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Immersive experiences

• School: forced into it when you’re young, and it becomes a huge part of your life.

• Friends: they influence you in positive and negative ways.

• Literature: you “get lost” in those books….you “lose track of time.”

• Netflix: “You get Caught up…”• Games: (nerd alert!!) lose your sense of time!

Techniques artists use to CREATE immersive experiences

• Try to relate to the view through personal experience: example: Damali Abrams vlog series OR….

• Create an emotional response in the viewer. example: Starry Night: Enigmatic response

• Create a scenario that provokes the viewer into thinking of LOTS OF STUFF ALL AT ONCE. example: Tino Seghal

• Find ways to trigger your senses: sight, sound, temperature.• example: breaking the cycle Betan Curth and Neumann

Virtual REALITY: a fake or false world that you get sucked into kinda through the use of technology! example: Occulus Rift

• Provocative (causing arousal, alertness, or curiosity) imagery: Kara Walker’s Sugar Baby

Immersive experiences

• Ash-SON: Anywhere in NYC, like Times Sq. or Riverside.• LEO: Video Games…feel like you’re “IN the ARENA or

BATTLEFIELD.”• Joe: sound in movie theaters for ACTION movies. • Nicole-1: Immersed in TV shows. OR…Literally immersed in

Agua. • Vinchenzo: Anything that creates a sense of nostalgia.

Being immersed in a memory may inform your FUTURE. WOW.

• VANYA: Literature, like books like, you know you get into it. Especially if you like read it a lot. You get engulfed in it.

“A group of monks from Massachusetts organized a walking pilgrimage to retrace the transatlantic slave trade. Because my mom practiced Buddhism, it’s always been part of my life. I found out about the pilgrimage and instantly knew that I wanted to go. I was an assistant to photographer Walter Chin, and happy with the job, but I left it and left a boyfriend to go on the journey. We went from Massachusetts to New Orleans to Key West. From there we took a boat through the Caribbean Islands, which have had a huge impact on my work. There was an offshoot that went to Brazil by boat, but I came back to the States for two weeks to fundraise because we lived communally by donations and shared our resources. I was a year-and-a-half with the monks and then I hitched throughout the east coast of Africa with a friend for another year. So, I rejoined the pilgrimage in Gambia and we walked to Nigeria, where we took a plane to South Africa. The pilgrimage came to an end in 2000 when we met with Archbishop Desmond Tutu, one of the leaders of South Africa’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission. We walked eight hours a day, everyday. It was a walking meditation.”

Over 2,400 miles (just in the USA..)About 750 hours of walking…

Over 2,200 miles (just in Africa..)About 680 hours of walking…

Xaviera SimmonsUntitled (still from Number

18/Number 19)2015

Medium: color photograph

Xaviera SimmonsUntitled

(still from Number 18/Number 19)2015


Simmon’s work considers the language, physicality, and circumstantial position of the African American woman, sometimes staging her into seemingly parallel realities.

For the Bronx Borough Courthouse, Simmons creates new work by stealthily collecting a series of images that emerge out of a hidden dance performance in the building in collaboration with Bronx-based contemporary artists.

Xaviera SimmonsUntitled

(still from Number 18/Number 19)2015


We all gots different relationships with people.These phyiscal acts are a way of SHOWING that relationship.

It’s a physical manifestation of EMOTION! Physical contact is arousing in all senses of the word.

Xaviera SimmonsUntilted

2015Medium: mixed media

Xaviera SimmonsLandscape (2 Women)

2007Medium: color photograph

http://artpulsemagazine.com/surveyor-an-interview-with-xaviera-simmons

GuzzY: Simmons wants her work to me “open” and more about

interpretation.Tots: Her work is a

“continuation, rather than chopped into pieces”

Luis: Wants her work to speak by itself, without assistance…with

viewer interaction. LUPY: The viewer sees multiple

artworks, and the meaning accumulates as they see each

work.


To accumulate: To build up (in quantity) through repetitive actions.

NostalgiaHuman NatureIt’s like a story, a narrative.Make choices, Greg: All of our experiences and problems accumulate into our own past.

Cierra: Open to interpretations about her work…

Henry: text pieces are treated like “landscapes” and “photographs.”

