Symbol, a set on Flickr.
Symbol project: Photoshopped photo of Lady Gaga as Jo Calderone. Inspired by Sheppard Fairey’s Andre the Giant “OBEY” prints.
This print will be made into stickers.
APSA Light, a set on Flickr.
Light project: Photos taken on my iPhone of a lighting fixture in a hotel in LA.Self Portrait, a set on Flickr.
Self Portrait project: Screenshots from a video I made on Lady Gaga’s birthday.
Art History VVC #2.
What is a system? What makes a work systemic or systematic? How does the system affect the viewer?
These are all questions that have been in my mind when I have been trying to create a piece for my systems project.
I absolutely hate being told what to do, so when given instructions, I like to just work and refer back to the instructions later. I, however, am very systematic in the way I work. It’s almost an OCD thing I guess you could say. I try my absolute best to take the neatest notes as possible, matching the teacher’s note colors when taking down my own notes. I get aggravated very easily when taking notes: the teacher’s writing is illegible, I messed up my spacing, I spelt a couple words wrong. Taking good notes by hand helps me to better learn the subject at hand.
When working last year, I started doing these doodles or what I called “Sharpie Art.” I would draw these almost tribal patterns on the far margin of my notebooks. I began to make these more serious and organized as I turned them into art pieces. I had a specific system that I worked by: making six horizontal rows and mirroring the the patterns from one side to the other. This year, I decided to change things up a little by working with diamond forms. I did not do the best I could in this piece. I had to let my mistakes not affect me, and I became satisfied with my work, not trying to make it any better. Basically because my piece was pissing me off so much, I tore it in half, which was very fulfilling.
My mind is swirling now because I have no idea what to do.I love and hate systems at the same time. Every time I try to get guidance, I get more lost. I need more direction on what to do or how to get there I just need to figure out what I want to do.
WeTheUrban Magazine Issue #4 - October 15th
Now THIS is how you rock WTU!
Ceiling light in the hall outside of my old room.
