Project Decision

I have decided to do the frat boy project at the Sigma Phi Epsilon house. I will live there on someone's couch for 48 hours and go out and join in on the activities that make up their daily lives. I will need to get a video camera now, I am really excited about this project. I am going to abandon my feminity and learn about how this certain clique of boys lives. They all are really excited to teach me new things. I'm a little bit nervous about getting hurt trying these things, but I think I will be okay. I have made a list with them about the kinds of activities that we'll be doing but I don't want to share it yet. I'm looking to make a 15 minute video out of my footage. I am going to have to cut down a lot but actually there is a film major in the house that can help me. He's going to help me film my project. Some scenes will be filmed by me and some scenes will be filmed by him.  I am so excited to get going on this project.

Alternate Identity Proposals

I was contemplating my alternate identity proposals. There are so many possibilities. The hard thing about the project is if you can stick to your character and follow the regulations of the role that you choose. I think that aspect makes the project really interesting and fun.

1. I was thinking about becoming environmentally friendly in every way and becoming vegan. It would be an interesting project. I just don't know how I would be able to execute this well without much education on the protocol of being a vegan. I understand it vaguely. I would also want to modify the products I use to be environmentally friendly to make the projects. It would be a lot of research, which would be fun to do.

2. Be a frat boy. Since my boyfriend is in a frat, I have access to the house. I have actually talked this project out with them and they are very interested in showing what their lifestyle is really about. They say they study and do community service and work out and eat healthy. I would be interested in experiencing this for myself. I would video tape the project and live as a frat boy in the frat on someone's couch and do activities with different guys that embody their lifestyle and are examples of what they do on the daily.

3. Be silent for 48 hours and no text messages either. Monks do the vow of silence thing and the say they learn from it. I guess for this one I would write about my experiences and if any spiritual learning or self realizations resulted from this.

Projects to date

I have really enjoyed all of the projects in this class. They have broken me out of my comfort zone and pushed my definition of art. I am so excited about all the work that I have done. I am excited for the last 2 projects! Here are my old ones:

Sequence Project: http://art7andrea.blogspot.com/2011/05/my-sequence-project.html

Confession Project: http://art7andrea.blogspot.com/2011/04/my-confession.html

Random Act of Kindness: http://art7andrea.blogspot.com/2011/04/random-act-of-kindness.html

Nexus Article: http://art7andrea.blogspot.com/2011/04/follow-up-to-work-this-week.html
http://art7andrea.blogspot.com/2011/04/breaking-news.html

Altered Everyday Action: http://art7andrea.blogspot.com/2011/04/ordinary-action-unordinary-place.html

Pun: http://art7andrea.blogspot.com/2011/04/documentation-of-pun.html

FLASH MOB!

I liked the flash mob experience very much. I think it is powerful to share art in a way that brightens peoples day in an unexpected way. I could tell that all the people that experienced our flash mobs enjoyed the experience and  had a story to tell someone that day. I thought that our gun fight one was the most successful. I could tell a lot of people liked the playful spontaneity of it. It was so fun! I talked to my room mate in gauchocafe afterwards and she said that she was stoked to have seen a flash mob, she had always wanted to see one. I didn't know that so many people knew what flash mobs are. A few of my friends actually asked me if they could join in on our flash mobs. I liked playing duck-duck goose and I could tell that we were getting a lot of attention from bikers for that. it was really fun and I think activities like that could bring our section closer together, It was really cool. I thought our other flash mobs could have been more successful maybe next time now that we have a feel for the dynamics of how each scene works. I would love to do another flash mob. I love performing. I thought it was really fun.

Even Tyra Banks has done a flash mob to encourage natural beauty....even though she insists on having a different weave every week?? Oh well This flash mob is still kinda cool.

