ON THE MOVE: VISIT TO THE MUSEUM OF THE MOVING IMAGES

The experience I had in this visit was fascinated.  Because I never imagined the process to create a moving image, film, and animation( cartoon).

The Zoetrope is a piece of metal cylinder that has open slots around it and multi-shots of an event( steady shots), in this case a man running, when the cylinder is spinning  create and illusion moving images.

Here is, the magic lantern, which I can say that is the evolution of filming started in late 1800`s and led the way to the invention of Cinematography.

These are some of the famous prototypes( Mask), which are created by artists used in famous movies.

This mask created a big impression on me because it looks so real that I could not see any difference in between the human skin and the material used by the artist to create this piece of art.

One of the shows I really enjoyed, as when I was a kid, was Chuck Jones` show ” What so Duck”, created by the master of the animation, Chuck Jones.  I didn`t know that animation was a whole set of drawings by the artist.

In conclusion, To create moving images, film and animation, is the consequence of a hart work by a group of artist that put their work together to create only one piece of art.

MoMA Design Galleries

OBJECT 1

Fulfills Its Function

ANALOG DIGITAL CLOCK

DESIGNER:

  MAARTEN BAAS

TITLE:

ANALOG DIGITAL CLOCK

YEAR:

2009

MATERIALS:

VIDEO (Color, Silent)

Use / Purpose:

Visual representation of time and font(numbers).

This art work is a simple representation of digital clock in a large flat wall.  This is a video in which the artist change the time by erasing and painting section, by hand, of a number each minutes which is real time.

This object works as a design because the artist`s purpose is to represent the time, by the classic digital clock, in an easy way to understand by the viewers.  At first look, the viewers look a clock representing the time, but when viewers  see it for couple of minutes they realize that is a video showing the real time combining movement, color, line, and shape by an actor.

OBJECT 2

Does not Fulfill its Function

Spun Chair

Designer

Thomas Heatherwick

Title

Spun Chair

Year

2009

Materials

Polyethylene

Use / Purpose

To sit down the human body

This piece of work is a plastic circular geometric shape looking like a giant bowl which can spin in circle.

This is a beautiful design but this object does not work as a design because a person sit down to relax or rest in most of the case and this chair that can spin at any moment this person can fall to the ground and get injured.

To avoid any inconvenient or accident with this chair user, I would integrate stability by adding to small legs in one site of the bottom of the chair.

TRIP TO ORIGEN OF ART HISTORY

METROPOLITAN MUSEUM (2nd TRIP)

The first time I visited the Metropolitan Museum I was surprised to see a whole world of history, that I just read in history class when I was student of high school.

But now, I visited the one again by my own, and I`m still amazed with ancient art, specially with the Egyptians one.  Because the Egyptian just left so much information describing their culture and the way they lived.  It is very interesting to see how they feel so much respect for the death and the believing of the after life.  It also, is impressive how they represent all their art piece, sculpture and drawings.

Here are some example of this magnificent culture:

This time, I had the opportunity to enjoy a live music show host by “Ethel and Friends”, a group of four musicians which were playing the Violin, Viola, and Cello.

Unfortunately I needed more time to keep exploring the Egyptian art galleries and other galleries as well so I convince myself that museum job is to preserve ancient art to show to future generations.

ART PURPOSES AND FUNCTION OF ART

What are six functions that art fulfills?

The six functions are:

• Art for Delight                
• Art as Commentary        
• Art in Worship and Ritual
• Art for Commemoration   
• Art for Persuasion          
• Art as Self-Expression  

ART FOR DELIGHT

We need delight, enjoyment, pleasure, decoration, amusement, and embellishment in our lives to” lift us above the steam of life”, as a note art critic wrote.

Visual delight in a work of art can take many forms, including an appreciation of beauty or decoration, or delight in an element of surprise.

ART AS COMMENTARY

 Before the advent of the photography in the nineteenth century, artists and illustrators were our only source of information about the visual appearance of anything.  by providing a visual account of an event or a person, or by expressing an opinion, artists ha shaped not only the way people understand their own world but also how their culture is viewed by others.

Artists who fulfill our need for commentary often speak in language easy to understand, they view art`s primary goal as communication between artists and viewer by means of subject matter.

ART IN WORSHIP AND RITUAL

Another function of art has been to enhance religious contemplation, and most of the world`s religions have found ways to incorporate artists` creativity into their sacred rituals, place, and ceremonies.  Thomas Aquinas, one of the most important roman catholic theologian, wrote in the thirteenth century of the function of art as an aid to religious teaching: “It is benefit-ting holy scripture to put forward divine and spiritual truths by means of comparisons with material things.  For God provides for everything according to the capacity of its nature.”  He also wrote, “It is natural for man to be pleased with representation”, meaning that we human enjoy looking at pictures of things.  Thus an artwork, if attractively presented, ” raise (viewers) to the knowledge of intelligible truths”.

ART FOR COMMEMORATION

We all have a profound need to remember and show respect for those who have gone before us.  Some commemoration is personal, as we each hold memories of people important in our lives.  But commemoration is more often a more public act, perhaps celebrating a significant person or event, or honoring patriotic actions.  Commemoration of any kind connects us with the chain of humanity that stretches back for millennia, making human life more significant and valuable.  Visual imagery played a decisive role in lost types of commemoration.

ART FOR PERSUASION

Many art-forms have a persuasive function.  Splendid government buildings, public monuments, television commercials, and music videos all harness the power of art to influence action and opinion.

ART AS SELF-EXPRESSION

For most of human history, self-expression has not been a primary reason for creating art.  Other social and cultural needs, such as the five we have already considered, more fully engaged the talents of artists.

