3D Print

This is my 3D print; it's a toy chicken with extremely sharp things on his head, not sure what those are called. This is a toy but could potentially be a weapon so be careful children. It was really hard designing this online because I am not familiar with the program, but after I got the hang of it, I was fine. It is really cool that we even have 3D printers, but to say I used one is even cooler. I am happy the way it printed but I wish I didn't have to print in one color and that I made the spikes even bigger. 

New Art and Tech

http://www.pacegallery.com/exhibitions/12781/living-digital-space-and-future-parks

I presented this to my class because I had never seen it before. Everything at this museum seem technology and art related. One that I took a lot of interest to was the crystal universe; you can change what universe you want to see with this light installation. Check it out. https://vimeo.com/137324384

Stencil

First I designed my propaganda poster on the computer using Photoshop. I had fooled around with it for a while, making more than one poster. When I finally decided on the one, I went out and bought an small cutting knife and carefully carved out the sections I wanted. This was my first time making a stencil so I printed out more than one copy. I messed up a lot cutting out too much because I forgot everything needed to be attached. Once I was done I painted it onto another sheet of paper being careful to hold all the little pieces down. It was difficult because my pencil was so detailed, I had a lot of small cut outs and they wouldn't stay in place. If I had thicker paper this would have been easier. 

I made Trump into Hitler and chose the saying "fool us once, shame on you; fool us twice shame on us." This meaning that Hitler as a leader fooled a lot of people into following him, and if we fall for Trump leading us we will be fooled twice. I'm not political so do not take offense I just did some research on what other people thought of Trump. 

Androids

The advancement in robotics is crazy. Every time I see or read about robots, I think of that movie with Will Smith , IRobot. The way we are progressing with robots, I won't be surprised if they live among us like in that movie. I feel this is a good thing and a bad thing. I don't know how I would feel if I couldn't tell if someone was a robot or not. These robots, in this video, look so real and are only getting more realistic. Also robots are getting smarter, what if they do get a mind of their own and make decisions on their own, start committing crimes. Since robot can not physically feel it would be good to use them for dangerous duties in the military or police force. I think they have the potential to be helpful but it just freaks me out. Maybe I am just paranoid because of the movie.

Interactive Performance

https://vimeo.com/114767889
I have seen performances with lights but not quite like this one. This really looks like the dancers are interacting with the lights. I know the section is called interaction but I feel it has to be a projection mapping or some sort of mapping technique. What ever they did to make this, is incredible; it is so interesting and beautiful to watch. They combined so many different dance styles as well. This reminds me of those clear globes with the black ball in the middle that would shoot out like and if you put your finger on the clear glass globe around it the light would be attacked to your hand. Also I found this video of floor LED lighting that when you step on it the light follows.

Blood Printer

https://vimeo.com/103476879
I hate veins and getting my blood taken, I cry every time, so this video was hard to watch. The idea is neat and the final product is cool, I just think it is a waste of blood. This is definitely creative but in my mind pointless. There are so many people out there that need blood transplants and hospital are constantly looking for blood donations, but instead this guy prints a picture with his blood. He had to have used a lot of blood making this print. I am curious to how the printer works though, it would be nice to have an explanation on it. People keep creating the weirdest things.

Virtual

This video honestly creeps me out, maybe it is just the sound of the music. It is crazy that this is even possible to do. I would not go to see this performance because I don't enjoy the music, but I would love for it to be one of my favorite artists that has passed away. Being able to do this is really impressive and beneficial. I'm sure a lot of people would pay good money to see Michael Jackson, Tupac, Bob Marley, etc. perform again, even if it is virtually. I would also go see another animated virtual character if it was performing a different song just because it would be so cool to see and animated figure come to life. The downfall of having animated virtual characters, is that the audience can not interact with them; they aren't real. They can't shake their hangs, give them a hug, or even get and autograph. Another idea is, if you were a performer on tour you could potentially do two tours at once, one virtually and one live. That would be an interesting thing to try out if it hasn't already been tested. 

This is a virtual performance of Michael Jackson. I love this idea, but it doesn't look as real as the animated one for some reason. I am sure as technology keeps progressing the quality will get better and better, and this will become more common. 

