Final Project: Performing Arts

Yoga: The Sun Salutation

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=imECH3wiJ1I

In this video Im performing the sun salutation, I recently started to attend yoga classes is very new in so I decided to practice and share this video. It is a simple routine and I added some stretching techniques (like raising my legs in the downward dog) to help warm up the body and stretch other muscles. I use three different angles according to the movement I was doing.

Art Exhibit

University of Tampa Student Exhibit

Name: Human Love

By: Emma Benitez

This piece of art was very interesting to watch, it gave me the feeling that we, as humans, are all the same. She uses mix media to create texture to the painting. The humans in the art work have different texture and it makes it relevant in the piece. Then she dripped some painting which completes the artwork perfectly. It was simple and at the same time it says a lot. This was my favorite piece of the art exhibition.

Name: My Universe

By: Emma Benitez

This is another piece by Benitez that I found to be very successful. She uses mix media as well, and even though she uses a lot of color she managed for the viewer not to be overwhelmed while looking at the painting. I also felt related with the painting since I have several cats and I not only know they are hard to draw but also it can look like a cliche. Benitez knew how to avoid those obstacles in a modern way. 

Name: Model Feelings

By: Samantha Gutelano

I liked this piece, I know that 3D objects are very hard to create but I think Samantha did a great job. The look of the painting is very appealing, she gave it an old look using bronze color for the background and then a light turquoise color like the color of old metal get.

Name: Self Portrait

By: Michelle O'Brien

This painting was made by putting together pieces and she created a self portrait. It was very interesting to watch and it demonstrate her hard work. She could have worked in a title that suits the painting, so that it connects to the final product. 

Name: Two and a Half Minute kiss

By: Jamie Stubklzer

This artwork was made up using mix media, and I think it was very nice how Jamie managed to use only black, white and grey scales in his entire painting. He also added texture to the painting which makes it more interesting as a viewer. Lastly I loved the title since it adds to the content to the painting and it is also it gave a feeling of sweetness even though it was very dark. 

Name: The Creation of the Apple

By: Nick Oliveri

I stared at this painting for the longest time, it was very interesting and the topic he chose was very nice. It was brilliant how he grabbed a historic painting and related it to todays society and our technological creations. Nick combined a lot of mediums and colors and created a very large painting with relevant content. He installed a light bulb as part of his art, making this piece the first one you see. Also his name of the painting contributes to the idea, making it even more interesting. 

Name: Giving you Bedroom Eyes

By: Colleen Hani

This last piece was made with pastels, creating interesting stokes on the painting. The painting didnt really call my attention that much and it was a little dull. I liked that she connected the theme with the painting putting bedroom objects in her face. It just seems very simple and kind of incomplete. 

Tank Girl

-This movie is based on a graphic novel series

-The scenes change from drawings to real life

-There is the evil, which is all the wealthy people that has all the power and water of the city, controlling everything around them

-There is also the rippers which are vicious creatures that kill people

-The girl lives in a alternative community in a big old house with several people where they live very simply and just take a little of the water without them knowing 

-They find out they were stealing water so they Water and Power people attack and take the girl hostage

-She killed 8 of the water and power people, and the chief now puts her to work 

-She finds a tank and falls in love and makes a female friend that is also a prisoner

-They torture her for misbehaving and make her go through the cold and a narrow pipe

-They maker her find the rippers hiding place but when she is on her way they rippers attack and kill the Water and Power people

-They get ready to attack, fixing the tank and the airplane the two girls together

-Then they finally get into the place where all the girls are trained and there they found the little girl Sam

-While she is performing the WP attack and take the little girl

-Rebecka still wants to save her and goes on looking for the ripper people to create and army and save the little girl

-The rippers got them and are trying to figure out why are the girls are there

-The rippers explain they are a mutation of a kangaroo made for a war and then left them
-The two girls are headed to the WP special operations center where they see they have a lot of weapons they have to take pictures for the rippers to prove themselves
-They stole the truck with the merchandise so the rippers accept the girls in their underground community 

Rafael Lozano Hammer

The Creator Project Video

-The brighter the light the darker the shadows

-He installs sensible list around the city of Philadelphia where people can send a message to the central and then your voice can control the movement and intensity of the light

-They chose Philadelphia for the variety and the structure of the city 

-Vectorial has a sense of distance that creates confusion

-There is a relationship between the lights and your voice 

-YOu only have to download the app and send your voice message and then it would be transferred into movement into the lights

-His work has created a platform for new types of communication 

-I would like for the work to be a little more deep, where people can hear your message somehow I don't really see the point of lights moving

-Also put different colors of lights 

Performing Arts

Performing Arts Project

Jazz Dance

Music: Chandelier Sia

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gAQN8rUQJlU

How art, technology and design inform creative leaders

John Maeda TED Talk

- He has been dealing with computers for a long time
-Went to MIT, and he did a human computer placing people for every task the computer does to narrow it down
-How to combine technology, art and math?
-Images, sounds and text have been appearing with the years
-He uses an example of taking the word FEAR and changes the font of the word and describe how the meaning changes since one relates the word with the art of the typography. This is a way context combines with form to create the meaning of the actual word.
-He questioned why computers did not respond to sound, he played for many years with types of fonts and making experiments of how a computer can respond to his voice by moving a black square every time he speaks.
-Art is about asking questions
-New media is not about something being new, is about what is good and working for todays society
-Leadership is needed since it is now a network where everyone communicates with everyone. Leaders see un probable connections and make them possible.
-Now businesses have a CEO in the center and as a leader he has to find connections between different departments

Soft Concrete

Cement is getting old, so I decided to do a concrete that is soft so people can take longer to get somewhere. Also they will make more exercise since they have to put more effort in walking in a soft jello like concrete!