Media Arts Utopian Invention Design

Step One:
1. I think he invented these inventions to help make everyday living more interesting and helpful. I think he wanted to find unique ways to help society accomplish tasks as well as making it different.

2. I chose the invention of the parachute. I think that this invention had a great impact in society. In todays world we use this invention a lot. We use this parachute for fun by jumping out of planes, we also use this in the military as well as rescue situations. This invention allows people to safely arrive at land from high distances.

Step two:
1. A dome that goes over the head that when under styles your hair according to what occasion your attending and what you choice you want on the panel.

2. Packages that are different foods, such as Macdonald’s, A & W, seafood restaurant and any fast food place around the world. When you put this package into this microwave looking machine it turns this package into the food or beverage indicated on the package.

3. A machine that when hooked up to a persons head, can record their dreams and can tell the message its trying to interpret or the meaning of the dream. You can relive your dreams by simply choosing your desire dream on the panel and it will play when you are at a certain level of sleep. The machine can also track your dreams and find a connection between them. You can also create your own dreams, by choosing what you want to happen as well as the setting, people, objects etc. that you wish to experience in your dream.

Reflection for Bedroom

What do you like most about this piece?
I like the effect of the whole piece. It looks really cool with all the different sizes of pictures making one big picture. I like how it turned out and am very happy with it. I like how if you really look at it you can see more details in the picture and how things/objects come together in an interesting way. I like the colours and how everything comes together to make this effect of multiple pictures

If you were to change anything in this piece what would it be?
If I was to change something about this piece I would have taken more pictures of the floor and on different angles and closeups. I would also take more pictures far away and more really close up of either textures or different colours to make the piece more interesting. I would also has a lot more layers to make it look more complicated.

What do you dislike most about this piece?
The only thing that I dislike about this piece is the floor. I should have taken more pictures and from different angles to make it look more appealing and complicated.

Bedroom

Barbara Kruger Refection

What do you see in this piece of art (describe it)?
In this piece of art I see, leading on, desire, wanting, hurt and love. In this art I see that the women is the one leading on the man. Her look and expression on her face shows that she has something up her sleeve.

What kind of message did you try to give in this piece of art?
The kind of message that I tried to give in this piece of art is the idea of leading someone on. The women in this picture looks to have a hard expression on her face. She looks to be holding something back or holding a secret. The man looks like he really loves this women, but I wanted to give the idea that this women is leading him on for her own pleasure. This tends to happen in society, where people enjoy seeing other people hurt.

Do you like or dislike this piece of art? Why?
I like parts of this piece of art. For some reason it just doesn’t look like it flows together like the other Barbara Kruger pieces do. I put red as the background so it would work with the letters, but then it had too much red, so I tried with black to blend in with the actually picture. But then it had to much black. So I tried to balance the red, but still make it pop while having the black and white in it as well. Overall I like it. When I did a lot to the piece it took away from my message so I made it more simpler and focus on the message.

Barbara Kruger Media Arts Assignment

Questions for Barbara Kruger

What do you see in this piece of art (describe it)?
I see a pin and its up against someones fingers. Having the words, "thinking of you" on the poster.

What kind of message is the artist giving in this piece of art?
The artist is giving the message that either in general or a specific person hurts themselfs because of a person.

Do you like or dislike Kruger’s work? Why?
I don’t mind Kruger’s work. Some of it is a bit disturbing, such as the needle about to go into a persons finger. But other then that, her work is interesting and gives a direct message to the viewer. The colors, red, black and while really make the work stand out and make it loud and grabs your attention, but still gets the message across to the viewer. Some of the work is hard to understand the message behind it along with the images present.

Reflection for Animated Painting Assignment

What do I like most about my animation?
I like the actions I made my painting do. It makes your eyes look around the painting, up and down and side to side because my actions aren’t all in one spot. I like how the pear flips while jumping off the table, rather then just jumping off. It makes it interesting to watch. I also like the idea of the knife stabbing the pear. I was at first going to have the orange fruit jump on top of the basket, but I thought it would be more interesting if the orange fruit rolled off the table.

What do I like least about my animation?
The photoshoping hands down is what I like least about my animation. The layers kinda got messed up and when I used the tool to paint over something it took different colours from other parts of the painting to where I was working. Then I had to do it in little pieces and had a hard time making it all one colour. Instead it cut piece of the painting out and I had to attempt to go over it and make it look half decent.

What kind of ideas or emotions would a viewer see while looking at my animation?
While looking at my animation a viewer might see the idea of playfulness, happiness, joy, and fun. This could all be contributed to a child. The actions I choose for the animation are very play like (rolling, flipping, jumping) which is behaviour children do when they play with toys, they make them jump and roll. This animation is almost like a child decided to destroy the painting. Taking the knife and stabbing it into the pear, taking the orange fruit and pushing it off the table, and taking the pear and pretended to make it do a flip in the air while it falls off the table. The idea of fun can also be presented because of the playing around with the different fruits.

Animated Painting Assignment

Brainstorm for Animated Painting Assignment

Five ways:
1. Have the pear jump off the table while doing a flip
2. Having the orange fruit roll off the table
3. Have the flowers die and fall down onto the table
4. Have the knife stab the green pear
5. Have the apples jumping around onto the top of the basket