Evaluation on Lauren Carli's Piece.

The piece of artwork I'm evaluated is of Lauren Carli's. When I fist came across her, I have to say, I had no idea it was her. I spend about 50 seconds looking at her, and wondering if this girl was ever even in our class. Lauren was dressed up as a black and green ballerina with all her joints attach to a giant marinate strings. The audience was invited to play with her, and move her arms or legs however they want.

The reason I didn't recognize Lauren was because I've never seen her wear makeup like that. Lauren is not someone I think "Ballerina" when I see her. She has more of a kick ass kind of attitude than that of delicate and graceful. I hear her bickering with Chip constantly, and it wasn't a surprise that Chip didn't pass the chance to play with her arms and make her act like a dinosaur. You could see in the expression of her face how annoyed she was, yet she was helpless.

I didn't read the the artist statement but I didn't have to. I could tell Lauren didn't like the idea of being helpless or having other control her and that she was playing this fear. Being dressed up as a ballerina I think sort of shows how society might view women. All dressed up and pretty, but anything she does is controlled by Chip. I think the whole performance was very creative. I do question the chair that was on the base of the tree. At first, I thought you were suppose to sit on the chair and then pull the strings, but where the chair is, it makes it awkward to pull the strings. Maybe this a symbol that a chair is right there, but Lauren can't reach it and she has to stand for three hours, never resting. I also think that it would have been better with out the artist statement, because the message Lauren is trying to get across is so clear, it doesn't need it.

Painful Nostalgia

I have to say I'm quite proud of this piece but I will never ever do it again. I didn't actually think about how cold I'd be. I did check the weather and new it would be pretty cold, but I thought moving around and having the sun eventually come up would make it warmer. I new that this would be painful too, but knowing it will be painful and actually experiencing it are two different things. It got to the point that a metal thing was lodged into my foot, and at the last 40 minutes of the hour, I put my sandals back on and kept walking. It lessened the pain a little, but my feet were so sore that my limp never went away.

I would get little rocks stuck to my feet, and sometimes, i was able to rub them off while I walked, but more would only come with the next step. Still was a slight relief from dragging my foot on the pavement. It reminded me actually the feeling of accomplishing a project, only to have another one assigned the next day.

I had many people stop to ask me if I was okay. Helpless looking as I was, I was curious to see how many people would just walk away or ask if I needed help. No being able to talk, their were a few people who wouldn't stop asking me question and getting me to talk. One of them was my RD, who's probably very worried about me now.

Final

I Jacqueline Goertz will walk in a circle for three hours between Rimer and Teft. I will not be aloud to talk to anyone. I will not be wearing shoes. I will not be aloud to stop, but my speed is aloud to change.

This is to mimic a ritual I used to do as a child. When ever I was lonely and bored in my room, I would go outside and walk in circles. The three walls by Teft and Rimer close me in, while the open space lets me see the outside world like a window, but I never leave the circle I make. I'm walking but I'm going no where. This represents me being sheltered as a child and the many hours I've just watched my window, or walked in the yard barefoot. Walking, but yet never going anywhere.

AU Shenanigans

Sound Art

Moon Projection

After having a few problems coming up with an idea in the beginning of this project, we can up with have shadows cross over a moon. The shadow box is made out of plywood, with a front, two sides, and a top. A shelf is inside in order to hold the motor and pin wheel withthe images on it. The motor has a plywood circle attracted to it with 4 dole rods. Each rod has a paper image glued to it. The the hole cut in the front of the box serving as the moon, is covered with a white sheet of paper. The box has a night scene painted on it of the moonshining between hills over some water. A light has to be shined a half foot away in order to get the image's shadow to stay clear.A box was put behind the piece and the clamp light sat on top of it. A black towel is tacked to the back to cover and keep the light contained.

I wanted to go with a horse that could go up and down, and in a circle. I hadn't seen any examples that did both to one subject so I had to figure it out on my own. I thought if having two gears to make the circle, than having something else that could make the whole contraption go up and down. It later occurred to me that I could have the gear spinning it, be in a shape that could also make the hose go up and down. I started out using gears, but I found that I couldn't make the gears fit with each other, especially in the unusual shape. After making a bunch of failed gears, I realized I did have enough friction to make the odd shape not a gear. I was happy with this for a while, unt
il I put the horse on. First the horse put weight on only one side of the stick, so that's why the sun-which was one of the failed gear- became attach to it. Also, it would only spin if the shape moved across the gears and I had accidently glued it too close so there was not enough friction for it to turn. I fixed it, but contact with the shape and gear is so light, that the gear often falls out of place and has to be set back in place. Anther problem that sometimes happens is that the yarn holding up the stick sometimes gets tangled. Inside the box, I painted a dessert landscape with a camel that I had painted, cutout and then pasted into the box. I also covered the box in sand paper and the floor of the box, the sand paper is cut in small round shapes and layered. Overal I like the way this came out, though it wasn't as goodas I had hoped. I wish the actually turning would work better, but I still havn't figured out a better way to solve the problem of going both up and down and around.

After brining it to class, I realized a big issue I was having was that the stick that the horse and sun were on was not straight. I added a little bit of cardboard to the top to keep it straighter. I think it helped a lot.

A Personal Record of Time

I found this assignment a little hard. It would have been easier for me to record the passing of time in a week or a month. It might not have been so difficult if Thursday wasn't such a boring day for me. This class is the only class I have that day and I spend the time sitting in my room doing homework. I bought a water bottle and thought I could photograph it every time I took a drink to record time. I had to make the water bottle last the whole day, so i tended to drink from it very sparely. If I had more pictures I believe this project would be better. Or if I had a week, I could have used many water bottles.