Freeform

More and more artists are getting their favorite works tattooed on their bodies. It is amazing that the artists are able to replicate the works so well. It is amazing. The tattoos are as beautiful and the well done ones look like the art almost perfectly. I think that this is an amazing form of admiration of art for a very hardcore fan and tattoo lover. This website:
http://www.stumbleupon.com/su/9VeUuK/flavorwire.com
/152378/20-amazing-artist-inspired-tattoos

More and more artists are getting their favorite works tattooed on their bodies. It is amazing that the artists are able to replicate the works so well. It is amazing. The tattoos are as beautiful and the well done ones look like the art almost perfectly. I think that this is an amazing form of admiration of art for a very hardcore fan and tattoo lover. This website:

http://www.stumbleupon.com/su/9VeUuK/flavorwire.com/152378/20-amazing-artist-inspired-tattoos 

has many examples of this new trend and they are so well done they are definitely worth seeing. I would be interested to see actually how widespread this trend is. I would love to photograph a database of people who love a piece of art enough to put it on their body and what the work means to them. I personally couldn't see putting any tattoo on myself but I think it is a really awesome art form. I would be down to become a tattoo artist, it seems like a really interesting profession where you get to learn a lot about peoples experiences and you are working with a one of a kind media every time. I think the magic of that is really interesting.

so basically.......my academic life sucks

I am taking 18 units and literally my life kinda sucks. I am perpetually tired and worn out. I like only Art 7A out of the 4 classes that I'm taking. I thought that I would like them all but I have 2 really disorganized spacey teachers where I have to dig to find our assignments and due dates because they weren't on the syllabus. I literally have to go through numerous website pages for Anthro 3 to find out what my homework is and where to read to do it. That class is like basically a slide show of my teachers Archaeological discoveries. He goes "isn't this pot a fine example of craftsmanship, now look at this Pyramid that someone robbed, it's so sad!" and the whole time I'm thinking how is this relevant? and how am I going to have a test? Is it going to be on what's pretty or not. With his travel photos? FML I hate that class, but I have to take it and for a grade too because it is a prerequisite for my Anthro minor. Then There is Evolutionary Psychology: Super cool name and topic. Super fucking boring professor who over explains everything small, and then his tests like literally punch you in the stomach because they aren't on the things that he rambles about forever....So I feel like I should read the book more, but he wrote the book so its like listening to him in my head doing the same shit as in class. Art 22 is like trying to learn a whole new language from a very sleepy old man who expects you already kinda know it well enough to understand his examples when he uses the language that you're supposed to be learning. HTML check!,XHTML wtf?, JAVASCRIPTwwttttffffff? I am struggling to make a website and when faced with this struggle my TA told me to "borrow" someone else's code for their working website and modify it to meet my needs. I wonder do all website designers "borrow" other people's websites? Is this how it works because I thought that I was supposed to be learning and not stealing. Then Art 7A. I'm not even sucking up when I say that this class is my sanctuary. I only enjoy this class and even though its so early, I still like going. I actually understand and like what I do in this class and I feel like my brain is a confused mess with my other classes and this is the only thing that makes sense.

CANT WAIT FOR THE QUARTER TO BE OVER

Reaction to Lecture

The lecture about sequence narratives today was a intriguing lecture. I enjoyed the Duane Michals pieces that I hadn't seen before. He is a great sequential photographer. I liked the one that was called "Alice's Mirror" I had already seen the "Things are Queer" piece. I thought that the work of Jim Goldberg was so interesting. I love to hear what people have to say regarding themselves so it was so revealing. I wish I could do a project and make things interesting enough to be original because I think interactive intimate personal pieces are so cool. I love his "Rich and Poor" and "Nursing Home" work. They are both so socially relevant and telling of the individuals whom they describe. The film by Chris Marker, "La Jette" was so good. It was a strange narrative that came full circle. I liked it alot. I could tell it has been the inspiration for many Hollywood movies like Inception, The Time Traveler's Wife, and more loosely, The Matrix. It was a very interesting piece. I liked the narrative. It was political and scifi and I have never seen anything done like a movie done with stills. Lecture today taught me a lot.