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What is Art?

Art
noun

1. The expression or application of human creative skill and imagination, typically in a visual form such as painting or sculpture, producing works to be appreciated primarily for their beauty or emotional power.
'the art of the Renaissance'

2. The various branches of creative activity, such as painting, music, literature and dance.
' the visual arts'

Art Quotes

"Art is not as the meta-physicians say, the manifestation of some mysterious idea of beauty or God; it is no, as the aesthetical physiologists say, a game in which man lets off his excess of stored up energy, it is not the expression of man's emotions by external signs; it is not the production of pleasing objects; and above all, it is not pleasure; but is is a means of union among men, joining them together in the same feelings and indispensable for the life and progress toward well-being of individuals and of humanity."

- Leo Tolstoy, in his essay "What Is Art?". 

"Art is a discovery and development of elelmentary prinicples of nature into beautiful forms suitable for human use". 

- Frank Lloyd Wright 

"Art resides in the quality of doing; process is not magic"

- Charles Eams

"Art is a not a thing - it is a way"

- Elbert Hubbard 

"Art is the most intense mode of indivualism that the world has known"

- Oscar Wilde

My Definition of Art

Art can be anything and everything and it can be whatever you want it to be. It can be a form of expression and feelings, but it also doesn't have to have a meaning. Art can be seen in almost everything around us. Everything is a design within itself and can be seen as art weather its an architectural piece or a child's drawing. I feel that art can be done in many different ways and the main typical ones involve painting, sculpture etc. Normally if something has a meaning behind it, it would be considered as art. But things in nature such as trees and installations including flowers etc could also be seen as art. There is a wide range of things that can be considered as art and its hard to just simplify it. Art to be is anything and everything. 

London Visit Talk

Anya Gallacio 

'Preserve' Beauty

1991-2003

2000 Gerberas, Glass, Metal and Rubber
2600 x 5350 x 25mm
TATE

Display Caption

Gallaccio is known for her work with organic materials such as ice, flowers, fruits and sugar. Her installations often change over time as they melt, decompose or sprout new life. In preserve 'beauty' 2000 gerberas are sandwiched between huge panes of glass and left to wither and rot. Gallaccio has described gerberas as a 'disposable commodity', mass-produced all year round. Her work challenges romantic ideas of nature and culture, life and death. This was first displayed in the window of a London gallery, where is became a metaphor for Gallaccio's perception of the male dominated art scene. 

I decided to talk about this piece as it was the most interesting to me. Not just the artwork alone but the smell of the decomposing flowers alone drew you in to have a closer look. It was different to see flowers being displayed this way and interesting to question weather it is art or not. I really liked the idea and it has defiantly influenced my future art work.

What is a Studio?

Studio

noun

plural noun: studios

1. - A room where an artist, photographer, sculptor, etc works.

    - A palce where cinema films are made or produced

    - A place where musical or sound recordings are made

    - A room from which television programmes are broadcast, or in which they are recorded.

    - A place where performers, especially dancers, practise and exercies

2. A film or television production company

3. A studio flat

My View on Studios

A studio to me is a large space in which you can carry out anything creative in. Artists often need a large space to work in and it makes there practice alot more easier. If there's a lot of different media involved in making the art work, then they will need even more space for example with printmaking a lot of large printing presses are needed. I find that having a studio space is very beneficial. It broadens my opportunities to create better and bigger pieces of art. The negative of having a studio is it partly being shared with others. Although it may be good to bounce off of each others ideas and get some influences, others may see it as copying and may want there work to be kept private until there final exhibition of it.

Contextual Research - Self Directed

The Art of Glitch?

What is a Glitch?

A glitch is a short-lived fault in a system. It is often used to describe a transient fault that corrects its self an, and is therefore diffucult to troubleshoot. The term is particularly common in the computing and electronic industries, and in circuit bending, as well as among players of video games, although it is applied to all types of systems including human organizations and nature. The term derives from the German glitschig meaning 'slippery', possibly entering English through the Yiddish term glitsh.

What is Glitch Art?

Glitch Art is the aestheticization of digital or analog erros, such as artificats and other "bugs", but either corrupting digital code/data or by physically manipulating electronic devices (for example by circuit bending).

Can Glitches be seen as a good thing?

EARLY WORK EXAMPLES

Here I have chosen to glitch and recreate images of my niece. I decided to use these particular images as they show a different angles of her and my work is looking into faded memories and faces. As she is young and still growing I decided to use her for an early example and experimentation. When she is older she will not really remember these images been taken of her, so the glitches represent memories being some what forgotten over the years. I think these images are very effective and I will be experimenting further with these. 

Here is another example of a glitch image taken of my niece. 

Artists 

MELANIE WILLHIDE

I find Melanies work very interesting because her images appear quite abstract in a sense and they also somewhat capture a decisive moment. I like the use of symmetry in the first piece in and the highlighted colours in contrast the the black and white background. Her use of colour and glitching effect sets her pieces apart from other artists.

DAVID HOCKNEY

David Hockney's works may be my favourite work of the artists i researched because I find his technique so  innovative, because of how he's used multiple images of his characters from different views and placed them in a very unique composition which I feel rein-acts their movements and somewhat tells a story of motion in a still image. 

MICHAEL BETANCOURT 

The Kodak Moment (2013) from cinegraphic on Vimeo.

Dancing Glitch (2013) from cinegraphic on Vimeo.

I enjoyed Michaels videos because of how glitched they were it was a challenge to interpret what the videos may be about though I enjoyed watching them. though at times the videos got boring when some scenes lasted longer than expected, i feel that the best way to keep a viewers attention is to keep the videos fast paced this challenges their minds more and keeps them curious.

FERRUCIO LAVIANI

I don't particularly find Laviani's work to be too exciting. The images in the pictures don't look extremely interesting, I assume they may be important historic artefacts of some sort but without any information on them it would be difficult to tell.

ALDO TOLINO

I found Aldo Tolinos work to be the most fascinating and curious of the artists i researched. at first glance at a few of his pieces I couldn't grasp and understanding of how he may have created them. though after careful study I found a way to create my own pieces in a similar style.