What would i do without You to direct me. Thank you.

Need to think think think think think think think think think think think think think think think think think think think think think think think think think think think think think think think think think think think think think think think think think think think think think think think think think think think think think think think think think think think think think think think think think think think think think think think think think think think think think think think think think think think think think think think think think think think think think think think think think think think think think think think think think think think think think think think think think think think think think think think think think think think think think think think think think think think think think think think think think think think think think think think think think think think think think think think think think think think think think think think think think think think think think think think think think think think think think think think think think think think think think think think think think think think think think think think think think think think thinkthink think think think think think think think think think think think think thinkthink think think think think think think think think think think think think thinkthink think think think think think think think think think think think think thinkthink think think think think think think think think think think think think thinkthink think think think think think think think think think think think think thinkthink think think think think think think think think think think think think thinkthink think think think think think think think think think think think think thinkthink think think think think think think think think think think think think thinkthink think think think think think think think think think think think think thinkthink think think think think think think think think think think think think thinkthink think think think think think think think think think think think think

Cut me.

Watching this performance of Yoko made me realize that how people can take an intimate moment and make it interpersonal. Shedding off clothing is one the biggest gestures of vulnerability. The cut piece allows issues of victim and assailant, sadist and masochist to respond/confront each other. Some may not want to confront it, some may. While watching this piece, i wanted to cut a piece of her clothing. I must of had an invoking sensation while watching other people doing it or it may be that I had some sort of an unrevealed obsession.

Heres the Site to watch this piece: http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x3dsvy_yoko-ono-cut-piece_shortfilms

HELP!

I was wondering if anyone can help me to find some Performance Art or artist who deals with it? Any suggestion would be great! I just need some inspiration.

WORK

These are some of the shots that can best describe where I am leading towards. Since my piece is about simulation/performance, i came towards a problem of what kind of a style should i portray. Should I have ~30 little photos or ~7 large photos? Which one is more visually appealing? Which one makes sense?

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GINORMOUS TWIN LENS CAMERA!!!!

I just saw this one Amiel Chi's Photo album and i came across this ginormous twin lens camera!!! I thought i might want to post this on my blogger to kill some time and put in a entry for the day :) But anyways I hope you guys were excited as me when i saw these photos. ENJOY!

I heard it works :)

Project Grizzly

Project Grizzly is a 1996 National FIlm Board of Canada documentary about the lifelong project of Troy Hurtubise, a man who has been obsessed with researching the Canadian Grizzly bear up close, ever since surviving an early encounter with such a bear. This film documents Hurtubise's work to improve his homemade "grizzly proof" suit of armor. He builds the armor with countless efforts of test and prepares himself to battle the grizzly bear that he dreams of meeting.

Testing...Testing....

My mom said i need to save water

Project Name: Simulate

Project Description: Taking everyday acts in life and simulating it to look melodramatic, odd, and bizarre. This would require me to do a performance and while I am doing a performance, I will be taking shots of myself in a sequence to create a world of reality and fantasy. One of my biggest sets back would be to make these photographs visually compelling. Because I am dealing with “every day routine acts in life,” I would need to amplify and improve the visual aspect of the image to bring the attention of the viewers. I will be using artificial lights and natural light, hopefully by blending the different lights together; it will bring a canny atmosphere.

Conceptual Concerns: The basic of my ideas is to put performance and photography together and build it into a sequence. Since it’s a simulation of the mundane acts in life, I am trying to incorporate weird and interesting images to twist the ideas of reality and the simulation.

Technical Skills Covered: Being able to manipulate the “everyday doing” into something unusual and in explainable. Color would be a technical skill that I would have a hard time with. Just dealing with the idea of the time I should shoot in the day, making sure the photographs doesn’t come out flat and uninteresting visually.

Formal Guidelines: Either doing 8x10 with 25 or more digital images or 16x20 with 20 or more digital images.

Artistic Reference: Erwin Wurm, Yoko Ono (Performer)

Readings: Taste and the aesthetics of simulation: art, technology, and the future (Timothy Jackson), Performance Art – Art History by Shelley Essak

Grades: I believe I would want to be graded through progression of my project. The more effort I put in as I progress in the class, the better my grade will be. I know in the real world effort won’t be enough but since I’m in school, I might as well place it as an importance over the success of my project. I truly believe it’s the process that matters than the end result.

Goals List: Find articles to read, not to put things back last minute, shoot more and to add on the conceptual idea.

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James Nachtwey

"I really hope people will not deny their own emotions or shut them off because the images might be disturbing.

It very important that viewers not shut down, but instead engage their own emotions."

-James Nachtwey

Before

After

Added a small amount of blue and increased the contrast.

Fall 2009