Pages 256-290

Pages 256-290 is once again about virtual reality and simulated environments. I thought it was interesting how simulations and virtual reality was a term from the 1930. This was because this concept was first used in theater in order to make the audience feel immersed in the play/story. The other aspect of the reading was how to make characters seem real by processing and understanding choices of characters within environments. Which reminds me of movies because, everything from setting, to lighting, sound, and backdrop sets the mood for the viewer to be scared, frightened, as well as other emotions. Therefore movies emerge us into the drama like a virtual reality.

Pages 228-247

While reading about Networks surveillance, culture jamming on pages 228-247, I thought that it was interesting how art can be created by telecommunications. But since telecommunications means making media in spaces to be reached by others easy, such as the internet. Therefore I wonder if social media can be seen as an art since you are technically in a presence globally while not moving from your home. In way social media can be like global communications.

Pages 213-228

Pages 213-228 were about charged environments. This was about using technology like computers, projectors, and television monitors in order to create virtual environments. The goal of this is to try to develop real and simulated spaces as well as virtual identities. In a way this reminds me of video games and how you can create characters in such games. An example of this can be The Sims, in which you create basically any character you want and set them in a virtual space you create. The stories are limitless as well as entertaining.

Pages 202-213

While reading pages 202-213 on coded forms and electronic production, I was reminded of all the animated movies that I grew to love, such as Pixar with movies such as Finding Nemo and Toy Story. This basically represents computer art and involves computer animation and computer generated sculptures to create such movies. I wish that WSU TC offered such classes in order to learn more about computer animation and maybe develop my own animated mini film one day.

Pages 193-202

On pages 193-202 of the reading assignment, I thought it was interesting in how the artists incorporated light into art work as a primary medium as well as other philosophical principles. It shows how different aspects of science can also be seen as art. One of the science into art projects that I thought was interesting was the Time Machine in the Gallery example. This was represented that an art was created as though someone was looking into a lense into the future, therefore making some images clean and others blurry as if the image would be that of a postmodernist style in order to represent the science of space and time.

Pages 182-193

What I thought about the reading of pages 182-193 is that it is amazing that artists can contribute to science as innovators to help create new inventions through design. While the scientist collects data and scientific equations and algorithms of studies, they do not know what to do with it or how to express the data. Therefore, an artist can come in and take the data to utilize its representation as an art piece. Such as the piece International Symposium on Electronic Art (pg 189) which represents the scientist data as a unique shape that projects images of individuals active in the field of electronic art.

Pages 166-182

While reading pages 166-182 I was amazed about the simulations of art pieces. Before reading this I thought that simulations and virtual realities were more so related to headgear computer devices rather than being represented as big art pieces and photographs. For example, the piece Frontiers of Utopia was basically lots of Computers that contained information about eight women. This allowed the audience to interact with computers to learn more about the women to gain a simulated interaction, rather than wearing a VR headgear.

Pages 120-140

Paul Sermon's "Telematic Dreaming" on page 128 looks just like a dream I could have had. The combination of real and virtual gives off a good illusion. On page 130 Jane Prophet's "TechnoSphere" kind of looks like a insect crossed with a carrot to me.

Pages Seventy-Eight to Ninety-Six

The abstracted work of Charles Csuri and James Schaffer on page 80 caught my attention. The piece "Hummingbird" was one of the first pieces made using a computer program. The computer can help make an artwork more abstract than a human hand. This reminds me why I wanted to go into computer art versus "normal" art. I wanted to be able to do more and think differently about life.

Pages Fifty-Four to Seventy-Eight

The reading is getting a bit better since there isn't much to read, it is more images of art projects with a small description. An interesting piece was located on page 57 was Thomas Wilfred's "Opus 161." The bright coloring was able to capture my eye out of this section, the reds, yellows, and oranges remind me of a fire in the middle of the night.

Pages Forty-Five to Fifty-Four

Artists collaborating with scientist is an interesting idea. Scientists use artists to sketch objects found in space. In exchange artists find engineers could help with constructing 3-D artworks. The collaboration of artists and scientists brought the age of computer usage to the for front.

Pages Thirty to Forty-Five

Kelly Heaton's art piece "Reflection Loop (The Pool)" on page 31 reminds me of a science class I had taken in the passed. In this class the teacher would draw pictures of atoms on the board, all the atoms connected together which is similar to Heaton's piece. She has a group of three circles connected together by lines.

Pages Fifteen to Thrity

Well obviously I was wrong to believe that the font would be the same size at it was on page 15. On page 17 there is an image depicted that I perceive to be a man begging for help, while another walks a horse over the top of him. "The Conversion of St. Paul on the Way" by Caravaggio is suppose to be a "saint's epiphany upon falling from his horse." Yet to me it looks like the epiphany is that men and animal's will walk all over you when you are down.

Prostituting Myself?

This week has really taken my brain for a spin, from coming up with new project ideas, to deciding where to live, to what is the meaning of life. This being said I think the most interesting thing that happened this week was when two people tried telling me that "Free Hugs" is prostitution. Now I was completely dumbstruck that someone could think that.. Do they just not like giving or receiving hugs? And if this is true I have been prostituting myself out for many years and didn't even know it!

This has been taking up most of my brain thought all week and I felt I must share it. Now prostitution has always been defined to me as "the exchange of money for sexual favors," so with this in mind I had look in the Dictionary just to double check that I was always told correctly.

Dicitionary.com's definition:

prostitution

[pros-ti-too-shuh n, -tyoo-]

noun

1.

the act or practice of engaging in sexualintercourse for money.

2.

base or unworthy use, as of talent or ability.

Based on this I was correct that "Free Hugs" can't be considered prostitution since the hugs are free. In the process of this "research" I found this video of How giving hugs could be prostitution though, please enjoy! :)

Pages One through Fifteen

The table of contents is very important to know what is in the book before you even get to chapter one. I like how it was aesthetically pleasing with the choice of colors, pink, black, white. And I hope the font is as big as it was on page 15.