DSGN 264-403 Fall 2020 Blog
In class, we recently discussed whether other designers, not just artistic designers, have the responsibility to be activists. While this article is very unrelated to art, I thought this was a clear example of how designers can be incite change. Instead of trying to incite change by providing design, engineers Read more…
Our recent discussion on whether designers, including engineers, have the responsibility to incite change and be politically active made me more interested in the relationship between art and coding. This website features a ton of different art projects made with code by “artists that push the possibilities of creativity – Read more…
This week, we read we read about intervention art or art that is in conversation with its location and the public. After watching the video “Chalk,” I was immediatley reminded of the Reddit’s 2017 April Fools activity. For 72 hours, Reddit had a 1000 by 1000 pixel image up on Read more…
Since our Poster Activation project involves the exploration and manipulation of typography, I decided to look into designers working with typography and found some cool artists. One designer named Jenna Myung did a lot of interesting and creative work for the organization Food Not Bombs. Her work can be found Read more…
From an artist’s perspective, Pinterest is perhaps one of the most useful yet frustrating social media sites. It has an infinite amount of images and ideas for just about anything–but more often than not, credit is not given where it is due. After scrolling on Pinterest for an unnecessary amount Read more…
The NY Times recently did an interesting article about the political meaning behind women wearing hot pink suits. These suits signify how unapologetic women have become especially to wear a color that bright and bold. Previously, women politicians wore white at one of Trump’s State of the Union to represent Read more…
Artist Vicki DaSilva creates artworks with light and long exposure images or videos. Many images of DaSilva’s work are available online. DaSilva’s light graffiti in particular tends to comment on social and political issues. DaSilva’s exterior pieces use light to alter the existing environment and architecture, creating partitions out of Read more…
In a lot of article presentations, we talk about the intersection of art and politics, and the specific conflicts black artists struggle with in trying to speak about their racial identities was especially prevalent in our most recent presentation. I found an article an interesting article that discusses a related Read more…
When I moved here to the U.S. when I was 15, I met my “American parents.” My American dad’s mother is a photographer, and her work was recently in an exhibit called “100 Days of Solitude” at Glen Echo Photoworks. Since quarantine appears to not be ending any time soon, Read more…
This Run The Jewels video from earlier in 2020 is VERY Dada in its visual language, “cut and paste” collage approach, and juxtaposition of existing imagery to suggest new meanings / contexts.