1. Well, they have barred windows, so maybe a prison break scene with all sorts of pandamonium?
2. The location is in a fairly concrete asphalt brick zone so I was thinking of having a "nature takes over" thing with vines at trees irrupting out of the bricks. Painted and maybe even make some from pipe or wire.
3. "Sneaky Peeker" would have a series of windows painted onto the wall and in each would be some sort of scene you would see by being a sneaky peeker. For example a pair of lovers, someone stealing, someone smoking, etc. (Since the mural is on the back of the building).
4. A bunch of little silloutte guys crawling all over the building using lines created by bricks as their floor levels.
5. More installationy...create a long thin box/shelf at foot of the wall, find a way to chain or somehow attach bottles of spray pain to the box, so that any viewer can spray on the wall but can't take the bottle. Start out with just the word "MURAL" spray painted on the wall.
Sunday, February 21, 2010
Saturday, February 20, 2010
Mural Response
First, based on this article, what would you say were the five essential elements of the Mexican mural movement? Second, compare and contrast the context of this movement with our present situation in Syracuse in 2010. If we are going to try to make a work of art for the public in Syracuse how are we going to have to approach this problem differently? What has remained the same between our context and the Mexican muralists' context?
1. I would say the the five essential elements of the Mexican mural movement are 1. raising awareness and a sense of rebellion in the people of Mexico, 2. creating a mood and raising a topic using only aesthetics, 3. representing truths and opinions openly for everyone to see, 4. creating debate and displaying political ideas for the public eye, 5. openly opposing the government in a way that is accessible to all, upper and lower class, educated and uneducated.
2. At the time the artists were making statements about leadership, capitalism versus communism, and equality of the classes. I think the issue the is the most valid between now and then in Syracuse is the issue of poverty. There are many poor people in Syracuse, and as someone who works in one of the schools here i know that there are serious issues with the education. One could even say that we at the university are the elevated upper class, going through higher education while less then half the children of Syracuse will not graduate high school.
3. I think addressing the poverty would be an interesting thing to do in a mural. The Mexican murals showed the issues by displaying violent and war related scenes, whereas here there would probably have to be a different spin on it.
4.Some of the issues, like that of poverty have remained the same. Also, the idea of a mural to communicate an idea using visuals remains the same.
1. I would say the the five essential elements of the Mexican mural movement are 1. raising awareness and a sense of rebellion in the people of Mexico, 2. creating a mood and raising a topic using only aesthetics, 3. representing truths and opinions openly for everyone to see, 4. creating debate and displaying political ideas for the public eye, 5. openly opposing the government in a way that is accessible to all, upper and lower class, educated and uneducated.
2. At the time the artists were making statements about leadership, capitalism versus communism, and equality of the classes. I think the issue the is the most valid between now and then in Syracuse is the issue of poverty. There are many poor people in Syracuse, and as someone who works in one of the schools here i know that there are serious issues with the education. One could even say that we at the university are the elevated upper class, going through higher education while less then half the children of Syracuse will not graduate high school.
3. I think addressing the poverty would be an interesting thing to do in a mural. The Mexican murals showed the issues by displaying violent and war related scenes, whereas here there would probably have to be a different spin on it.
4.Some of the issues, like that of poverty have remained the same. Also, the idea of a mural to communicate an idea using visuals remains the same.
Tuesday, February 16, 2010
February 16 Class
1. I liked looking at the mural examples. I actually found it interesting that the best murals arer done in South America. I took a figure drawing class with Jerome last semester and he showed us another South American mural painters work and I LOVED it.
2. I liked seeing what other people came up with for their amalgamations. There were some great ideas!
3. It was nice to see some of the projects printed. Its s different to see an image on a screen versus on paper.
2. I liked seeing what other people came up with for their amalgamations. There were some great ideas!
3. It was nice to see some of the projects printed. Its s different to see an image on a screen versus on paper.
Tuesday, February 9, 2010
February 9 Class
Things I learned:
1. Well, we learned the basics of photoshop. I have very little experience with photoshop, so that was pretty valuable.
2. I learned that crying kids make hilarious faces. And you can tell how pissed a kid is depending on how wide their mouth is opened. If they are just upset they make an upside down banana face, if they are reeeeally mad they have full open mouth screaming faces.
3. I learned that the political management of our country is overwhelmingly white and male. (From the senator amalgamation).
Things I found interesting:
1. I thought the similarities of facial expressions of crying children was really interesting. I got kids from all over the world. I have an Iraqi boy, I have malnurished African children, and I have photos of American kids that their parents posted online and there is a universal face of sadness. Its crazy.
2. I thought the Senator/Representative artwork was reeeeally interesting. Seeing the democratic and republican faces all four together was creepy. Its almost like a big brother sort of thing, it looks like they have to fit this creepy perfect older white man meld.
3. I also thought it was pretty cool the variety of ideas in people's sketch books. I thought it was really insane to see everyones different takes on the idea of cover. I wish we would have had a chance to hear everyone explain theirs. It always impresses me to see what a group of people can come up with. There is insane diversity of thought and interpretation.
Ideas!
1. I want to do more with my chalk board spray paint. I'm trying to think of a really cool way to use it. Currently I have a blob shape cut out to put on my wall....
2. I also think if I end up enjoying the amalgamation I will try it out on some of my other ideas. I'm genuinely interested to see what will happen with some of the other ideas I have written down.