Kozak: Text= Imagery!Bending one medium (material) into

anotherJackie: “photos as sculptures” molds photos

INTO 3d formsJoe: the viewer should “get ideas” from the

photos and sculptures.VANIA: reminiscent of Lawrence Weiner’s

artwork (text based artist)Swiss CHARDO: “Everything should be seen

as a continuation and an accumulation of images and textures to create a nostalgic

connection”


Accumulate:To acquire over time and build up in amounts

https://vimeo.com/116155677

The Wandering Night Sea2014Acrylic paint on wood

Xaviera SimmonsUntitled (still from Number

18/Number 19)2015


None of Simmons’ works are self-portraits, these are explorations of characters in relationship to landscape and other themes of “non-linear spaces” and “in-between spaces,” things that shift from one thing to another. She describes herself as “electrically inspired”, meaning the inspiration is steady and constant and to that end she is constantly trying to keep up with herself and what she engages with. Literature, news, music, design, conversations, colors, textures, forms, science, midwifery, art historical references, travel, it’s all just “fertilizer”for the works. Put it in soil to add nutrients to help plants grow….FEEDS a plant. To encourage growth to Motivate!

Literature, news, music, design, conversations, colors, textures, forms, science, midwifery, art historical references, travel, it’s all just “fertilizer” for the works.

What motivates you to…Seeking praise and others’ approval…people’s judgments affect your

Approval from others…Self esteem may be linked to motivation…

Motivated to keep that self esteem HIGH UP THERE!Parental pride vs. PERSONAL pride

Make things?”When those eyes look at my work, they like ‘that shit mad cool’.”

Get involved in things?Competition

Family motivates me to raise the bar. Investigate things?

Grades motivate me to investigate further. Grades dictate your ACADEMIC future.

Sometimes it’s ALL WE CAN SEE, just the drive to get good grades but you may lose your sense of SELF IMPROVEMENT

The way you treat your grades (and yourself) becomes a routine. The cycle of getting good grades can actually cause your grades to decrease.

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Literature, news, music, design, conversations, colors, textures, forms, science, midwifery, art historical references, travel, it’s all just “fertilizer” for the works.

What motivates you to…Make things?

when I need something.The satisfaction of completing something!

MOMREWARDS

Get involved in things?if it’s FUN and edible.

Curiosity, grades (has real world consequences)productivity, experience in a thing!

Investigate things?if it teaches me something, makes me curious

a desire to collaborate with othersto solve things before others (to be competitive, to be OPRAH-RICH! And/or

have an higher standard of living)

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When does the law apply to some people and when does it not?

• Social Class and Financial class affects how the law is applied to you (UNOFFICIALLY)

• Police officers are often “above” the law (see ANY example of this, EVER.)

• RACIAL BIAS (Unofficially) • Age - tried as a minor or tried as a legal adult (18+)• Undocumented people (have like no rights) vs citizens,

inalienable rights• Previous records (maximum or minimum sentencing) • Diplomatic immunity: most laws of the country you’re in

don’t apply to you. For some serious crimes, the diplomat may be extradited (sent back to their own country to deal with THEIR justice system)

Who created the legal

system? Who does the

system serve?

http://www.duhaime.org/

2853 BC: Evidence of law during the reign of legendary Chinese Emperor Fuxi2350 BC: Urukagina's Code2050 BC: Ur-Nammu's Code1850 BC: The Earliest Known Legal Decision1760 BC: Hammurabi's Code1350 BC: Deborah (Israel)1300 BC: The Ten Commandments1125 BC: Eannashumiddina's Kudurru (Mesopotamia)1000 BC: The Chou Dynasty Laws800 BC: Lex Rhodia700 BC: Lycurgus' Law621 BC: Draco's Law (Greece)536 BC: The Book of Punishments (China)530 BC: Solon's Laws (Greece)480 BC: Law Code of Gortys or Gortyn (Crete)450 BC: The Twelve Tables (Rome)399 BC: The Trial of Socrates (Greece)400-350 BC: The Chinese Codes of Fa Jing and Li k'vei (China)286 BC: Lex Aquila210 BC: The Qin Code (China)206 BC: Han Code (China)200 BC: The Laws of Manu50 BC: Cicero's theories (Rome).

Who created the legal system? Who does the system serve?

http://www.duhaime.org/

Thieves and adulteresses were to be stoned to death with stones inscribed with the name of their crime.

Dismissal of corrupt men, protection for the poor and a punishment system where the punishment is proportionate to the crime.

Laws of Morality and Religion. The King = godly / divineHierarchy of deities, religious rules relating to social hierarchy

What is Mundane? What is Uncanny?

• Definition: Boring, basic, non-descript, common, ordinary, routine.