Dubstep

I have never heard this song, but I love it. It falls under the dubstep category I think because of the technology to make this song and the beat; but I think his voice sounds reggae and thats why I like it so much. It is really cool to see and here him start the beat of his song from scratch; I think it is a perfect way to demonstrate dubstep and the making of it. To me, what makes songs dubstep is the overlapping of different sounds to make a different beat; a lot of it is digitalized, even the voices. It is a bunch of sounds or beats that are different speeds, and pitches combined together. I have heard dubstep before but I never knew what mad it dubstep other than the sound I got from it; but when I listened to The Prophet Song I realized what was really similar of all these dubstep songs.

At first I couldn't tell why this song was in the dubstep category, but then like half way through I recognized the resemblance. The singer starts singing a sound or word and then the other singers of the group over lap his voice with the same word in a different pitch and speed or a different word, just like the guy in the video before did by himself with the help of technology. I think Flux Pavilion's song I Can't stop would fall into this dubstep category because it uses this same technique of over lapping sounds. The I can't stop echoing throughout and then different beats added on top of it. There are also digitalize sounds that repeat with other beats over lapping them as well. I have seen people perform dubstep live by themselves with only their mouths, no machines. I don't know how they do it but it is impressive. 

Bee Gees

Even thought this song wasn't in my time it brings back memories. Growing up I use to hear this song because my parents would use to listen to it and dance. I always wished that music like this still existed because the dancing that goes along with it looks so fun. Don't get me wrong I LOVE todays music and dancing; I'm the last girl on the dance floor every night. It would just be nice to have experienced this genre of music. In every video to this type of music, everyone looks so happy, no one is grinding, and they always have the coolest dance floors. This video demonstrates how much music has changed and also styles. These men have long hair, wear bellbottoms and vests, and have really high voices; not the norm for our time now. This would not be popular now obviously but back then they had to have been the song played at all the clubs, because I wasn't in that time era but I still know multiple songs by them. Disco songs are just happy songs that make you want to dance. I feel like a lot of songs today are aggressive and it's reflected in peoples actions. I remember I was at a bar and someone requested a specific rap song and the dj said no because it would make people to rowdy, and in the past they were breaking up too many fights. I think with disco songs people are just grooving to the beat, not starting fights at the bar. I think that Michael Jackson's Don't Stop Till You Get Enough, would fit into this category. It has the same rhythm and dance vibe to it, his voice is very high as well. 

Worst Music Videos

I looked at this website http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/27/weirdest-music-videos_n_5531501.html, it is the 33 worst music videos, and saw a bunch of music videos that I just couldn't watch. Some of them grossed me out, others just were weird and boring. Then I saw this one, Yonkers by Tyler the Creator, I don't know if it is because I like this song or what but I watched it multiple times. What I like about it, is that it is simple but the video effects make it interesting. I like how it has a white background and there are no colors. I also like that some parts of him become blurred, and when they change the blurriness, it goes along with the beat. When it is intense parts like him throwing up or hanging himself at the end, they black him out completely; almost like they are taking his identity away so it isn't as intense/serious; at least this is what I thought about it. I think this video exemplifies how simple is not always boring, and that just doing a couple video effects can change the whole video and make it interesting. 

OMOTE / REAL-TIME FACE TRACKING & PROJECTION MAPPING

https://vimeo.com/103425574

I could watch videos like this all day; they are so fascinating. All these videos really emphasis how far technology has come. I mean really a projection that follows movement, how cool is that. I don't know how it is done but I want it done to me. This could be really good for advertisement and obviously movies. The fact that this could make your face into anything is so cool, it reminds me of snapchat. The filters on snapchat recognize faces and put effects on them; I could be a lion, koala, or what ever effect they have that day. I could even switch faces with someone next to me or a picture of someones face on my phone. It is truly incredible how far snap chat has come; they have made their app so interesting and easy to use that my parents even use it.

Not only did it remind me of snapchat, but the reason I said it was good for advertisement is because I have seen it use for makeup. Sephora had Kat Von D do a live performance of digital makeup to promote her Kate Von D Beauty. It was brilliant and I could not take my eyes away. This is awesome because before and after photos of people with makeup and without make up is getting boring. With this technology you could show any make up on anyone and present a bunch of different looks in the matter of a minute. Here is the video of Kat Von D:

The Icebox

https://vimeo.com/19348564

I have seen projections before, but not like this. First off the backgrounds are made beautifully; I know, after cutting my stencil out very carefully, how hard it is to cut out little objects. It is crazy how they get these videos to fit perfectly in the cut out objects. It seems so real; when the guy has his head near it, it really looks like mini people in this house. This demonstrates video mapping due to the fact that people are placed exactly where they need to be without other images of light around them; positioning of each image is crucial or else the video would not be effective or lifelike. It would be really cool to see a whole short movie done like this; I'm sure there are some already made. I would also like to see a colorful one.

