Sheryl Oring - I wish to say. ORG

                                                             Sheryl Oring - Iwishtosay.org


I've never heard of the "Iwishtosay.org" website or project until my art & technology class.  I really think it's amazing thing that Oring is doing, it gives the common person their freedom of speech and allows someone who would originally never be able to contact the president, a way to do so. That's amazing! I think the thing that I love most about this project is that Sheryl decides to dress up in 60's attire with an old-fashioned manual type-writer.  In my opinion this really gives off a sense of security with the people who approach her.  Instead of having a macbook open ready to type someones thoughts onto an LCD screen, the type-writer really allows an intimate connection between the author and the person dictating their thoughts aloud.  In this day and age whenever you participate in something you are ALWAYS asked a serious of questions, especially you are asked some kind of information so someone can send you ads or what not.  An old-fashioned manual type-writer breaks that barrier, because it's a machine only capable of doing one things --- putting thoughts on paper.

Joseph Beuys

                               

                               "Every man is a plastic artist who must determine things for himself."

I believe that every artist at some point or another favors one material more than the next. Beuys was commonly known for using animal fat and felt in his performance art pieces; one which is organic and one in which is fabricated. I believe that Beuys had such a fascination u with felt because it was one of the warmest materials you can buy; but at the same time practically worthless. I believe is "weird" or "odd" performance art is amazing because at first glace you will see nothing but what the your brain is telling you.  If you do your research you can see that all of the things that Beuys did have meaning behind them.  Such as his performance art piece "How to Explain Pictures to a Dead Hare" this was done symbolically when the Germans were just starting to realize the tragedies that have came to them in their recent past. It's about excepting the harsh realities of what is real, and what is in front of you.  Beuys saw things through a different perspective. 

Xerox Reviews

Megan Peacy:  She had the umbrella that was covered with her body parts.  The surface it was done on was the best.  One of the best in the class!

Cody: The mask out of hands, really really well done I loved it! Needed to be bigger

Me :) - 3 faces of Brama would have been more creative.

Brian- The worm, birds, trees, clouds. I loved how he used his arm fur for the feathers of the birds.

Nakota- I love how she used real bark and leaves to make it really come together as a tree, I also liked her story behind her piece.

Arielle- Used a tennis racket with hands and her face on the face of the racket. I think she should of entwined the fingers inside the racket strings, covering the whole racket would be better.

Michelle- Made a dog out of her hand like a shadow figure. It was very busy but I really liked it!! Her candy-cane pattern looked like a fabric.

Lauren- "conceited" I like the idea of the words all around it that describe her but I did not like how the glue was all over the front of her project; made it look sloppy.

James: "hand of God" looks like a monster cartoon ! I loved it but it definitely was unfinished.

Kim- Crossed fingers; very abstract.  She made three separate designs and then put them together like a exquisite corpse. EXCELLENT !!!!!

Catherine-   Boombox ; face as speakers. I would of liked this better if she used a different surface than what her felix the cat was on.

Erin- Really abstract, great job!

Juan- I didn't understand the story behind it, I thought the cutting was sloppy also, but I do remember Juan saying he's bad at cutting things with sizzors. Mediocre

Christopher- I loved the meaning behind the sun "praying hands" the sun was my favorite part. Great job like always !

Maria- Used 200 zoom on her face, loved it !!!

Xerox Projext - Six Armed Ganesha God

Grid Art - Miss Pacman

The medium I used for my 

grid-art project was three different types of beans, glass marbles, and red hot candies :)