• Landscapes, #thomaskinkade

• Drake (basic)• Taylor Swift (basic)• Schools, some

architecture.• TVs with BUTTS (not flat

screens)

• relaxing, vs boring• Fries and pizza (for

Americans)

• Definition: Unpredictable, strange, Weird, Mysterious Out of the ordinary, spontaneously.

• Frank Gehry Archicture • Lady Gaga• The Universe! • Haunted Houses• Marta Minujín• KD??• The action of making

Abstract art.

What is Mundane? What is Uncanny?

• …Everyday, common, basic, cliché, ordinary.

• …Comic Sans• Radio stations

(92.3NOW!) • Commercials (geico, 1800-

paynow, kars 4 kids)• Mona Lisa & Starry Night

(overproduced, and the meaning is LOST.)

• MEMES• The Appearance of

Abstract art is MUNDANE.

• Out of the ordinary, extraordinary, hard to explain, unbelievable, perhaps spontaneous.

• mystical creatures (unicorns, elves)

• Ghosts, Nicki Minaj’s BUTT,

• Kim K’s ability to write ANYTHING AT ALL.

• The MEANING of abstract art is Uncanny

“New York is inspiring. It’s got my heart and my history and community. But I’m more interested in a larger cultural dialogue that isn’t limited to NY. Often I look for the mundane or the uncanny and try to undress such social phenomena by intervening in some alchemical way (through magic or sorcery) . I’m going to Manila and Tokyo soon and eager to see how those cities will inspire.”

(clockwise from left)Boy

ConvertiblePosy

Leather and mixed materials

Continent 2014Wood, acrylic, metal screwsDimensions Variable

Continent 2014Wood, acrylic, metal screwsDimensions Variable

Michelle LopezSmoke Cloud II2014Architectural glass, silver nitrate, ultraviolet rays, walnut

Michelle LopezSmoke Cloud II2014Architectural glass, silver nitrate, ultraviolet rays, walnut

All of these elements build the artifice of the ‘pomp and circumstance’ of an important figure or event.

Everything is really just ‘smoke and mirrors’, which leads me to talk about the Smoke Cloud work, which were partly inspired by images of the recent Ferguson riots of people in protest standing in the middle of tear gas clouds.

“Smoke and mirrors” is a metaphor for something that is deceptive or fraudulent,

pretending to be something that it’s not.

Michelle LopezSmoke Cloud I2014Architectural glass, silver nitrate, tin, ultraviolet rays, varnish, wood

Michelle LopezSmoke Cloud I2014Architectural glass, silver nitrate, tin, ultraviolet rays, varnish, wood

Michelle Lopez Video Installation• Birds and Windows – How do they relate?

– We can see through windows…sometimes there’s a bird. Birds are FREEEEEEEDOOOOOOMMMM

– Birds fly into windows….because they’re transparent. Because windex!! They’re deceived into believing that the window isn’t even there in the first place.

– The window is “deceiving” the birds. It’s an ILLUSION to them. – Greek Grandma feeding the birds…but then one day she didn’t feed them and

they crashed into the window. – Ryan crashed into the door at H&M…and security made fun of him. – Dealing with FAILURE: Give the world a STANK face.– To err is human. ..you gotta cry…and throw excrement at people– You may fail but you’ve gotta get back up (and hope it doesn’t smell)– You LEARN from failure. …but you still are mad and disappointed in yourself,

shocked and chagrinned! . – Remember your failures BECAUSE….

• You don’t wanna feel that way again.• Use that failure as Motivation… .turn it into a learning experience.

Michelle LopezVideo Installation

• Birds and Windows – How do they relate?—POORLY.– Birds sometimes “bump” into windows (fly INTO windows.– Bird hit a building and it DIED. – Windex commercial….birds don’t realize that there’s even a window

there in the first place.– There’s a REALITY that birds are oblivious to. By believing in the illusion,

their necks get snapped and they DIE. – WE ARE THE BIRDS, oblivious to illusions and lies until . – Is it better to fly through the air as if there are NO windows to crash

into? Or be so scared of crashing into windows that you never try to fly in the first place?

– If fear takes over you, that will guide your path. – ‘waste of time’ not all rewards are immediately received.– Risk Averse – “You don’t wanna look back on life and think “what if…”– You don’t know what success is like until you know what failure is.

Michelle Lopez in her studio in Bushwick Brooklyn

“I think relevance and innovation are really important. I don’t think people though will tell you if your work is irrelevant or not innovative. I’d like them to.”