Gilbert and George

I think these two are so funny for some reason. They think that to make art you don't need objects you just make yourself and object; they don't just have a surface, they have an inner soul. They essentially made themselves the art, so they as artists are already the art work. This video is only one of the examples of their artwork. They are suppose to be dancing sculptures; personally I don't see how they are sculptures. If they are sculptures here then if I make a dance to my favorite song with my friend could I be famous? This is performance art to me I just don't think they are being sculptures in this video because they are moving, sculptures don't move, human performers do in my mind. I would still go to see them do this in an art museum though because I think it is extremely funny and entertaining, showing their personality as "sculptures". I do like their idea of them being the artist and the art, and that this is an important part of performance art.

Heather Cassils

I frist watched this video without know anything about Heather Cassils and was really creeped out. I didn't know if she was a girl or boy, I didn't know what the performance was suppose to mean. I thought the person was going to passed out or blow a blood vessel or something. Then I went to Cassils' website and realized Cassils is a transgender. Cassils does work with using the body as a form of social sculpture. I actually appreciate what she does and understand this piece of art better now. This performance is called Hard Times and Cassils is exemplifying the sport bodybuilding. This sport is meant to show off the "perfect body" which isn't evan possible. This causes people in this sport to do anything they need to, to obtain this "perfect body" even if it means starving themselves or taking supplements that are not good for you. So in this performance Cassils is squeezing her muscles so hard, to show the "perfect body", that she is shaking, and she is wearing a mask over her eyes that makes her look like she is rotting; it is suppose to stand for her body or bodybuilder's bodies rotting from the inside out. After reading up on this I think what Cassils is doing is very powerful and a great cause; so many people are stuck on looking perfect that they don't realize all these extremes to obtain this unattainable image is harming their insides.

Performance art

While watching the performance arts in this section I remembered this video I came across. Instead of using animated digital projections like the past videos, the performers use their own shadows as projections and props to tell and emotional story. I love this video because you are not focused on the people you are focused on what they are doing and the story they are telling. When I fist saw this I cried and was so amazed how they made their bodies into all these different props. I had never seen anything like this and I wanted to share it.

Kagemu à Paris

This video is amazing, not only is it showing his physical skills but they are made even more interesting with the digital background. This must have taken a lot of practice and time. They had to make the digital background but also align and time his moves to meet up perfectly with the images. I have no idea how they made this but it is a great combination of art and technology. I have seen these done before and overtime I am amused. There are actually a lot of videos that I love that this reminds me of, here is one :

I thought this was so cool because it switches from them standing up and then them laying on the floor but projected up on the wall. They as well interact with the images projected. They are dancing but a lot of the performance is just interacting with the images. This next one is a little different but still in the same category.

This is so beautiful along with the music. The images aren't only interacted with in front of the screen but also behind the screen. Dance is incorporated throughout the whole thing but there is story behind it. All these videos are just so cool because they are a new type of performance incorporating art and technology.

Art Timeline

This was an interesting approach to showing the timeline of art. They swim through art history. I think it was a little hard to follow and boring to watch at times, but it was cool to actually see how art has progressed through the years; all the way back to prehistoric. I love new art now because it is funky and different but it is so good to see old art. I think I have a lot more appreciation for old art; I feel it looks more original and time consuming. I love paintings from the 17th to 19th century; there is so much detail. I feel like each century had their own styles and just like everything thing else in this world art has changed drastically throughout history.

Michael Schmid

I have no idea if this guy is speaking another language or just making sounds with his mouth. Either way it sounds weird and I don't get it. I know he is remaking someone else work but still, I'm not sure why people would come to see this. It reminds me of beat boxing because I can hear him repeating different sounds. This is definitely a different approach to it but this is the only thing I can relate this performance art to. I is pretty talented some of the noises he makes and how he goes on to do it for about 17 minutes.

Marcel Duchamp

This video shows Marcel Duchamp's Rotary Demisphere which I read about in the http://www.understandingduchamp.com time line of his work. In 1925 he created a machine that creates an illusion of simultaneous rotation in opposite directions. When making this he was interested in optics and motion, and published many other designs like this. This definitely influenced other art and is still used today. I thought it was interesting that it was done with words as well, not that I know what they say. The illusion in some of the designs in the end are really trippy and it is hard to even grasp how it was made. The black background helps make the circle pop. I love that this design and concept is still being used and I love to see the old with the new era art, so it made me think of this video I saw recently that resembled this in a new way.

