Class #9: Ai Wei Wei and Intervention

Big Brother

My public intervention was towards the government, I should say "Big Brother." We all know that the government is always watching us, on the phone, monitoring us online, etc... but we do nothing about it and go on with our I lives. Though I have nothing to hide, the idea that the government is always watching is annoying. Mind your own business government.

During my intervention, people were looking at me like I was crazy. Might have been due to the fact that it was 80 degrees and I had a suit on. But just what we were doing looked sketchy. Had I followed random stangers they would've asked me what am I doing. What they should be doing is asking that question to the government. But I didn't want to draw too much attention to myself or have to answer to the law.

Class #9 Followup: Survival

I really enjoyed the "Sea City 2000" vision of a Utopian city. I like the whole solar panels for solar energy and I am pretty sure they also have some sort of machinery to produce hydro power since the city is based on the sea. This sea city is pretty much an island which makes me agree more to this utopia. I always thought the perfect city would be on an island separated from everything else. It is just the island and the population. They have their own food source and produce their own materials. The only thing I disagree with is the speedboat and the cargo plane that connects the sea city to land cities. If this sea city is a utopia, there would be no need to have contact with land cities or other cities. Unless people want to explore outside the city. But then again, we should have everything we need on this utopia and people shouldn't want to leave the city.

Class #8: The Art Market and You're the Curator

Bleeding World

The first picture is called "Presentation" by Dana Schutz. Date: 2005. Medium: Oil on canvas. Dimensions: 10'x14'. 

The second picture is called "Bleeding Takari II" by El Anatsui. Date: 2007. Medium: Aluminum and copper wire. Dimensions: 12'11"x18'11".

The third picture is called "Fire" by David Wojnarowicz. Date: 1987. Medium: Synthetic polymer paint and pasted paper on plywood, 2 panels. Dimensions: 6'x8'

The fourth picture is called "Robbe-Grillet Cleansing Every Object in Sight" by Mark Tansey. Date: 1981. Medium: Oil on canvas with crayons. Dimensions: 6'x6'1/4"

This exhibition is called "Bleeding World" because it illustrates what is happening throughout the world and what will happen in the future due to global warming. All the greenhouse gases and carbon dioxide emissions we are releasing into atmosphere is causing extreme natural disasters which increases the death toll. The world keeps dying slowing until there is nothing left. After everything is gone we'll have to appreciate whatever there is left, which will be rocks basically. The audience for this exhibition are the people releasing all the greenhouse gases and carbon dioxide emissions to the atmosphere. Usually big corporations or people living a lifestyle with a big carbon footprint. Driving non eco friendly vehicles, people who do not recycle, and people destroying forests.