artists #8

The above piece is entitled "Light Rain" by new media artist Paul De Marinis. I found this work in search of artists who created projects using viewer interaction, be it active or passive. I am truly inspired by artists who produce installations that involve everyday objects and occur in everyday locations. I feel that in order to visualize these projects, the artist must truly see the world in a way that is different from the average person. I have been trying to research this type of art making, because I do not have any experience working this way, and up to this point I had only thought about my art in the 2-D sense. Even when it came to digital art, I had no experience working with 3-D images or animation. However, I don't know that I am very interested in creating art this way. I am much more of a throwback designer, enjoying more tactile ways of creating (collage with scissors, charcoal all over the hands, etc). I do however realize that this is where art and the world in general is headed, therefore I enjoy learning digital techniques and hope to resolve a way to use physical and digital media together.

artists #7

I have been doing a lot of reading and research on Matisse this semester and it has made a large influence in the direction of my work in all of my classes. Although not a "new media" artists in the terms of this course, Matisse was very advanced and innovative in his techniques and ideas. In this piece we see his use of collage later in his career, and in terms of visual thinking I think this piece speaks volumes. We can see how the artist's eyes viewed his subject both in shape and color. Matisse stated that "making order out of chaos..that is creation" and I think that carries over into the digital world. Not only do new media artists work with classic artistic elements, but they can now use sound, programming, and computers to express how they see the world.

artists #6

Here is another Matisse image because I have continued my research on the artist. And this image appears in my space and screen project. In my drawing studio, we heard a lecture on ekphrastics that I found very interesting. It seemed a perfect way to combine my love of art and literature. For the S&S project, I thought that an interesting concept would involve projecting the art images with the text overlaid. However, I feel that these writings and images need a great deal of reflection on the part of the viewer to truly understand their significance. Therefore, my project will use the microphone element in flash to control the appearance of the text. If viewer's are too loud, the text will not appear and they will miss the full experience.

artists #5

Alan Butler is a new media artists based in Ireland. His website is http://www.alanbutler.info/blog/. The above work is featured at http://www.alanbutler.info/blog/?page_id=261, or click on "I'm Afraid the Party had been Cancelled". I foudn this work interesting because it showcased the issue of how prevelant myspace and other networking blogs are in our society. It speaks to how these websites can shape how we interact and see the world, as each piece of music in the piece was dubbed as #1 in its Myspace category. This reminded me of discussions and other work that classmates have done related to these websites. I think it is interesting to see how the increase in these networking sites effects the art world, both in the creation of art and in the marketing of art.