This is art made out of sand and is done live, which I thought was extraordinary. It is obviously more detailed and incorporates a lot of different lines opposed to Duchamp's, but it still creates illusions of simultaneous rotation in opposite directions. I think video along with the other video shows the evolution of art well.

My Grid Art

This is my grid art, it is a smiley face if you can't tell. I wanted to make this piece out of food because I thought it would be really different. Me and my classmate Rachel actually planned it out together. I used super cookies and she used cupcakes. My grid lines are made out of cutting straws in half and taping them down. I used different colored cookies in the grid lines to make a smiley face. To make the smiley face more noticeable I used frosting to draw the eyes and mouth and a piece of cooking in the middle as the nose. Each cookie is held in place with frosting on the bottom of them. The plan was to make a cool unordinary grid while supplying the class with goodies to eat during class.

Post-it Art

I thought this video was neat because it not only falls into this category of grid art but also goes along with the time based media we have previously talked about. This video was made in sort of the same way as the Marcel the Shell video; moving post-its gradually into another shape and taking pictures along the way. These post-its are creating other images, sort of like how the emojis made up Kim K. So this video is combining all these techniques into one video. The more I watch the video the more I realize there had to been a lot of computer work involve as well, because if there were separate shot put together how is the man on the desk with his head down at the end so still. Either way this ad well must have took a lot of time and effort, but shows that with technology and skill you can make about anything come to life.

Is tropical – The Greeks

https://vimeo.com/25318752

This video is very entertaining and extremely well made. I have no idea how this video was made with all these effects, but I have never seen anything like it. Everything was real except the violence part. It would be really cool to see a little tutorial of how this was made; well the effects part of it. These kids are scary good at acting. This makes me wonder how are they so good at performing violence? There is definitely a lot of research saying that video games and violence in movies is influencing young kids; I think this could be proof. Since technology has come so far video games and violence in films seems so real, which desensitizes people to it. With these kids knowing how to act out violence so well, probably from seeing it so frequently, it worries me.  Some of the characters in the film die and come back to life, I hope these kids don't take violence lightly and think that could actually happen. Other than that, I am impressed once again on what computers and technology can do.

Emoji Portrait

This is an image of Kim Kardashian made from only emoji symbols. It was made by a rapper names Yung Jake, who has been making portraits of other celebrities as well and tweeting them to his fans. I really enjoy art like this, images made out of smaller images. This is really impressive since it looks just like Kim K without a lot of detail. The shape of her face, the placing of your eyes, nose, and mouth, it is all precise even though she is made out of emojis. I have seen this done with little pictures that make a big picture and it is made by the colors the smaller images make when made really tiny; so then these colors can be grouped together and used to outline and shade the bigger image. With this you look and see each individual emoji and a lot of the colors don't really have to do with the depth of her face, well at least not noticeably; so then how does this look like Kim K? I don't know but it does and it is amazing. 

I have made something similar to this but instead of emojis it is Bob Marley made out of words. I had to bend and morph the words to add dimensions. All the words related to the image and some are just repeated to make dark color. 

Evolution of Typewriters and Televisions

This is pretty cool that there is an exhibit that shows old type writers and television. It would be cool to physically see the evolution of these two and how they were brought together to make computers. To be completely honest I did not know this is how the first computers were made. It is truly amazing to be able to see how far we have come, and see what people where use to back in the day and what is the norm for our generation. I have an old type writer at home and when I was younger I thought it was the coolest thing, and I had been around computers for forever. Being able to physically see this evolution is way more effective than reading about it. I would like to visit this exhibit.

Norway to turn off FM in 2017

http://gizmodo.com/norway-will-be-the-first-country-to-turn-off-fm-radio-i-1698797593?utm_campaign=socialflow_gizmodo_facebook&utm_source=gizmodo_facebook&utm_medium=socialflow

This article talks about how Norway will be the first Country to turn off FM Radio in 2017. They are getting rid of FM-radio and switching to only digital radio. I think this is interesting, but I'm not sure I agree with it. This means people will not be able to just have the normal FM radio playing and will be forced to switch over to digital. Digital will be nice because it will have a more of a variety and you will not have to listen to the same songs over and over again. The problem with this is that the older generation is use to the radio and this is what they enjoy/know how to use. Also, I do not think all cars can play digital radio, so everyone with older cars will have to spend a lot of money to upgrade. I mean I would not have a problem with this because I do not listen to the normal radio often but I'm sure there would be a lot of people that had a problem getting rid of the traditional FM-radio stations completely.

