Marek Weiczorek, the editor of Sculpture magazine, reviewed Air Check, 2003 done by Shawn Patrick Landis. His work consisted of a series of ducts in semi-transparent, nylon-reinforced plastic is filling in the art of work--Michael Heizer's Double Negative 1969 in Nevada desert. The editor calls this phenomenon as a rendezvous, which means a planned meeting between two and more parties, according to the Wikipedia. He describes that a certain work of art is made in anticipation of a future response or an inspired calling for a future meeting of minds. Marcel Duchamps is a fisrt modern artist to risk this strategy, his provocation to American artists 1950s such as Johns and Rauschenberg's response.
Ladis's Air Check (2003) responds to Haizer's Double Negative in a good way regardless of the same location and almost same scale, Air Check wisely approached to the viewers in unique ways. The piece of Double Negative is permanently sited to the earth and a symmetrical balance, which conveys the sense of long time authority such as the world traditional heritage or mystery site. However, Air check is only for two days exhibition, which is like a guerrilla attack. His team constructed the dramatically different sculpture over the old art piece, but after two day, they tore it down completely as if nothing happened on that site. Its temporal, direct, and physical invention is shocking idea to the audience. And its medium of nylon and saturated and monochromatic blue color really stand out from surroundings.
Critique about these earthworks, site-specific art is arguably enough for people who care about the total design aesthetic which is usually engaged with the historical term of art, of medium, or genre. However, as editor mentioned Air Check is characterized as an "expanded field" of art in terms of its mixture style, minimalism, conceptualism, site-specificity, and so on. It is hard to define what is art in this age. Everybody has different definitions. However, a good art always has certain attractiveness and appeals to the audience. Those art will be remembered for future generation. Art is still growing as this universe is still expanding. .
Tuesday, July 22, 2008
Saturday, July 19, 2008
the 2nd set of vocabulary
language---a dynamic set of visual, auditory, or tactile symbols of communication. It is the most inventive tools that people have made in this planet. But, it is not trustful enough to communicate each other, often with guessing and misunderstanding.
materiality----the concept of, or applied use of various materials or substances in the medium of arts. Virtual (photographs, text or images) Natural.
Gray---In Japanese tradition, it is considered as high spirit and refined color because of its ambiguous character. It matches with any colors. And, I think it represents Japanese personality too. Most of Japanese do not prefer to go up front, rather to stay behind and calm. I think we like harmony.
Paper recycling----the process of recovering waste paper and remaking it into new paper products. According to the US EPA, recycling causes 35% less water pollution and 74% less air pollution. However, there are lots of criticism regarding, energy, money, tree, working condition.
recyclables-----They include glass, paper, metal, textiles and plastics. Though analogous, the composting of biodegradable waste—such as food or garden waste—is not typically considered recycling.
reincarnation----literally "to be made flesh again". A doctrine or metaphysical belief that some essential part of a living being (in some variations only human beings) survives death to be reborn in a new body.
immortality----the concept of living in physical or spiritual form for an infinite length of time. the negation of mortality—not dying or not being subject to death. I believe everybody has to accept his or her death. I try to remember their memories in my heart.
Intrinsic value----Intrinsic value is strongly linked to the purpose in life, since the purpose is generally to increase the intrinsic value. ex) pleasure, happiness, virtue, duty. My artistic life is seeking for happiness and little duty so far.
advertising----I hated advertising, but as I start knowing about the art world, it might be a good supporters to do arts. It depends on how to relate to each others. Should be balanced out.
pathos----Pathos appeals to the audience's emotions. ex) While I listen to "Yesterday" by Paul McCartney, I feel little pity. Or in general, a scene of the sunset into the ocean.
raw----a material or substance in its natural state; unprocessed. oils, coals, lime.
Being aware of unconscious voice---As Pollock said, it is meaningful to sense and feel the inner voice. It might be a important key to make arts. I'm afraid I missed a lots in my life.
materiality----the concept of, or applied use of various materials or substances in the medium of arts. Virtual (photographs, text or images) Natural.
Gray---In Japanese tradition, it is considered as high spirit and refined color because of its ambiguous character. It matches with any colors. And, I think it represents Japanese personality too. Most of Japanese do not prefer to go up front, rather to stay behind and calm. I think we like harmony.
Paper recycling----the process of recovering waste paper and remaking it into new paper products. According to the US EPA, recycling causes 35% less water pollution and 74% less air pollution. However, there are lots of criticism regarding, energy, money, tree, working condition.
recyclables-----They include glass, paper, metal, textiles and plastics. Though analogous, the composting of biodegradable waste—such as food or garden waste—is not typically considered recycling.
reincarnation----literally "to be made flesh again". A doctrine or metaphysical belief that some essential part of a living being (in some variations only human beings) survives death to be reborn in a new body.
immortality----the concept of living in physical or spiritual form for an infinite length of time. the negation of mortality—not dying or not being subject to death. I believe everybody has to accept his or her death. I try to remember their memories in my heart.
