Thursday, June 7, 2007

Art 372: My closing Comments

Tim: I remember this project that you had going a while ago. It was very interesting the last time I saw it purely because so many people friended your fake persona so quickly and begin in open discourse with you. What types of subjects is your discussion branching out to outside of politics? I saw this article not too long ago that had to do with gay men in the military. Was this a hot topic in your discussion? I still think that it was funny that you chose an alter ego for your website. On your page, you said you needed a new persona, one that was more attractive and appealed even more to the gay community. Did this tactic work? Are there other people besides the gay community participating in these discussions?

http://sovital.blogspot.com/


Steve: You also have an interesting project. The idea of leaving small gifts to the world is thoughtful. I liked your idea of leaving a tennis ball for a kid or dog to play with. Kind of funny because I found a tennis ball not too long ago and commenced to bouncing it and even created a make shift game of catch with one of my friends. Beyond my game of catch, how does this concept relate to the world of relational aesthetics? Is the world a giant installation piece where you would keep adding items to your gallery for people to "steal"? In that essesnce, you have a lot in common with Luis Maldanado in the sense that your piece is made up of many different things that other people are acquiring from you, not through bartering, but by chance.

http://stephennyktas.blogspot.com/


Carrie: I like the way your rpiject has unfolded over the course of time. I like the spin you put on an older project of yours where you used objects that were not meant to last to respresent human ties and sexuality. You are wearing everyone's private confessions out to the real world for everyone to see now, sort of putting everyone on "blast" (putting their business out there for others to acknowledge). I say this because it seems to be every man, woman, and child's birthright to find out others embarrassing guilty pleasures. Does your project satisfy this underlying need to know? This project raises many questions in my mind due to the fact taht you are bringing the private into public. Are these confessions that people would gladly state in a public forum? Wearing the confessions also brings up the idea for a new project. That being you getting a large group of people to walk around naked for a day. This would definentely bring the private to the public stage! Well, try to forget my twisted thought on your project. It is a nice project the way it is.

http://theconfessionsession.blogspot.com/

-David Ngene

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Website: Open Session is back!
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