Evolution of the Television

This picture shows the evolution of the television. The screen gets bigger and bigger, the frames get smaller and less colorful. I think it is funny that when tv was less prevalent in house holds, and families with tv's all sat around the tv together, the screens where so little. Now just about everyone has a tv, and a lot of people have their own tv and watch tv by themselves and the screens are huge. Just like all other technology television has come a long way; if you were to add onto this timeline of televisions you would have to include the curved TV that is out now. This TV is suppose to make the images more 3D and real. The quality of images on the television are so clear now it is like you are there in the scene. I am glad that we have progressed in this area so much because I enjoy a good movie and appreciate good image quality, I just wish people came together more to watch movies and spent less time watching on their own.

BLUBLU

https://vimeo.com/993998?pg=embed&sec=993998

This video blew my mind, I'm not even sure where to start or what to say. The amount of time and effort that had to have been put into making this video is incredible and I couldn't even guess how long it took. I have never seen this "flip book" type of art done this way. Not only did this artist have to draw every new motion of his character, but since it's on buildings and streets he had to erase the previous character's movement with white spray paint before he could draw the new movements. Then on top of that they had to photograph each movement then put them all together and add sound. The images are so interesting and trippy, I could not look away. The movement of the story went from walls to floors, huge to small. It was done so well it seemed real. I especially like the part where the character "eats" real paper of the wall he was drawn on; this was done so perfect I had to keep re watching it to see how it was done. Truly an amazing talent and artistic ability exemplified here along with extreme creativity.

Marcel the Shell

I love this video; I think it is so cute. There are different videos of Marcel the Shell and each one cracks me up laughing. What is so amazing about these videos is the time and effort put in to make it. Obviously the shell is not real and cannot move by itself, so every time the shell moves it is someone stopping the video or picture and changing the position of the shell a little and then taking another picture or recording. It is sort of like the flip books as well but instead of drawing you have the objects and move them little by little for each frame.  I wonder how they got the mouth on the shell though, maybe they drew the different positions of the mouth like a flip book and then put it on top of the video of the shells movements in each frame. I think this was put together amazingly, and was such an interesting idea. I love the shells voice it goes perfectly with his personality, and yes I said personality because they made this shell come to life with this process.

How Walt Disney Cartoons are made

After making the flip book of only 200 pages I appreciate what had to be done to make cartoons back in the day. I always thought about how long it must have took people to make cartoons but never saw it actually done. It is like a long more complicated and detailed process of what we as a class did with the flip books. It is truly amazing to see the effort that is put in and the artistic talent needed. I wish for the flip book I had transparent paper to keep tracing my characters but moving them slightly; this is very effective technique. Not only do they have all these steps for the visual content but they also have to record all the sounds from scratch. Now we have technology that makes creating cartoons much easier but it is so interesting to see how far we have come and how realistic our cartoons and animations look now.

Flip Book

This project did not take as much time as I thought it would. The thing that took me the longest was thinking of what to make my flip book of; it had to be small enough to fit in this little space and simple enough that I could continue it for 200 pages. Also getting each slope to look almost identical on each page. Over all this was a non stressful project that I enjoyed doing. If I had more free time and maybe more room I would love to do an intricate flip book since I love to draw.

Minstrel Shows

Anything to do with segregation gets me pretty upset. Living in the time I live now, I can not put myself in the mind set, or see how white people could have the mind set they did back when segregation was horrible. I never thought of broadway when I thought about segregation but this video taught me something new. It is sad that colored people where once not aloud on stage or even up close to stage; but they were mocked on stage. I understand that it was"funny" because white people's faces where painted black with a drastic contrast of their lips being white, making expressions look more dramatic. But, the way they stole colored people's song and ideas, and falsely representing them on stage is wrong. Also I think it is funny that the broadways that I have seen of colored people, I actually enjoy more; so it is sad they were not aloud to entertain as much. I am glad that we as a society have grown from this and continue to grow.

Whatever Happened to Baby Jane – Robert Aldrich

This video is adorable. She dances so cute and then her voice is really good for a girl her age. Also, she as well has a lot of emotion behind her voice and actions. I love old movies; the sound and quality of the video I think goes with broadway videos. When I think of broadways, I think of old black and white videos, mostly boring. This one took me by surprise; the little girl kept my attention and really impressed me.