Art fulfills an expressive function when an artist conveys information about his or her personality or feelings or worldview, and aside from a social cause, market demand, commissioning ruler, or aesthetic urge.

My first visit to Metropolitan Museum

These are some Photos of my first trip to the Met Museum:

1. The fragments of marble statue of Diadoumenos (Youth typing a fillet around his head)

This copy of a Greek statue made by Roman, as you could see in the plate, is one of the best example of the visual element of Mass in three dimension.  By the other hand, the presence of Line, Shape, Space, Time, Motion, Light and Texture, called the attention of  spectators to look at it and see why this unique replica involve so many details.

2.  Egyptian Peasant Woman and Her Child

This picture, showing a woman carrying a child, describes most of all visual elements: Line, Shape, Mass (close form), Space, Time, Motion, light, color and texture; which Shape, color and Space are the most interesting elements in this artwork.  It is amazing how the artist use the light and color in between the background and the characters to represent emotion and a clue to an open story, expressed by the artist.

3.   Head of Woman

This representation of woman`s face is a true definition of the visual element: Line; involving others elements as: Mass, Shape, Space, Time, Motion, and Color as well.  In this artwork we could really see how the artist, Pablo Picasso, use Lines in so many ways to create this great picture.

My First Visit to MoMa PS1

My first impression when I entered to this building was: how was it possible to transform this school facility into an art museum?  But as soon as I was walking through the walls of this architecture, which is an art work, built on 1860, I realized the urgency to start exploring the one because I felt there were too much history hided in this building.

MoMa PS1 Profile

MoMa PS1 is one of the oldest and largest nonprofit contemporary art institutions in the United States.  An exhibition space rather than a collecting institution, MoMa PS1 devotes its energy and resources to displaying the most experimental art in the world.

MoMa PS1 was founded in 1971 by Alana Heiss as the institute for art and urban resources inc., an organization devoted to organizing exhibitions in underutilized and abandoned space across New York City.

For the next twenty years, the building was used as studio, performance, and exhibition spaces, in support of artist from around the world.

In 2000, P.S.1 contemporary art center became an affiliate of the Museum of Modern Art (MoMa) to extend the reach of both institutions, and combine MoMa PS1 contemporary mission with MoMa strength as one of the greatest collecting museums of modern art.

A true artistic laboratory, MoMa PS1 aspires to maintain its diverse an innovative to continue to bring contemporary art to international audiences.

The information source for this facility was by Google search.

CRAYOLA SQUARED

by

Sol Lewitt

Sol LeWitt: Crayola Square. 1999. In an attempt to explore the history of Sol LeWitt’s public projects and to record his long-lasting relationship with MoMA …

This is one of the art work that really called my attention for some reason

• If you don`t look at it you don` see it
• when you look at it at first, it just look like a black square, while it has another color when you stop and see it

This great example of an abstract art, which start questioning myself about: how could the artist draw this square in a concrete wall with uniformed color?

The color of this square looks black at first sight, but in reality is a dark red wine color, which I understand that is representing the human blood that was given in order to build up a today`s day society.

THINK BACK QUESTIONS

1. What is art?

          According with the author, “Patrick Frank” – Preble`s Artforms, when people talk about art, they are reffering to dance, theater, literatures and the visual arts.  Each art forms is perscieved in different ways by our senses, yet each grows from common needs to give expressive sustance to feelings, insights, and experiences.  The art communicates meaning that go far beyond ordinary, verbal exchange, feeling and observation as the subjects of their art.

          Now as far as i understand, art is the way, used by the artist, to express their feelings, though, experiences, ideas, etc, and to communicate a message or story by any of the art forms selected by the artist.

    2.  What are the key traits that define creativity?

          In 2010, IBM corporation interviewed 1,500 Chief executive officers (CEO`S) from 60 countries, asking them what was the most important leadership skill of successful businesses of the future.  And their answer was creativity.

          While studying creative people in several disciplines, the author of the 2011 book “Innovators DNA” found five traits that define creativity:

• Associating.   The ability to make connections across seemingly unrelated fields.
• Questioning.   Persistently challenging the status quo, asking why things function as they do now, and how or why they might be changed.
• Observing.   Intently watching the world around without judgement, in search of new insights or ways of operating.
• Networking.   Being willing to interact with others, and learn from them, even if their views are radically different or their competencies seem unrelated.
• Experimenting.   Exploring new possibilities by trying them out, building models, and taking them apart for further improvements.

     3.   What are some ways that art relates to reality?

          The artists use the terms Representational, Abstract, and Nonrepresentational to describe an art work`s relationship to the physical world according with the author “Patrick Frank” of the book “Preble`s Artforms” eleven edition, whichthese are some ways that art relates to reality.

• Representational art.   Depicts the appearance of things.  When human form is the primary subject, it is called Figurative art.  It represent objects we recognize from the natural, every day world.  Objects that representational art depicts are called subjects.
• Abstract art.   In art, the word abstract can mean either (1) works of art that have no reference at all to natural objects, or (2) work that depict natural objects in simplified, distorted, or exagerated ways.  Abstraction in one form or another is common in the art of many cultures.
• Nonrepresentational art.   Nonrepresentational art ( sometimes called nonobjective or nonfigurative art) presents visual forms with no specific references to anything outside themselves just as we can respond to the pure sound forms of music, so we can respond to the pure visual forms of nonrepresentational art.

     4.   What is the difference between looking and seeing?

          The verbs “Look” and “See” indicate varing degrees of visual awarness.  Looking is habitual and implies taking in what is before us in generally mechanical or goal-oriented way.  While seeing is more open, receptive, focused version of looking.  In seeing, we look with our memories, imaginations, and feelings attached.

           Seeing is a personal process.