Meta-assignment #1

 -My natural way of thinking leans towards experimentation. Mostly, due to leaving a fabrication towards working with new materials or methods.
Note: I have taken into consideration after reflecting the two examples i have shown above, that all aspects of the process are the highest value in equal form. But i personally see that i must work on the dedicating process and finalization to the presentation process(which usually is the final).

Small works: Recreation of the 1860 Quilt

Materials: Printing paper, ruler, quarter for measurement, and black ink pen.

Reading: Pattern and Ornament Written by Susan Yelavich

Susan Yelavich, introduces the history of aesthetics chronologically, followed by having illustrations of artworks fitting the area. The writer, in the first paragraphs speaks about ornament and pattern in a scientific way, by bringing neuropsychologist Oliver Sacks who says, " Its hybrid languages are the aesthetic equivalent of our fast-paced and complex exchanges". He speaks about the way about the complexity of brains coping with organization, when focusing the mind through the eye engaging in ornaments containing rhythm it increases the appreciation of the viewer. Followed by a history lesson through the admiration and respect lost throughout time, a classical way of hiring an artisan followed by an apprentice, and through technology breaking the traditional way for the elite. Social refinement was completely changed by the advances that the 20th century brought for the so called modernism movement.

After, one-third of the article the writing style changes into small categories rather than continuing the smooth transitions launched at the start. The writer in the middle of the passage keeps enforcing the fact that people take for granted the complexity of patterns throughout the daily life routine. Elaborating in what is exclusivity rolls back and forth because of personal style and culture, presenting factors in history such as abstractions in mathematical forms of various ways of classifying it as " true beauty". Internet along with softwares have let virtual design artists inherit the motifs of the past and pull them towards the present, allowing them to include installations with LED lights or programming a future architectural sculpture. But as much as the progression through time, the writer suggests that, "without the hand, and a designer’s, discretion, digital acrobatics only produce an empty virtuosity."

Small Works: 50 shapes developed as a personal language

Materials: Printing paper, ruler, quarter and gatorade bottle for measurement, and black ink pen.

The Creative Process: In-Depth Project(Folk Art)

Materials: nails, wood, sandpaper, acrylic, film, carpenter glue, and small lcd screen(my phone).

Small Works: The Creative Process Pt.2

Materials: Acrylic, Mod podge, glue, pen, scissors, and biology textbook cutouts.

Written response: ICA Visit

        Upon arrival to the Institute of Contemporary Art you are gazed with Laura Lima's installation of "The Inverse". First thought, was the direct similarity to an indoor ape enclosure, due to that observation I was not aware of it being a piece and thought it was an indoor park or something similar. The artist statement explains to the audience that, "Participants are not obligated by a script and are free to inhabit the space as they wish." Meaning letting the installation free for any interpretation, the artist forces the audience to reflect and stay under the impression that whatever view they have on it is what makes the meaning of the structure.  The fun part for some visitors is the interactivity with the first piece presented, and  depending on the staff member around the concept of interaction will vary.                                   

         Ida Applebroog's recent “Catastrophe” works being simple lined contours, were the highlight of the space personally for myself. Using simplicity to explain an idea or story she pushes a limit through thought provoking work with the goal of desensitizing the public mostly towards discrimination, which goes farther than the original intent mass media portrays sexual identity or politics, and through that creating a confrontational approach. Minimizing the use of specific colors brings question also to why she would use one or two for that specific work.