Angel de Quinta’s STAGE DOOR Blog

First off, this video gives me the chills. Not only are the lyrics emotional but the way they sing and act makes the songs have a greater impact. Their facial expressions and acting help you to understand and feel the feelings behind each song. The connection and action between each performer seem so real. I'm not sure if it is how they made this video or if this broadway live is still this powerful, but I would love to find out for myself. I don't know how to explain fully how this video makes me feel but I can not stop listening and watching it. This is by far my favorite one and one of the only videos on the blog that I can watch fully and over and over again.

Performance Art

Paper Airplane

This homework assignment of creating a paper airplane was actually more difficult than I thought. I looked up videos on youtube of how to make unique paper airplanes, and went through many trial and errors. When I arrived at class barely anyones airplane looked alike, and none of them flew alike. Mine did not fly very far, but some made it extremely far, others did loops in the air, some went straight to the floor. Depending on how you made your airplane determined how it would fly. When we took our planes to the top of the parking garage the wind kind of took them where ever, but it was still cool to watch. This assignment made me realize there are so many different ways to make one thing.

Ring Cycle at the MET

I am not a fan of Opera so this video was a bit hard to watch. It was hard to sit and watch the whole video without skipping through it. I do not know what they are saying or doing in the video so I did not enjoy it. I will say I like the stage and those things that move up and down. I thought it was cool that when it was one of the ladies turn to sing she would slide down the wood. I'm not sure what the ladies where doing or what the props where but I found myself trying to figure it out rather than listening to the Opera. I think without the props maybe I would have focused more on the voices.

Cold play - A Capella

This video along with any other A Cappella song is truly impressive. I am amazed at anyone with a good voice never mind a voice and the talent to make a whole song with just their mouth. Not only is this guy's song/voice good but the video is impressive too. I don't know how he mad each individual sound and then put them together with himself also being in the video multiple times in the same shot. This is an example of art and technology, technology used to make the video but also the sounds by altering his voice. This reminds me of the movie Pitch Perfect where I first started appreciating A Capella; in the movie there was a bunch of people singing not just one though. I found some other cool videos done by other groups as well. This one I thought was cool because it goes through the evolution of music, and this group has done a lot of different covers of different songs. 

Transformation of Hamlet into a Video Game

The opera, Hamlet, is by the French composer Ambroise Thomas and words by Michel Carre and Jules Barbeir in 1868. It is an opera in 5 acts with the characters Hamlet, the prince of Denmark; Claudius, the King of Denmark; Polonius, the Chancellor; Laertes, Polonius’ son; Ghost of Hamlet’s father; Gertrude, who is Hamlet’s mother; and Ophelia, the daughter of Polonius.

In the first Act, the Queen is worried her son Hamlet does not love her since he is upset that she is marring his uncle so soon after his father’s death. Hamlet is later acquainted by his father’s spirit who tells him that he was murdered by the present King, Claudius. Hamlet’s father wishes for revenge for the crime that was committed. In Act two, hamlet tries to get a confession of the Kings crime; he wishes to have a play that re-enacts the murder of his father. Claudius orders for the play to stop, proving he is guilty. Act three portrays Hamlet sparing Claudius’ life because he is praying, and finds out that Polonius was in on the murder of his father. Ophelia, Polonius’ daughter, is suppose to marry Hamlet but he refuses after hearing this information. In act four, Ophelia goes mad from heart break and drowns herself. In The last act, Act five, Hamlet feels bad for how he has treated Ophelia but does not know she is dead. Laertes, returns for his sister’s death and challenges Hamlet to a dual. Hamlet gets wounded but before they can finish the fight Ophelia’s funeral interrupts it, and Hamlet then realizes she is dead. Hamlet’s father’s ghost appears again and reminds Hamlet of his duties; Hamlet kills Claudius.

The game I have come up with has the same characters as the opera; Hamlet, Claudius, Ophelia, Ghost of Hamlets father, some guards, Polonius, Laertes, and Gertrude. I kind of combined a different version of Call of duty, with Tap Tap Revolution, and Temple Run. There are six levels and an option to play easy, medium or hard. The difference from easy to hard is easy is harder to die then if you choose hard.