Intrinsic value----Intrinsic value is strongly linked to the purpose in life, since the purpose is generally to increase the intrinsic value. ex) pleasure, happiness, virtue, duty. My artistic life is seeking for happiness and little duty so far.
advertising----I hated advertising, but as I start knowing about the art world, it might be a good supporters to do arts. It depends on how to relate to each others. Should be balanced out.
pathos----Pathos appeals to the audience's emotions. ex) While I listen to "Yesterday" by Paul McCartney, I feel little pity. Or in general, a scene of the sunset into the ocean.
raw----a material or substance in its natural state; unprocessed. oils, coals, lime.
Being aware of unconscious voice---As Pollock said, it is meaningful to sense and feel the inner voice. It might be a important key to make arts. I'm afraid I missed a lots in my life.
Tuesday, July 8, 2008
Modern Houses on the outer Cape Cod
Modern houses in the outer Cape Cod has lots of influence from Neo-plasticism. Their basic elements focuses on simplicity and abstraction by using straight horizontal and vertical lines and rectangular forms. However, it was not just a immitation from the old styles. They explored their original style as Charles Jencks said here, We are transformed by what we experience.
The first house that we saw on the outer Cape Cod was designed by Marcel Breuer. The house was not just a simple cubic form, the space was divided into two separate rectangular buildings and looked like L- shape. The cantilevered porch was centered at the corner of L-shape and also faced up to the lake so that it functioned well as a main community and activity area. As this house was floating from the ground, there was a sense of freshness and cheerfulness around there. And also, the windows were relatively large compared to regular houses so that it would have a nice panoramic view from the house.
The second house designed by Charls Zehnder reminded me of Cubism paintings because lots of geometric forms were floating together. Both horizontal cantilevered balconies and overhanging roof and vertical walls ware interplaying so that there were an atmosphere of active and dynamic motion going on. My eyes kept moving back and forth to capture the entire form. The distinguished concrete walls gave me the sense of solid, mass, and heavy quality even though it was dematerialized by the organic wood wall balcony and one side of the house was floating. So, the material of concrete applied to walls did not seem to match with quiet and calm surroundings in the forest, especially during summer.
Jack Hall's house was remarkably unique in structure and applied new technology. Living and kitchen, bedroom and bath were all in separate and its surrounding roof grid served as a outer cube. During summer, the roof grids allowed the exterior walls to be hoist up and be able to adjust ventilation. Even though the idea of the changeable structure was new, however, when the shutters closed, it give me a sense of unfinished and a necessity for refinement because of its empty space inside structure.
This trip to the outer Cape Cod really influenced me. The idea of harmonization between human livings and nature is quite difficult theme. These three architects approached in their own way. There were many important elements to learn. I think we need to step forward to the future livings by using their achievements.
The first house that we saw on the outer Cape Cod was designed by Marcel Breuer. The house was not just a simple cubic form, the space was divided into two separate rectangular buildings and looked like L- shape. The cantilevered porch was centered at the corner of L-shape and also faced up to the lake so that it functioned well as a main community and activity area. As this house was floating from the ground, there was a sense of freshness and cheerfulness around there. And also, the windows were relatively large compared to regular houses so that it would have a nice panoramic view from the house.
The second house designed by Charls Zehnder reminded me of Cubism paintings because lots of geometric forms were floating together. Both horizontal cantilevered balconies and overhanging roof and vertical walls ware interplaying so that there were an atmosphere of active and dynamic motion going on. My eyes kept moving back and forth to capture the entire form. The distinguished concrete walls gave me the sense of solid, mass, and heavy quality even though it was dematerialized by the organic wood wall balcony and one side of the house was floating. So, the material of concrete applied to walls did not seem to match with quiet and calm surroundings in the forest, especially during summer.
Jack Hall's house was remarkably unique in structure and applied new technology. Living and kitchen, bedroom and bath were all in separate and its surrounding roof grid served as a outer cube. During summer, the roof grids allowed the exterior walls to be hoist up and be able to adjust ventilation. Even though the idea of the changeable structure was new, however, when the shutters closed, it give me a sense of unfinished and a necessity for refinement because of its empty space inside structure.
This trip to the outer Cape Cod really influenced me. The idea of harmonization between human livings and nature is quite difficult theme. These three architects approached in their own way. There were many important elements to learn. I think we need to step forward to the future livings by using their achievements.
Sunday, June 29, 2008
12 vocablary
Nikolaus Pevsner---Architectural historian who identified three related components of modern architecture: An honest use of materials, An appreciation of new construction technologies, The spirit of youth.
An honest use of materials---modern architects demand that architectural form should be with an ideological, indeed moral stance, and think decorators a sort of petty criminals.
An appreciation of new construction technologies---A desire for the serialized production of building components and a concomitant reduction of architectural form to a point where programmatic needs are efficiently and objectively satisfied with no decorative or symbolic remainder. But the emphasis on materials and technology also tended to produce buildings and perceptions of buildings that were "thingified" which is signifying an intense facture, an absence of finish or refinement, and a separation of compositional units.
The spirit of youth---an air of freshness and gaiety, the vitality of health-giving forms, and the spirit of collectivity and community.