3. I want to amalgamate family and friend faces too. I think it would be kind of hilarious. There are all those sites that make what your baby with someone else would look like...i feel like i could do that with amalgamation. I think i could do some sweet stuff with heritage family stuff.
1. Well, we learned the basics of photoshop. I have very little experience with photoshop, so that was pretty valuable.
2. I learned that crying kids make hilarious faces. And you can tell how pissed a kid is depending on how wide their mouth is opened. If they are just upset they make an upside down banana face, if they are reeeeally mad they have full open mouth screaming faces.
3. I learned that the political management of our country is overwhelmingly white and male. (From the senator amalgamation).
Things I found interesting:
1. I thought the similarities of facial expressions of crying children was really interesting. I got kids from all over the world. I have an Iraqi boy, I have malnurished African children, and I have photos of American kids that their parents posted online and there is a universal face of sadness. Its crazy.
2. I thought the Senator/Representative artwork was reeeeally interesting. Seeing the democratic and republican faces all four together was creepy. Its almost like a big brother sort of thing, it looks like they have to fit this creepy perfect older white man meld.
3. I also thought it was pretty cool the variety of ideas in people's sketch books. I thought it was really insane to see everyones different takes on the idea of cover. I wish we would have had a chance to hear everyone explain theirs. It always impresses me to see what a group of people can come up with. There is insane diversity of thought and interpretation.
Ideas!
1. I want to do more with my chalk board spray paint. I'm trying to think of a really cool way to use it. Currently I have a blob shape cut out to put on my wall....
2. I also think if I end up enjoying the amalgamation I will try it out on some of my other ideas. I'm genuinely interested to see what will happen with some of the other ideas I have written down.
3. I want to amalgamate family and friend faces too. I think it would be kind of hilarious. There are all those sites that make what your baby with someone else would look like...i feel like i could do that with amalgamation. I think i could do some sweet stuff with heritage family stuff.
Tuesday, February 2, 2010
Amalgamation Ideas
1. Screaming person
2. Drug criminal mug shots
3. Totaled car
4. Space ship taking off
5. 9/11 Firemen
6. War veterans
7. Faces of dead celebrities
8. Faces of Nazi soldiers
9. Cancer patients
10. Crying child
11. Drunk faces
12. The musical scores for the top 100 songs
13. The 100 richest people in the world
14. Beauty pageant winners
15. Teen mothers
16. Mourning mothers
17. Malnurished children
18. 100 AIDs patients
19. Children used for tv commercials
20. Olympic athletes
21. Runners
22. Movie heroes
23. Scary movie monsters
24. Lead singers of rock bands
25. Rappers
26. People from woodstock
27. People of one specific religion
28. Homeless people
29. Illegal immigrants
30. Politicians
My five favorite ideas are:
1. Crying Child. I think that emotion is something that is universal. The pictures of the children could vary widely, but I think that the underlying feeling would still come through. There are things about humans that span across race, religion and culture. Crying is universally understood as a reaction to sadness.
2. Mug shots of drug criminals. I think this could be interesting because there is a lot of discrimination when it comes to arrest and the law. Also, drugs can really effect the way a person looks, so if I can find the right kind of pictures it could be interesting to see the emaciation that results.
3. Beauty pageant winners. I think this could make an interesting statement about what people find beautiful. I think a lot of times the high cheek boned overmade up white woman tends to be the winner of attention.
4. Malnurished children. There are children all over the world who don't get enough food. Society pays very little attention to such problems so it would be interesting to try and find enough pictures for this one. I also think again, there is a universal human reaction to things in life. I find that in many pictures of underfed children the subjects look defeated.
5. 100 richest people. If i could find a list of the 100 richest people in the world I think it would be really interesting to see what they had in common. What race, dress, and expression would they have in common?
2. Drug criminal mug shots
3. Totaled car
4. Space ship taking off
5. 9/11 Firemen
6. War veterans
7. Faces of dead celebrities
8. Faces of Nazi soldiers
9. Cancer patients
10. Crying child
11. Drunk faces
12. The musical scores for the top 100 songs
13. The 100 richest people in the world
14. Beauty pageant winners
15. Teen mothers
16. Mourning mothers
17. Malnurished children
18. 100 AIDs patients
19. Children used for tv commercials
20. Olympic athletes
21. Runners
22. Movie heroes
23. Scary movie monsters
24. Lead singers of rock bands
25. Rappers
26. People from woodstock
27. People of one specific religion
28. Homeless people
29. Illegal immigrants
30. Politicians
My five favorite ideas are:
1. Crying Child. I think that emotion is something that is universal. The pictures of the children could vary widely, but I think that the underlying feeling would still come through. There are things about humans that span across race, religion and culture. Crying is universally understood as a reaction to sadness.
2. Mug shots of drug criminals. I think this could be interesting because there is a lot of discrimination when it comes to arrest and the law. Also, drugs can really effect the way a person looks, so if I can find the right kind of pictures it could be interesting to see the emaciation that results.
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4. Malnurished children. There are children all over the world who don't get enough food. Society pays very little attention to such problems so it would be interesting to try and find enough pictures for this one. I also think again, there is a universal human reaction to things in life. I find that in many pictures of underfed children the subjects look defeated.
5. 100 richest people. If i could find a list of the 100 richest people in the world I think it would be really interesting to see what they had in common. What race, dress, and expression would they have in common?
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