 In the first level, the player is Hamlet and it takes place in Elsinore Castle in Denmark, where Hamlet is approached by his father’s ghost. He is told he has to help revenge his father’s death by killing Claudius. Then it will take you to the front of the castle where you have to choose between two paths. One will take you to a room where you will find a box; in this box is a variety of different weapons. It only includes weapons from the 1800’s and they will be randomly picked; you can return to this box at anytime to switch your weapons. If you choose the other path you will have to fight a series of guards. It will be almost impossible to beat the guards without a weapon. Once you die you will be taken to the beginning again.  

The next level, after you beat the guards, you will be taken to Hamlet’s mother who will be trying to capture you; if she does capture you, you will be killed with kisses. Without hurting her, you will have to try and get to the theater room. Once you get to the theater room, you will see the play of the murder of Hamlet’s father. While this is happening, you will need to hit the right notes on the piano so that you keep the audience entertained. To do this there will be four sets of piano keys and when they light up you will have to press the right ones as fast as you can. If you miss a note a little bar with the audience happiness level will go down; you are aloud to miss four notes before you fail and the audience leaves. If you pass the play you will see Claudius run out of the play.

The next level will start with Claudius and Polonius talking about how they both worked together to kill Hamlet’s father. While this is happening you will have to try and escape without them seeing you. There will be a highlighted path for you to take, but on this path there will be obstacles that consist of guards you will silently have to kill by breaking their necks or stabbing them.

The next level starts out with you refusing to marry Ophelia. You will then have to chase her dodging trees and boulders that stand in your way. At the end of the chase you see Ophelia jump into the water. You will have to jump in and try to save her in a certain amount of time before you and her die from lack of oxygen; to add to the difficulty there will be a shark swimming after you. You will not be able to save her, she will die.

If you do stay safe away from the shark, you will enter the next level. In this level you are in the cemetery near Ophelia’s grave where you will have to fist fight Ophelia’s brother. Once you beat him, your father’s ghost will appear again and you will have to run back to the castle.  Here you will have to kill Claudius. This is the last level so this will be the hardest level to beat.

           

Madama Butterfly

This video took me by surprise. I am not into opera but I found this video really interesting. From the beginning it caught my eye because the main characters are dolls; then these dolls start making love rather detailed. I was surprised that the video started like that since there was so much time left in the video left even after the man left. It kept me wondering what was going to happen next. Then what also got me thinking was how abstract it was; her baby started out as a fish and then they were attached by a string and flying each other like kites. I later realized the string was the umbilical cord. Through out the whole video, even though it was dolls, the emotion felt real especially at the end when her love rips the umbilical cord from the mother without even looking and takes her child with his new family. The mother doll walking off set and disassembling herself really resembled and triggered the emotion of the hurt she was feeling. I'm a bit confused on the over all meaning of the story since the end is the same as the beginning with the butterfly on her head, but overall I enjoyed this video and it kept my attention forcing me to listen to the whole opera song. 

Art and Technology

According to google this is the definition of art and technology:

Art : "the expression or application of human creative skill and imagination, typically in a visual form such as painting or sculpture, producing works to be appreciated primarily for their beauty or emotional power."

Technology: "the application of scientific knowledge for practical purposes, especially in industry"

To me art and technology meanings either using technology to create art, like using a 3d printer to print your creation.  Or creating art out of technology like making a beautiful art installation out of moving lights. From my own experience, art and technology a lot of the time go hand and hand; specially with all our advancements in technology. 

Foucault

I thought it was interesting learning that the prisons where made in and oval shape so that the guards could see any of the prisoners at anytime. I agree that prisoners should never know when they are being watched so that they make smarter decisions. People that have committed a crime and are in prison, I think have lost their privilege of privacy and deserve to be under high surveillance. When it comes to ordinary people, I do not think it is right to keep them under surveillance when they have not done anything to make them a suspect of any crime. This actually scares me; thinking how powerful the government is and how they could possibly be watching us at any time. It does not scare me because I am doing illegal things, which I'm not, it scares me because I don't know who's watching me or when. There are cameras all around us like laptops, phones, IPads, etc., what if I am changing and someone is watching me through one for those cameras. This surveillance concept on our society now creeps me out; I don't want to have to cover all my cameras when I don't want to be watched. In all I think the U shaped surveillance is effective but principle of always being watched is only effective in certain instances.