What do you think it means to be “relevant” or “innovative?”

Innovative: Taking something ordinary and making something NEW…doing something for the BETTER of the world. Clean energy cars (like TESLA!! Elon Musk) Relevant: To be important in TIME, SITUATION, Relevant things advance forward…irrelevant things get lost in the past.

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Michelle Lopez in her studio in Bushwick Brooklyn

“I think relevance and innovation are really important. I don’t think people though will tell you if your work is irrelevant or not innovative. I’d like them to.”

What do you think it means to be “relevant” or “innovative?”

TO IMPROVE ON SOMETHING THAT ALREADY EXISTS, TO MAKE IT BETTER.RELEVANCY CONNECTS TO A SPECIFIC TIME/PLACE /ISSUE - IT’S NEEDED, IT’S NECESSARY. .

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..Some of her work is a mix of mundane OBJECTS with maybe an uncanny MEANING. ..Lana ACTUALLY likes her!! Lopez draws on experiences that may be mundane to some or uncanny to others. .Uniting opposites …it’s quite innovative, with an unexpected outcome. .using TONS of different materials (questions what is art…) Sometimes she’s kinda mundane. ...

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Final Thoughts…

The past two days everyone had something to say since it was related to them.Lopez’ work can be related to our lives because of our interpretation.

Her work evokes serious and complex issues through something so simple.

These conversations don’t work if you’re “immature” and not ready to face this issue (if you’re in denial.

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Final Thoughts…

With his signature linoleum floor tiles, David Scanavino’s work explores the mundane designs of institutional spaces. Whether a state hospital, a public school, or a bureaucratic agency, Scanavino’s work transforms its language into what curators call “an abstract, seductive form.”

What do you see?.

Creepy opening

Looks like a mirror

Narrow tall rectaaaangular doorway.

Multicolored tile floor

It bothers jackie…she don’t like it. “the ugliest kitchen floor in the world.”

_Prince Henry

“Wacky Uncle’s Tie” – Tio Jackie

Dirty walls of public showers.

Looks like it is under construction.


What do you see?.

.Alice in Wonderland

Two lil’ dots (so cute!)

Abandoned Shower Room

Communal: dirty, abandoned, like it’s been used a whole bunch

Pattern on the floor

Small entrance…but a bigger space

Ny Hall of Science (queens WHAT!)

Optical Illusion

LIKE A PSYCHOOO PLACE! WHAT!!

HOSTAGE HOLDING CELL

Mental asylum

Weird mirror room

AHHH IT’S NOT A PATTERN AFTER ALL.


David ScanavinoUntitled

2015Linoleum tile

David ScanavinoCandy Crush

2014St. Louis, MO

88 feet LONG!

David ScanavinoCandy Crush

2014St. Louis, MO

I’ve done a lot of floor pieces before, but this is the first one that climbs the wall and engages with the architecture in an aggressive way. Usually the floor pieces are passive because they’re, you know, on the floor.”

David ScanavinoImperial Texture

2014Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, CT

David Scanavinountitled (wall piece #3)

2012VCT tile and metal

Donald Judd,Untitled 1991

Douglas Fir Plywood, plastic


Plywood,


Douglas Fir Plywood,Dia:Beacon, NY

MINIMALISM!THE ACT OF REDUCING ART DOWN TO AS FEW PARTS AS POSSIBLE!

SUBTLEY! RAZOR SHARP DETAILS!PRECISION



2015Linoleum tile

ANYWAY….

Born in 1978 Denver, Colorado. Lives in New York City.

“[My work is] almost like a kindergarten classroom,” Scanavino explains. “It’s bright greens, and yellows, and reds. Hopefully it’s a very engaging social piece that people are going to want to walk on and run up and down on.”


2015Linoleum tile


Why do you think institutional spaces are designed the way they are?

.Almost like jail: Closed in, not enough space,

Not the happiest place on earth

Basic, so you’re not distracted. You’re there for a PURPOSE.

Bland Colors, neutral, not flashy, not bright.

Consistent color design.

TRADITIONAL – Orthodox, mundane,

Intentional color work (light babyblue) but then it starts to fade and becomes kinda

GROSS.

Describe institutional spaces.

Schoolpublic,JAILHospitalOld apartment buildings (hallways)Old folks home.

Why do you think institutional spaces are designed the way they are?

.Designed to be isolated

.You usually only go inside if you have a reason to go in.

Designed to contain something (books, people, forms, plants).

