zealand without the pollution people and technology bring. They symbolise land that is scared to the Maoris back then and our culture now which we protect. The large quantities found of Pounamu found were important to the Maoris’ because of the characteristics of the stone. It was strong and tough and the Maoris’ were able to use it in weapons and tools where as now it is mainly wore as jewellery. This series of photographs show a historical journey of the Maoris as they found the Pounamu and show the land as it naturally is, without the influence of technology advancement which has seen power lines and telephone poles go up all over the natural landscape destroying places like this, but showing how our understanding of our cultural past can persevere our landscapes and our culture.[2]

The style of this photograph is naturalistic. It is a black and white semi-panoramic landscape photograph which has been captured on film and produced in the darkroom. It has few textures of the surface of the water, the sky and the rocks smooth while the hills and mountains of the horizon are covered in shrubbery but very lightly textured. The tones shown in the photograph separate these elements while linking them through similar tones and the depth in the image. The composition shows depth and separates into halves although not identical, matching which evoke and investigate the historical context. The gold toning used reduces the black and produces a more blue/black look to the photo which gives the tones a denser and more luminous look so it looks precious and valuable. The way and style it has been produced relates the photograph to history and the processes involved in creating photographs back in our history and shows how even through technology is more advanced we still have an option to let our history influence our present and our future by continuing on using these practises.

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[1]  Two Rooms, Mark Adams, http://tworooms.co.nz/artists/mark-adams/. Date viewed 27^th March 2012

[2]  The Arts Foundation, Mark Adams, http://www.thearts.co.nz/artist_page.php&aid=58&type=bio. Date Viewed 27^th March 2012.

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Digital Literacy Week 3

Scanned Image

Sarah McKay, "untitled", 2011

This was created one day when I was bored in class and had nothing to do and was playing cards on my laptop again and got caught by my teacher and sent to the darkroom to do something, anything, more constructive with my time...

It is an image of a skeleton with an overlayed strip of negative with nothing on it that I scratched with a blade randomly, then developed alternatively, rather than in the tray like normal people.

Workbook Worksheet Week 3 PDF

Digital Literacy Week 2

Edited in Adobe Photoshop. I have changed the colours of the hose and the brush head, and I might have multiplied the dogs and re-sized two of them...

Workbook Worksheet Week 2 PDF

A little bit about me...

I've never written a blog before so I may bore you or be unenlightening but will do my best. I am a first year Bachelor of Visual Arts student in Dunedin. My main loves in life are photography, fashion and  travel, I want to travel to places all over the world, even through I have never ventured outside of New Zealand. I still have no idea what I really want to do when I finish art school but want to do something in photography or get back to the fashion side of things, at this stage in life I still have no idea.

A few of my favourite artists, all photographers.

I found Jay Archibald last year at high school when I was looking at abstractions and lights and patterns in photography and loved his work. http://www.jayarchibald.com/

Erlend Mork, his work is very dark but I love the surrealism and colours, the creepiness that draws you in, its meaningful symbolics, its amazing. http://erlendmork.com/

I love national geographic photos, it would be my absolute dream job to work from them, as a documentry or nature and wildlife photographer, travelling to these amazing places, taking beautiful photos, I can't pick a favourite photographer or photo from this but love it. http://photography.nationalgeographic.com/photography/photographers/

Paul Strand, I love his work, the details the shadows, the lines, the patterns, the contrast they all speak to the final work, I love the truth his photos captured the one people dont generally see because its not the commercial truth, but the real truth. http://www.masters-of-photography.com/S/strand/strand.html

Patrick Demarchelier, one of the most noted fashion photographers in the world, he has a way of capturing his models in the perfect light and angles. http://www.demarchelier.net/



Workbook Worksheet Week 1 PDF