Evewright Film

Evewright

-There is a sequence of 3 films
He is from the UK
-It is about race and how he does not want to label anyone
-He started studying graphic design
-He likes to mix all mediums and set no boundaries between them
-Each film is about 20min
-It was meant to be a gallery fils, for people to come and go
-Music was made specially for the film, it was classical music mixed with other sounds

1st Film
-Walking drawing
-Takes place in a beach in Great Britain
-Startes with the introduction, close up of the beach of the grass and horses
-Then there is a machinery making some trails in the sand
-Then the horses started running in the trails
-He has some closeups which makes the images blurry but looks very nice
-He also has some overview where you can see the entire beach with the trails
-Horses are following the trails in a straight line, following each other
-Sometimes they get separated sometimes they are all together

2nd Film
-It is similar than the first film, it has no introduction
-In stead of horses there are people with rain coats walking on the beach
-They are also following the trail
-The tide is growing making the space more narrow
-There are also close ups of the people walking which makes it very interesting

The Birth and Life of Opera Film

-Opera is music that produces more emotions such as rage and love
-History of opera is stained with blood of the revolutions
-Henry V got married and two of the guests in the wedding had the innovative idea of singing opera, both had a dream that night of having the opportunity of repeating that occasion
-Medicci and Consagas were two high class families that helped immensely with the development of the arts
-Lord Farer was the first big and brilliant opera which it is about a man trying to have her lovely deceased wife back, it was designed by Monteverdi
-Small boys used to have the most incredibly high pitched voice, little kids were searched upon to look for the best singers and were usually castrated to they can keep their infant, high pitched voice.
-Monteverdi had a hidden special room to perform only for the Duke.
-Emperor Joseph wan another man in power that was very interested in the storytelling of the operas

Art Exhibition

The exhibition in University of Tampa was very complete. I was very impressed with a lot of works that were being presented. It was very innovative and modern art going on in the exhibition.

Joseph Farbrook was an artist which grabbed a nook and made a moving image, constantly dancing. He installed a frame around the nook as if it was a regular painting. The image is very opaque so you cannot see the gloss that you would normally see in a reflection on a glass of any electronic. I thought the idea was very innovative and creative plus the actual picture of the ballerina was amazing. It looked like a simple trace of a ballerina and remind me of Edgar Degas.

Allen Hampton and Joanne Steinhart were two other artists that called my attention. Hampton had an image of a girl from Vietnam running and screaming in a technique that looks as if the picture were made out of pixels. The artwork had a lot of emotion an the image of the girl was simply amazing. Joanne has a very interesting technique where she does a kind of mosaics with the same picture. It was very appealing to the eye and it was a very nice idea. 

                                   

        

My favorite was one by Ricardio Arias which was a big, tall and skinny table which had a sculpture of a Tibetan figure. The entire table vibrated and made a humming sound which represented the humming made during the meditation of the Tibet people. 


There were some artworks that I disliked a little, or maybe I thought they were a little odd. The fist one was Sol Erez that did a video of porn stars recreating some political events. The idea was very different and I though that could be very interesting, but the format of the video was very homemade and it got out of focus many time, make up and scenarios were very bad as well. The second one was a artwork by Dana Corrigan, it was a video about a fox and a rabbit. The illustrations were flawless and very nice but the video didn't call my attention as much, it was very white and I appreciate simplicity but maybe it was too much.

Photographs
http://mainetoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/91944_270550-USM_Art_Gallery_Jose1.jpg

http://ealive.utarts.com

Microbiologist Raul Cuero

Microbiologist Raul Cuero PhD on Sparking Creativity on Living Smart with Patricia Gras

Raul Cuero was born and raised in a very poor neighborhood in Colombia. It was very rough growing up since he belonged to a very low social class. The had to sleep on the floor and thats when he started observing the cockroaches in the floor. He started understanding how they traveled in pairs and had many questions inside his brain. His parents did nor know how to write or read and Raul promised to himself that it would not happen to him. 

Cuero got involved in sports, started playing soccer until he got injures and developed an interest for basketball. He had always known he had a creative mind by doing exactly the opposite of what was expected of him. He grew in the basketball world in Colombia until he realized he was not taken intellectually serious, nobody believed he was able to have an intellectual career nor life.

He got a scholarship with his basketball and could study in the United States. In the video he states to Patricia that he never felt normal, he could never understand his basketball friends and it was hard for him to develop a sense of what was normal. He started to realize even more, how different the saw the world when he decided to drop  his basketball profession and become a microbiologist.

Cuero has been part of several discoveries like how to clean up oil easier after a spill or how to clean or destroy the nuclear and toxic material. Raul is a man that came from a background that was hard in every aspect and that nothing was expected of him. He took those criticisms and low expectations and believed in himself. He had the creative mind to understand he saw things differently and that he could help the world in any aspect.

Art vs Design

Art vs Design

Article by Craig A Elimeliah

As Elimeliah stated in his article design is a very calculated process. Normally designs are carefully thought out, discussed by a group and sharpened heavily in the computer to achieve a very perfect design. Craig even compares a designer with an engineer since they both have a very delicate and well thought career. There are rules to follow and certain aspects such as color, size, position and layout are some of the aspects that have to be carefully picked to deliver the right message.

Art in the other hand, Craig Elimeliah explains, that it is not as strict or hard to do. Art is suppose to deliver emotions or a feeling which is easily made by color or shapes. Artists have the liberty to explore and use any medium they want to convey whatever emotion being pain or love or sadness. 

Pictures
http://pichost.me/1572047/
https://www.artsy.net/artwork/juan-carlos-delgado-cuarto-norte
http://fineartamerica.com/featured/assessment-geometric-abstract-watercolor-cherilynn-wood.html