DSGN 264-403 Fall 2021 Blog
https://hotpot.ai/art-maker The link above will take you to the website where you choose a word and the algorithm will create an image off of data collected via internet or other sources. The word that I chose was “wrestling.” In the picture you can see two men that seem to be Read more…
Chanel has maintained its reputation as an iconic fashion house for over a century, and remains as a leader in revolutionizing the world of fashion. Coco Chanel established her first couture house in Paris in 1918. Because Chanel’s history is so expansive and robust, here is a simplified timeline of Read more…
Philip Smith uses astral and spiritual forces as the motivating force in his works. He “opens” himself up to them, he says. In the above image, he outlines with oil pastel and smears it vigorously. The results of his works are quIte interesting, to say the least. Link: https://www.artnews.com/art-in-america/aia-reviews/philip-smith-primary-1234619939/
I really like hockey. Like, I rarely go on YouTube, but when I do, it’s for either rap videos or hockey videos. The other day, I was watching a video from my favorite NHL- and hockey-related channel, TSN Bardown, (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oI02E81Vzqs) about rating alternate jerseys, and then another video by them Read more…
I woke up today quarantined in my childhood bedroom, almost excited to be awake. As soon as I finished doing the necessary waking-and-getting-up tasks, I sat down on my floor, picked up the sweater I’m currently working on, and immediately got to work sewing the knitted panels together with light Read more…
Iconography is the science of identification, description, classification, and interpretation of symbols, themes, and subject matter in the visual arts. The earliest iconographical studies, published in the 16th century, were catalogs of emblems and symbols collected from antique literature and translated into pictorial terms for the use of artists. The Read more…
The House of Peace is an unrealized proposal for a mobile monument by Studio Other Spaces of Olafur Eliasson that was developed by invitation for the House of Peace (HOPE) competition. An emblematic monument to world peace moored in Copenhagen’s Nordhavn harbor, the House of Peace is mobile – as a Read more…
The idea for My Bed was inspired by a depressive phase in the artist’s life when she had remained in bed for several days without eating or drinking anything but alcohol. Having recently broken up a relationship she remained ensconced in her room, in both a disconsolate state and stupor. Read more…
Bicycle Wheel Sculpture by Marcel Duchamp, Paris 1913 This readymade described by Duchamp as a “pleasant gadget,” combined a stool with a wheel, which was intermittently turned so that it would revolve for viewers. Duchamp called this an “assisted readymade” since it was based on the combination of two different Read more…
A Public Intervention by Olafur Eliasson on Museum-City Relation, executed in 2015 in the village of Dong Zhuang, China. In this intervention, two large spheres, one of glass and one of obsidian, appeared unexpectedly on a pile of rubble situated between houses in the village of Dong Zhuang, China. Executed Read more…