Schools: meant SHOULD to make the student comfortable.

Jails: no frilly designs

Libararies: comfy chairs, wifi,

Made SIMPLE: UTILITY. PURPOSE. 90 DEGREE ANGLES.

IF YOU COMPARE SCHOOLS THAT ARE BUILT NOW, THEY’RE DESIGNED TOTALLY

DIFFERENTLY: FRANK SINATRA SCHOOL.

Describe institutional spaces.SOMETHING VERY REGULATED BY THE GOVERNMENT.JAILSPUBLIC USE (SCHOOLS LIBRARIES, COMMUNITY GARDENS, CITY HALL)

David ScanavinoUntitled, 2015Linoleum tile

“The museum is such a beautiful environment and I think more people should experience it, It should be really inclusive to all types of people, and it’s great when they encourage a younger generation to come experience the arts.”

Ramifications (consequences) of these ideas?.increased curiosity from visitors.

….economical: museum may need to lower price$ in order to be more inclu$ive.

.some Museums are expensive!!

To give “more access” to people is empowering. They can explore new topics and learn cool stuff. It’s like a cycle! The more people involved, the more they encourage others to experience the

arts.And it IS cyclical!

Younger folks may be exposed to NEW stuff that they may not want to see? OR that they want to

see. You’ve gotta see stuff that challenges you if you

also wanna see stuff that you LIKE.If the art doesn’t challenge you, you may lose

interest….you lose appreciation for it.


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Ramifications (consequences) of these ideas?“Broaden the horizons” of the public - open up

their plane of thinking. “How do you make EVERYONE feel included?”

Have the OPPORTUNITY to see it…whether or not you like/dislike

Variety in art helps, also easy to understand art.

Free services (wifi, toilets) The higher the price of entry, the more affluent the people in the museum (thus, free-museum

nights)Younger people can help “balance out” the

museum audience. Make younger people more interested in

museums..and not excluded. “a certain type of attitude at the museum.”

HOW YOU CONNECT WITH THE ART.


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Shellyne RodriguezVarious collages

2012Medium: collage

Shellyne RodriguezHound Dogs

2012Medium: collage

Shellyne RodriguezLet them eat cake

2012Medium: collage

What themes do you see the artist

exploring?

What themes do you see the artist

exploring?

Shellyne Rodriguez is a multi-media artist born and raised in the Bronx. She creates environments inhabited by her sculptures, collages, drawings and paintings, which work together in a manner that is reflective of hip hop culture. Her work explores the tension between hope and despair using autobiographical content as well as socio-historical markers to examine the passions of the soul as understood and examined through the Baroque. Shellyne graduated with her BFA from The School of Visual Art and completed her MFA at Hunter College. Ms. Rodriguez is currently based in New York City.

Shellyne RodriguezIntervale Avenue

2014Medium: oil paint on canvas

Shellyne RodriguezPrototype for Belphegor’s Eye

2014Medium: 168 flesh-tint dyed mousetraps,

rhinestones, gold chains, copper wire, plywood

Shellyne RodriguezPrototype for Belphegor’s Eye

2014Medium: 168 flesh-tint dyed mousetraps,

rhinestones, gold chains, copper wire, plywood

Shellyne Rodriguez

Prototype for Belphegor’s Eye

2014Medium: 168 flesh-tint dyed mousetraps, rhinestones, gold chains, copper wire,

plywood

In demonology, Belphegor is a demon, and one of the seven princes of Hell, who helps people make discoveries. He seduces people by suggesting to them ingenious inventions that will make them rich. In Christian mythology, he is most closely associated with the sin of Sloth.

J.A.S. Collin de Planc

Dictionnaire Infernal

1863

Shellyne Rodriguez

Prototype for Belphegor’s Eye

2014Medium: 168 flesh-tint dyed mousetraps, rhinestones, gold chains, copper wire,

plywood

What do you think makes this artwork worth talking about?

Shellyne Rodriguez

Gerperudeta2014

Medium: ceramic

Shellyne Rodriguez

Gerperudeta2014

Medium: ceramic

Words to describe this??

Words to describe this??

Shellyne RodriguezAllegory for Hope and Despair

2014Medium: ceramic

Allegory: a story, poem, or picture that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning, typically a moral or political one.

Shellyne RodriguezAllegory for Hope and Despair

2014Medium: ceramic

Allegory: a story, poem, or picture that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning, typically a moral or political one.

Question….

Law Question

Education

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