Ok so I have been posting my responses to In the Making in the wrong spot so here are my #1 and #2 excercizes from the last couple weeks. They has pictures but for whatever reason my blog won't let me put them up.
Skip Schukmann Assignment:
The artist Jane Ingram Allen embodies many of the same ideas in her environmental art that Skip does. She uses handmade paper, found natural materials and native seeds to make decomposable artwork across the U.S. and Asia. She is inspired by the natural environment much like Skip, but prefers to conduct her work collaboratively with people in the neighborhood and other artists.
One of her most well-known works is called “Disappearing Boundaries” from 1996. With the help of some fellow artists and volunteers she constructed a fence using fallen branches and homemade paper that was intended to dissolve with the natural occurrence of rain. Within the fence they had put flower seeds and had also plowed the strip of land beneath the fence. When the fence dissolved the seeds would begin to grow in the cultivated soil and fallen branches would provide natural mulch for the flowers to grow. The idea was for the flowers to eventually become part of the entire landscape and provide nourishment for the birds, animals, and other plants.
Jane Ingram Allen thrives on the idea of impermanence like Skip Schukmann; she feels like the natural process that occur to the land are an important and expressive part of her work. This is evident when she says, “nothing could ever be considered a 'permanent' work of art” or she explains, “the natural processes and human and animal interaction as a positive contribution to the artwork ... and to the environment."
Skip Schukmann Assignment:
The artist Jane Ingram Allen embodies many of the same ideas in her environmental art that Skip does. She uses handmade paper, found natural materials and native seeds to make decomposable artwork across the U.S. and Asia. She is inspired by the natural environment much like Skip, but prefers to conduct her work collaboratively with people in the neighborhood and other artists.
One of her most well-known works is called “Disappearing Boundaries” from 1996. With the help of some fellow artists and volunteers she constructed a fence using fallen branches and homemade paper that was intended to dissolve with the natural occurrence of rain. Within the fence they had put flower seeds and had also plowed the strip of land beneath the fence. When the fence dissolved the seeds would begin to grow in the cultivated soil and fallen branches would provide natural mulch for the flowers to grow. The idea was for the flowers to eventually become part of the entire landscape and provide nourishment for the birds, animals, and other plants.
Jane Ingram Allen thrives on the idea of impermanence like Skip Schukmann; she feels like the natural process that occur to the land are an important and expressive part of her work. This is evident when she says, “nothing could ever be considered a 'permanent' work of art” or she explains, “the natural processes and human and animal interaction as a positive contribution to the artwork ... and to the environment."
In The Making Assignment 2:
The following are works of art that exemplify a viewer-artist relationship. Although there are many pieces that could fill these descriptions I found these to be some of the more fitting ones:
- A static, harmless art object: Marcel Duchamp’s Bicycle Wheel would be a good example of a relationship where the view is engaged because they are questioning what makes art, art but the piece is still unmoving and unchanging.
- An active, harmless object: Although he is seen in the pop culture as a movie producer, Tim Burton’s Nightmare Before Christmas would be a perfect example of an active harmless object. The puppets he has created are moving and ever changing by the second to make them appear to be walking but they are harmless to the viewer. The viewer only has to sit back and enjoy, to participate in the relationship.
- An active, dangerous art object: Arnaldo Morales’s Kanika No.08 is active in the regard that it spins and is not static and would definitely inflict harm if used the way “intend” as a piece of seduction.
The following are works of art that exemplify a viewer-artist relationship. Although there are many pieces that could fill these descriptions I found these to be some of the more fitting ones:
- A static, harmless art object: Marcel Duchamp’s Bicycle Wheel would be a good example of a relationship where the view is engaged because they are questioning what makes art, art but the piece is still unmoving and unchanging.
- An active, harmless object: Although he is seen in the pop culture as a movie producer, Tim Burton’s Nightmare Before Christmas would be a perfect example of an active harmless object. The puppets he has created are moving and ever changing by the second to make them appear to be walking but they are harmless to the viewer. The viewer only has to sit back and enjoy, to participate in the relationship.
- An active, dangerous art object: Arnaldo Morales’s Kanika No.08 is active in the regard that it spins and is not static and would definitely inflict harm if used the way “intend” as a piece of seduction.
Ok, so now this is Week 4's response to Adolescents at School chapters 2 and 4:
The question that was posed with these chapters made me realize how fortunate I am. I had to think a long time to remember a time that I had been discriminated against. It makes me realize I blessed I am to have been raised in an environment where I have been equally presented opprotunities. However, the first memory that came to mind was when I tried to play on the basketball team in 5th grade. It was an intermural sport so everyone who wanted to play was put on a team. I was VERY short for my age so my couch only put me in for about 3 minutes the whole season. Although I was not very good when he did finally put me in, it was a real let down not to ever be given the chance just because I was short.
The other question asked was to discribe a time you discriminated against someone else. The memory I have for this one I will never forget. It was in my math class in high school and there was this girl that sat infront of me that was tall and blonde and was always really dressed up. I did not know who she was but had already informed the opinon that she was not going to be good at math, so when the time came around to start working on our homework I told the girl I would help her (even though she didn't ask) and it turns out she was brilliant and ended up helping me complete the assignment because I didn't understand it. I had completely formed my opinon of her from blond stereotypes and I felt awful about it. I was totally given a taste of my own medicine when she ended up give me help but I will still never make the same mistake. I felt so bad about it!
Both of these memories will help me in my future classroom because I now know what it feels like to be on both ends. I would never wish those feelings on anyone else and will forever keep them in the forfront of my memory. It will also remind me that there are stereotypes to be combated in other areas than race and gender. As teachers we need to always be on our gaurd and treat everyone fairly. By letting go of all prejudices and treating everyone with the same respect all students will know you care and a more harmonious school setting can be achieved.
I agree with your last statement about being a teacher and what it entails to be responsible and respectful. I hope we can all live up to what you said. I think it is our nature as teachers to do so, but there are those unexpected times that we just don't plan on happening or can't help, and a judgmental thought will pop into our minds. But I think it is important to let it all go and just be level headed and put all our judgments aside and let them just go in and out of our mind without pondering it. As for your experiences, I think you are very lucky to not have to deal with stereotypes and discrimination. I think it is good and bad, it's nice to have the experience to be aware of later in life but at the same time it isn't a pleasant experience to deal with and live through everyday whether you are or arent the one being steroetyped. We all know what it's like to feel outcasted. It's important to do our best to not do that to others, but like you said it just happened when the blonde sat in front of you, it wasn't like you meant to be mean. I think these come from previous experience or others experiences, stereotypes come from somewhere, and the majority of the time they aren't relivant but the remaining time they are. So it will happen but we just have to be aware of it and prevent it from becoming a statement or an action based toward them.
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