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I haven't ever really been a fan of "video" art. It's really...electronic and technical sometimes, and I think that obviously, Film is a good enough of an art and Video Art looks very amateur beside it. Video art is often linked to performance art which I also don't stomach very well at times. I find that people really try to force some things as art and it comes out unnatural. Video can be one of those things. But, seeing as how I was taking Time Based Digital Media (aka video, and sound too) it was something I definitely needed to figure out.
My first project was really interesting, nothing I expected. I did a good job but I didn't particularly like the outcome. The second project worked out much better. I found that although I work in different mediums, much of the process behind it turns out to be the same. I have two different versions of "Complicated Arab Things":
version 1:
vimeo.com/11492742
version 2:
vimeo.com/11496184
I turned in version 2 obviously for a grade. Let me know your thoughts.
My first project was really interesting, nothing I expected. I did a good job but I didn't particularly like the outcome. The second project worked out much better. I found that although I work in different mediums, much of the process behind it turns out to be the same. I have two different versions of "Complicated Arab Things":
version 1:
vimeo.com/11492742
version 2:
vimeo.com/11496184
I turned in version 2 obviously for a grade. Let me know your thoughts.
Updates!
Ramadan came and went - Allahuma Baligna Ramadan - I visited DC and NY/NJ in Ramadan and Chicago last week, where I attended the Cusp Conference as a volunteer, a conference about "the design of everything". I took photos (and of Chicago too) and will have them up soon God willing. I was blessed to have met some very amazing people throughout my travels. Each time I go somewhere new, or even if I've been there before, it shows me how much I can learn, and bring back to my community to apply.
It made me think of my place in this world as an artist and as a designer and as a community member - who grew up in an active family and neighborhood,
Detroit, Cars and MLK jr.
We got the opportunity to visit the Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn last weekend. We were supposed to go to the Greenfield Village but a funny change in plans worked out for the better alhamdulillah. This was after I slathered on tons of sunscreen, wore clothes that looked like they were from the 19th century, and my dad wore his cool old-tyme looking boots, haha. We were trying to fit in with the scenery. :D
I thought the museum was going to be a bunch of cars...which it was, but it wasn't so bad! Going through the historical progression from sleighs and wagons, Henry Fords model-T, all the way to future cars and jet planes was quite fascinat
Studio Romm'ana
So, the studio! Wussup with that?
Spring 2010: I was graduating. Sadaf wanted to get back into traditional artwork after a couple years of art education and added experience in Curatorship. Jessica was in the middle of her graphic design degree, and Asmah chose to take a non-art degree (in Linguistics and Japanese...legit! mA), but still wanted to practice and work on her art. We wanted to do more than what our labels contained for us.
But get real. We live in Toledo, right? It's an average post-industrial Midwestern town, greatly affected by the recession...which I often find ravaged with complacency. If things werent goin for you...you we
Photography
So I've finally started to upload all the photos I've taken in the last few months - a pretty daunting task. I was debating between Picasa and Flickr but I ended up with flickr because it has more of a community feel, which is always a good thing for feedback/criticism, and it has a good deal of $25 per year... which isn't so bad. I've reached my free limit already, and it was barely half of what I wanted to upload. And they are making the layout more user-friendly which is a big plus. The reason I don't want to upload all my photos to dA is because I feel that dA is more suitable for more traditional artwork...plus there's no batch uploading
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