The Dual, The Polar, And the Digital:
Honestly, I did not understand what was going on because the passage was talking a variety of things in every paragraph. The general idea that came to mind was how tempting a lottery to people. Therefore, the author used the Babylonians being seduced to play the lottery as an example. I think the way the dual, the polar, and the digital are being used here is the possible results the lottery machine.

The Information Bomb:
The 2 chapters of this passage were clearly different as the first chapter focused more on the evolution of science and how it is somehow taking over the world. The second chapter talks more about globalization and the features of this world. Judging from the title, I assume that the bomb would be the Earth because the features of it is what I think is the information.

Central Conflict Theory:
Obviously, the author is telling this story in first-person view. He talks about one point in his life when he and his friends loved to watch American films. He describes many films throughout the story and mentions on page 12 that he would want a central conflict so that he he would be able to answer a number of practical concerns. What I think he mean here is that he wants to have people critique his films so that he can make improvements to them to capture the attention of the audience and spectators for a good amount of time.

Last thoughts of FND 111 Time Arts:
I overall enjoyed the class although it was on a Friday morning. I learned how to use Macs much more efficiently and learn about the differences between them and PCs. I am also thankful that I had to figure out how to use programs like SoundScape and iMovie instead of being taught how to use them because that allowed me to challenge myself when getting assignments done using them.

Blog for Performance Video Project:

Today, I viewed a variety of video performances and I personally thought they were all unique in their own ways. For example, some were embarassing, entertaining, or just plain. When working through this assignment, I had trouble coming up with ideas because I could only think of a typical performance like a dance or any music-related type. Therefore, I thought of a major frustration I had in the past year and decided to use my video performance as the answer to getting rid of the frustration. Since I haven't shown my video yet, I will not say any more about it until the next class.

Independent Research Project Proposal:
For my Independent Research Project, I would like to create an animation sequence using iStopMotion of my own. I love watching animation and I thought how cool it could be if I could create my own. I have very little experience with iStopMotion, therefore, I want to learn how to use it effectively to create not only animation and time sequences but to also add music and sound to my sequences.

Response to "Preliminary Problems In Constructing a Situation"

What my opinions were after reading this passage was that I found it similar to people wanting accomplish a goal or mission. For example, in the middle of the passage, it is mentioned that the constructed situation is necessarily collective in its preparation and development. Therefore, it says that one person would need to play the role as a director. The preparations and development here would be the preliminary problems that the actors and actresses performing in a play or acting for a movie would have to overcome. When the actors and actresses are fully prepared to perform or film a movie, it is considered to be the constructed situation. Basically, the obstacles one would have to get over would be the preliminary problems and the final result would be the constructed situation.


Response to "Theory of the Dérive"

In the beginning of the passage, I thought dérive simply meant someone to be daydreaming while studying. In the second paragraph of the passage, it is said that one or more persons during a certain periood drop their usual motives and let themselves be drawn by the attractions of the terrain and encounters they have. This is when I thought it could also mean a person being on vacation in a very clean refreshing and relaxing area and just clear their worries and problems out of their minds. The last idea I picked up on when it said that the dérive could go on for a brief moment or even several weeks, was that it could be stress or a difficult situation a person might be in. For example, a couple could've broken up and felt sad and gloomy for quite a long period of time.

These are my responses to the three passages. First is "Notebook: On Activity and Performance." Second is "Meat Joy." Third is "The Printer as an Instrument of Real Time."

1. For "Notebook" On Activity and Performance," I thought the whole passage was talking about what kind of performances there are and what can occur in them when I read for the first time. However, when I looked it over again, I noticed that the author mentioned an artist at the beginning of the passage. This made me assume that the passage was talking about how an artist would draw and what kind of flaws could occur in a way they would talk about an actual performance given in front of a large audience.

2. For "Meat Joy," I did not quite understand what the passage was talking about. The only thought I had about Meat Joy was that it had something to do with the images and drawings of mainly dirty materials just like raw fish, chickens, and paper crap mentioned in the pasage.

3. For "The Painter as an Instrument of Real Time," I can say right off the bat that Kristine Stiles talks about several of Schneemann's artwork, videos, and paintings she has done in her life. Not only does she talk about them but she explains what kind of procedures and processes Schneemann had to go through to produce her work such as comparing her work to other artists.

The sounds we heard in class were, in my opinion, very typical as one of them went on for a whole 5 minutes. I thought I should make my sounds different for the Soundscape homework by manipulating them.

When we looked at Chris Burden's work on the Internet, I started to respect him a little more because it looked a lot better than the recordings he had done. I was surprised to hear that Chris Burden and William Wegman were both photographers. I have respect for both of them now.

For John Cage, I was amazed to get to know that three of his movements are performed without playing a single note. I had realized that the reason why we were assigned the Soundscape project was to relate to him in a way of making sounds.

For my Artist Statement, I have nothing to change at the moment.

Response to "In Plato's Cave"

I found this passage to be very interesting because I, in fact, think very similarly to what is being said here. Since the past until this day, I have always been slow in understanding concepts and details showed or expressed verbally or in words. Instead, if a concept was explained through pictures or photographic images, I was able to understand it immediately. I learned in high school that people think in several different ways. Some of the ways are word smart, picture smart, body smart, and music smart. I thought myself to be picture smart because I think and remember things by thinking of a picture or a part of a picture. Also, the saying "A picture contains a thousand words" makes sense because pictures can be looked at in many different perspectives from a variety of people. I think the big picture of this passage is the usefulness of even one picture and how much information it can give people.

This is The Truth in Painting. I am curious to now if this was written by Cezanne. This passage was a very complicated one and tough to understand. I am still quite unsure of what the passage was mainly about. However, I think he is trying to say that the truth in painting is the real intention of why the painting was drawn. I thought it could also mean what the painting is trying to tell the viewer(s). On page 7, there is a sentence saying "If the phrase "the truth in painting" has the force of truth and in its play opens onto the abyss, then perhaps what is at stake in painting is truth, and in truth what is at stake is the abyss." I gave some thought to what this is means and I think it means is the "truth" is what people basically see what is on a painting and the abyss is expressed as the true intention or meaning of the painting.


Lastly, my additional thoughts to "The Medium is the Massage" is that I think the passage is directed towards new generations and how the old generations would differ from them. After all, the seven sections do seem like they are going in chronological order of a typical human being's goals in life.

I will now state my artist statement. I have recently become interested in art due to a friend who influenced me into it. How it happened was when my friend showed me a Japanese animation series called "Naruto" which gave an impact to my interest in working with and making art on the computer with programs such as Adobe Photoshop, Macromedia Flash, and Dreamweaver.
As mentioned above, my main interest in art is making art on the computer. I believe that my major, which is Computer Art, was the perfect choice for me because I am currently enrolled in a class which involves advanced knowledge of the programs that I have listed above. Since I also love to play video games, my wish would be to create my own video game sometime in the future whether it be high-tech or not.
Lastly, the reason I am enrolled in the FND 111 Time Arts class (besides having forced to take it) is because I want to increase my skills with art-related programs by becoming more efficient and knowledgeable. Since I do not know what kinds of programs we will be using in the near future, I cannot say whether I have the confidence to do well yet. However, I will put the best of my ability into any computer work that is required.

I will start off with my opinion on Chris Burden's video. Personally, I thought he was a terrible artist. He sounded very unsure of himself while he was explaining his work (or recordings). Furthermore, his recordings just seemed like a regular recording of a flooded building that was no longer in use. The reason I thought the people were in the recordings was because they were just trying to make it look more intriguing or exciting. Burden's work was not interesting one bit to me and I found it hard to believe that his work was good for something.