DSGN 264-406 Spring 2021 Blog
Over the weekend, I went to Wonderspaces for the first time. After taking mandatory pics with the lights, my friends and I explored the other art, which in my opinion, was much more interesting than the lights. One piece was made up of small slips of paper rolled up and Read more…
Here is a very interesting video of an 2019 NYU Law event that brought together international policymakers, human rights practitioners, leading academics and representatives from technology companies to discuss the relevance of the international human rights law framework in a world increasingly dominated by digital technologies. I was assigned this Read more…
Ai Weiwei is a Chinese artist/activist that often addresses governmental policies and social issues. One collection I’ll share with you is his face masks, which have become a necessity in daily life. He sells these masks primarily through eBay and they each cost $50. The funds raised are for major Read more…
This is an original photograph that I took while getting groceries. While this photo is aesthetically pleasing to look at, at contains objects which are foreign to me, what struck me most about this image was how its meaning would change if I were to post it on Instagram. The Read more…
I’ve been hearing more and more about crypto art recently, and while to be honest, I still don’t fully understand it, I think it’s a pretty interesting intersection of modern concepts and the art world. From my understanding, crypto art is art that is tied to a unique cryptocurrency token Read more…
Last week, we discussed some of the social connotations of colour. Upon reading this post, I couldn’t help but notice research’s long-standing relationship with the colour light blue. We see it charts, on medical scans, on dies in lab cultures… I have come to know this icy colour as a Read more…
Our recent discussion about Do Ho Suh reminded me of the current trends in room decor that I have been really interested in. Currently the “Pinterest aesthetic” has been very popular- this usually includes this pastel postmodern Danish style of design. I personally really like this style of room, and Read more…
The Dada collages reminded me of the photographer, Erwin Wurm. His works are very nonsensical and they add some absurdity to them, which I think resemble the Dada movement. Wurm’s photographic sculptures are so inventive but some of them tend to be very simplistic in how they were created. His Read more…
I have always enjoyed looking at acrylic pour paintings and watching the process of making them. The choice of color can be guided by the color wheel and various palettes according to the artist’s intentions. However, I always wondered why the artists moved the paint in a certain direction vs Read more…
In honor of Black History Month, for 28 days murals were painted all throughout Phoenix, Arizona to honor more than 80 Black Pioneers. Community activist Gizette Knight was the organizer of the project in response to the rejection of a previous proposal she had to paint a Black Lives Matter Read more…