Aesthetic materialism----House building materials produce aesthetic pleasure. The buildings is an assemblage of colors, textures, even smells and temperatures, and these are producing a play of sensuous energies in the viewer, a deep pleasure taken in the unadorned fact of the building and its context.
Organic Architecture----A philosophy of architecture which promotes harmony between human habitation and the natural world through design approaches so sympathetic and well integrated with its site that buildings, furnishings, and surroundings become part of a unified, interrelated composition.
Plastic---The elements such as function, mass, surface, time, space, light, colour, material for architecture.
Horticulture----The art and science of the cultivation of plants. Horticulturists work and conduct research in the fields of plant propagation and cultivation, crop production, plant breeding and genetic engineering, plant biochemistry, and plant physiology.
Processing----An open source project initiated by Casey Reas and Benjamin Fry, both formerly of the Aesthetics and Computation Group at the MIT Media Lab. It is "a programming language and integrated development environment (IDE) built for the electronic arts and visual design communities", which aims to teach the basics of computer programming in a visual context, and to serve as the foundation for electronic sketchbooks. One of the stated aims of Processing is to act as a tool to get non-programmers started with programming, through the instant gratification of visual feedback. The language builds on the graphical capabilities of the Java programming language, simplifying features and creating a few new ones.
Subtract---to take out some images, objects, or other elements from the original pieces to be better.
Design is Design is Design---Any art forms such as paintings, architectures, and photography live in the same principle. Each can break into same elements.
Physiological Response to Color---When we are in a room painted in red, we feel excited and get warmer. On the other hand, when we are in the blue room, we get cooler.
Jazz Age---- The period from 1918-1929, from the end of World War I to the rise of the Great Depression. The age takes its name from jazz music, which became very popular among many segments of society. In this period, many minoriry started to get independen from old accustomed treatment. Women left the house for seeking jobs. Gay and Lesbian people started coming out.
Idiosyncrasy---A peculiar point of view in your art pieces. Good design always have a voice. The term can also be applied to symbols. Idiosyncratic symbols mean one thing for a particular person, as a blade could mean war, but to someone else, it could symbolize a surgery. By the same principle, linguists state that words are not only arbitrary, but also largely idiosyncratic signs.
An honest use of materials---modern architects demand that architectural form should be with an ideological, indeed moral stance, and think decorators a sort of petty criminals.
An appreciation of new construction technologies---A desire for the serialized production of building components and a concomitant reduction of architectural form to a point where programmatic needs are efficiently and objectively satisfied with no decorative or symbolic remainder. But the emphasis on materials and technology also tended to produce buildings and perceptions of buildings that were "thingified" which is signifying an intense facture, an absence of finish or refinement, and a separation of compositional units.
The spirit of youth---an air of freshness and gaiety, the vitality of health-giving forms, and the spirit of collectivity and community.
Aesthetic materialism----House building materials produce aesthetic pleasure. The buildings is an assemblage of colors, textures, even smells and temperatures, and these are producing a play of sensuous energies in the viewer, a deep pleasure taken in the unadorned fact of the building and its context.
Organic Architecture----A philosophy of architecture which promotes harmony between human habitation and the natural world through design approaches so sympathetic and well integrated with its site that buildings, furnishings, and surroundings become part of a unified, interrelated composition.
Plastic---The elements such as function, mass, surface, time, space, light, colour, material for architecture.
Horticulture----The art and science of the cultivation of plants. Horticulturists work and conduct research in the fields of plant propagation and cultivation, crop production, plant breeding and genetic engineering, plant biochemistry, and plant physiology.
Processing----An open source project initiated by Casey Reas and Benjamin Fry, both formerly of the Aesthetics and Computation Group at the MIT Media Lab. It is "a programming language and integrated development environment (IDE) built for the electronic arts and visual design communities", which aims to teach the basics of computer programming in a visual context, and to serve as the foundation for electronic sketchbooks. One of the stated aims of Processing is to act as a tool to get non-programmers started with programming, through the instant gratification of visual feedback. The language builds on the graphical capabilities of the Java programming language, simplifying features and creating a few new ones.
Subtract---to take out some images, objects, or other elements from the original pieces to be better.
Design is Design is Design---Any art forms such as paintings, architectures, and photography live in the same principle. Each can break into same elements.
Physiological Response to Color---When we are in a room painted in red, we feel excited and get warmer. On the other hand, when we are in the blue room, we get cooler.
Jazz Age---- The period from 1918-1929, from the end of World War I to the rise of the Great Depression. The age takes its name from jazz music, which became very popular among many segments of society. In this period, many minoriry started to get independen from old accustomed treatment. Women left the house for seeking jobs. Gay and Lesbian people started coming out.
Idiosyncrasy---A peculiar point of view in your art pieces. Good design always have a voice. The term can also be applied to symbols. Idiosyncratic symbols mean one thing for a particular person, as a blade could mean war, but to someone else, it could symbolize a surgery. By the same principle, linguists state that words are not only arbitrary, but also largely idiosyncratic signs.
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