Midterm upload: BRONTE_HALLIGAN_DESMA9_MIDTERM


BRONTE_HALLIGAN_DESMA9_MIDTERM

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Week 9- Space + Art

Image
This week as we were introduced to the last topic of the quarter, and I really felt a connection to the various interactions that that space and art have. Professor Vesna explains that the connection between art and space is shown to our generation not only by scientists but also through various forms of popular culture. I believe the intrigue into space comes from the unknown.   Space is so big and there is so much that we have yet to discover, so of course it is only natural to wonder what is up there. In Professors Vensa’s lecture she explains that different artists have found inspirations to create certain television shows on the unknown.   The creation of shows like Star Trek or The Jetsons is just two examples where artists have created other universes based purely on the imagination. Watching these two shows, may not tell you a lot about the space that you know but it may tell us what is t be predicted for the further discoveries of space, this is the coolest c...
Read more

Event 3- Weak or No Signal

Image
For my last event I thought I would do something on campus at UCLA and incorporate everything I’ve learnt over the quarter.   I attended Weak or No Signal, a UCLA design Media Arts final MFA showcase of the graduate’s works of 2018.   The exhibition was showcased at the New Wight gallery at UCLA’s Broad Art Center, May 17 th until Mat 31 st . I attended the event on Thursday 24 th . I had never been to The New Wight display center, but I believe the showcased was displayed in the perfect location on campus. The doors of the Center opened right out onto the sculpture garden of UCLA campus.   This is really interesting as I had incorporated the sculpture garden for my very first blog of the quarter and enjoyed revisiting for my last blog so I really enjoyed attending this event as I felt it tied in all of the aspects of the things we have learnt this quarter.   As stated in the pamphlet of the show it “ articulated contemporary subject matters, from hyper-me...
Read more

Event 1- Metaphors in Vision

Image
I attended the event “Metaphors on Vision: Films by Stan Brakhage” shown in the Billy Wilder Theatre at the Hammer Museum. The event put on by UCLA Film and Television showcased Stan Brakhage’s revolutionary work in using an 8mm lenses camera.   The Hammer Museum is a perfect location to show these films as it is a space that brings together new technological and art advances to make beautiful works in such an industrialized and open looking space. The theatre’s space was big and open with a large amount of seating and a stage in front of the screen for the lecturer to discuss the films before hand. The showing started with Thomas Beard; (pictured below, from right: myself, Thomas beard and my friend) who had restored the films and put them on display, discussing his thought about the works and how Brakhage has revolutionized filmmaking. Brakhage’s films that were shown included the 23 rd psalm branch and other Psalms. In his works he used a 8mm lensed camera instead of...
Read more