Diva

"Diva," was an interesting movie but I was pretty confused at some points. First off I thought the main character was creepy, and obsessed with this opera singer. The way he went about his obsession with her was a little bit psychotic. There where two recording tapes involved; one was incriminating someone and the other was a tape recording of an opera singer that had never been recorded or ever heard herself sing. It just got confusing keeping track of everything at some parts. I do enjoy watching old movies, sometimes, to see how things have changed since then. In this movie the difference in technology is brought to your attention. Besides it being an old movie, so the camera technology doesn't give you the best quality, the cars were a lot older than today. It is amazing how far we have come in the style of cars but also the technology of cars. Instead of rolling up windows manually we can click the button once and the window will go all the way up automatically. Instead of stick shift we have cars that you push a button to start; they even have cars that drive themselves. What also demonstrated how far we have advanced in our technology, is the tape recordings. Now a days it would be very hard, close to impossible to not have people record your music, since it is so easy. Anyone could press a button on their phone and record something; they have pens that record things, microscopic cameras, etc. With the tape recording it also brought to my attention how harmful situations could be avoided. If this lady who made the incriminating recording had an iPhone she could have recorded herself saying what ever she wanted and sent it to some electronically to help her; or she or anyone could post it to the internet for everyone to see. The gap in technology was interesting to see, but what was really lovely was the art, the music from this amazing opera singer. Her voice was just incredible and I thought it was crazy she never heard herself sing. 

Rich Bitch

I think this video is very interesting and exemplifies art and technology surprisingly well. When you first see and listen to this video you can't help but laugh. If I were to listen to just the song without the video I would think it was complete crap. With the video on the other hand, I could not stop watching and so I started to question why I liked this video. Even though the songs not that good, I think what makes it entertaining is the combination of art and technology. Obviously the woman singing or rapping, what ever you want to call what she is doing, is art but the things I think that really make this an art and interesting to watch are her clothing, the props in the background, her dancing, and etc. They are all very eye-catching and funny, keeps your attention the whole time and you don't really care that the lyrics stink. What brings this video all together is the technology, the beat is good and it goes a long with the camera movements, the camera pulses with the beat during some parts. There are a lot of different shots, angles and effects used. I thought what ever effect they used during the flash back, the short fast motions and black and white vintage look, worked perfectly. So even though the actual lyrics of the song were not a good form of art to me the way other art and technology worked together in this video to make it entertaining to people.

Raul Cuero PhD on Sparking Creativity on Living Smart

First off I just want to say this man is really inspiring, coming from no money and still exceeding all expectations of him by becoming a very smart and successful man. He inspired me to take in his experiences and concepts and apply them to my everyday life. There were two things that really stuck out to me; first was that he took all bad things, like criticism and racism, and looked at them in a positive way to motivate him. Haters are your motivators, what my friends always say. I am a real goof ball and my friends never take me serious when it comes to school work, so I use that to motivate me to get better grades than them (which I have so HA to my friends reading this). Also I think this applies to my art work; when I get criticized on a piece of work, I don't give up I try to make it better and don't give up until there is nothing bad to say about it. Another part of this was exceeding expectations; what came to my mind was when I apply for jobs, I don't want to have the bare minimum on my resume I want to exceed the expectations of the hiring manager so that my resume stands out more than anyone else. The second thing that stuck out to me was when he said we have to do everything with intensity.  He went into detail explaining that "we have to be committed and focused without fear of failing in the process of achieving something." Which I think goes along with when he said that the process is were you find ideas, creativity comes in a step process. There is a process in achieving any goal and even if we "fail" a couple times during that process it is not a bad thing. Every "fail" creates an new idea on how to fix that mistake which is triggering creativity. So I think if I keep focussed and committed I will be reminded that a "fail" isn't really failing it is a learning process that leads to creativity.

Introduction

Hello! I’m Giana Contrada, I grew up in Windham, NH and currently a senior transfer student at the University of Tampa, majoring in Communications and Advertising. Art has always been a part of my life, I believe it is a creative way to express yourself. I started out drawing anything and everything that inspired me. Then I decided to experiment with digital art and found a new way to design. I have worked with social media advertising, website advertising, and touched upon many other promotional advertisements. My goal is to continue learning and help others get  their messages across through art and communication.

For it only being my first day in Art and technology, I was ensured that I would not get bored in this class. Everything we talked about caught my attention. Since I enjoy art so much and work with technology a lot, I know this class will be a great learning experience for me. I am very excited to get into the 3d printing, I've always thought it would be a cool thing to do but never knew we had come so far that it was actually possible. It would be really awesome to make my own 3d print.  I look forward to coming to class to learn about the future of art and technology and how they work hand and hand. I hope to gain knowledge about these two subjects so that I can apply it to my future career.