Andreas Berner

Andreas Berner is an artist and director who founded the Permanent Eye Pictures, an independent film production company. Berner has done many commercials, but the project above, which is known as Moments, is a more personal piece for Berner. It consists of personal memories that hold a big significance to him. It is a project that tells stories that "reflect on the feeling of being alone, establishing a dichotomy between the notion of isolation and solitude that underlie the feeling that the memories are based on"; in particular, it talks about those in-between moments in life that have a huge affect on a person. These moments are more emotional than just observing the moment.

The interesting part about this piece is that it focuses on aspects of life that could be seen as either negative or positive, such as isolation (considered negative) and solitude (considered positive). This piece caught my eye because of the way it it set up; a viewer knows that this project consists of individual photo's but the overall layout is both connected and dispersed, which makes one stop and look. I wish a closer look was possible, because I am curious as to what the pictures are of.

I think it is very intriguing that these are personal memories to Berner; by having a piece that is closely associated with you, I think it can be very powerful. I think Berner is trying to simply express what many people prefer to hide; those life changing moments that can be very personal and not the happiest to reminisce about. A piece like this I think would be very powerful in person, and it seems they are all in black and white which doesn't necessarily give it a positive or negative tone overall, and I really like that. Based on the photo given, it seems as though some pictures are repeated; my critique would be that I think it would make the eyes wander and connect more if there was more of a variety of photos.

http://eyebeam.org/projects/moments
http://eyebeam.org/people/andreas-berner 

Cary Peppermint

Cary Peppermint is a co-founder of ecoarttech collaborative (2005) which explores environmental issues, convergent media, as well as technologies. His works consist of "the convergence of ecological, cultural, and digital networks, through a post-disciplinary practice with strong ties to internet and performance art". The particular piece of work that I will be discussing is in his "Untitled Landscapes for Portable Media Players" series.
 I chose this particular piece because for my first project, I will be using electronics to frame other electronics. In this work series, Peppermint uses portable media players to show landscapes that are ever changing. While I will not be using landscapes per se, I will still be adding an element of realism to my picture that will show technology.
 Peppermint is showing the connection between technology and culture through these pieces; he is asking, "is there a way to imagine the natural environment that is neither romanticized nor a source of exploitable resources to drive an ongoing modernization?" My piece will be similar in the idea of the fact that we live in a world where today it is hard to imagine life without technology; we rely on it so much, it's a part of our everyday lives.
I really enjoyed that Peppermint has the landscape changing and made it a video; it reminds us that time is constantly going, and by showing a landscape, it leads us away from the idea that technology is overtaking our lives. By having it shown on a form of a portable media player however, it reminds us that we are surrounded by technology (literally). Within the work, however, I believe that he could have made a big impression by having a still shot of some landscape and could make the connection between technology and nature and still ask the same question as before. I think that by doing so, there could be very interesting answers.

http://rhizome.org/artbase/artwork/48134/   <--page I found that led me to the Untitled Landscape series
http://rhizome.org/profiles/cpeppermint/       <--Cary Peppermints profile as well as his other works
http://ecoarttech.net/untitledlandscapes/       <--the Untitled Landscape series

We did Celebrity Mashups! I used Amy McAdams and Leonardo DiCaprio

Original:

Put them together and you get.....

Before and After

I went to a Taylor Swift concert with great seats and a good camera. Here is one picture that isn't terrible, but could have been better.

Before....

After!

Alice (Collage)

Assortment of JPEG Images

String Bracelet

Cotton Balls

 Fencing Medal

 Key Cover

Umbrella

Glasses Case

Glove

Athletic Band (used to stretch)

Napkin

Necklace