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 Ai Weiwei’s Good Fences Make Good Neighbors art project in Washington Square Park. Photograph: JasonWyche

ARTIST:

AI WEIWEI-



This piece like many of Weiwei's work concentrates on the concept of fences and boarders and their attempts to create "some kind of hatred between people."



Ai Weiwei’s Good Fences Make Good Neighbors art project in Washington Square Park. Photograph: JasonWyche

Big Ideas:

Immigration and refugees

Racism

Equality

Basic human rights

closed and open mindedness

hatered

Questions:

What were your first thoughts on this piece?

How does the use of new work and already placed work add to the piece?

What are your personal feelings on this work?

What kind of reaction do you think this work received? By which parties?

How would this piece be different if not placed under the already standing arch?

Aed Final project

Ten Technologies I Learned This Semester

Google Classroom- this is a great site to organize students work. It is easy to access
wherever you have a computer. It keeps you from having to carry around the students
assignments to grade them.

Virtual Reality Headset- This was a great experience. The set allows you to see
anywhere as if you are really standing in the environment. It allows you to see all
around you instead of 2D.

Adobe premiere- this technology allows you to edit the video software and create
a great learning experience.

Voicethread- this technology allows you to verbally respond to an item. This technology
has potential to help the visually impaired to both use, respond to and hear the responses
of others.

Cyberhouse website- this was the teachers site that laid out our assignments, calendar
and more.

Adobe Animate- this allows you to create new animations

Tinkercad- This allows you to create models and small figurines. You can also create a
3D prints of what you design on this site.

Zoom- This allows you to speak face to face with an individual or group of people.

Wix website- This allows you to create an interactive site. It is very easy to navigate and
is a great site to make activities for your class.

360 Camera- this is a great new technology. It allows all of the surroundings to be viewed
and it truly puts you into the space.

              I used this technology outside of class. Every summer my boyfriend and I go to work on his friend, Jr Toner's race car. I decided to attach the 360 camera to his race car. This was an interesting experience and allowed us to more closely see what he was experiencing. This camera allows you to see both what the driver sees and see behind the driver. This technology could help people who have handicaps and normally would never experience anything like this for various reasons. 

aed 322 animation project

AED 322 assignment #2 locating self as teacher

What are five things that are really important that you hope your students learn from you as a teacher in this imagined teaching context in 2025 or beyond?

The 5 things I thought would be important were

1. Teaching a broad range of different medias and techniques
2. Advancing on the students art skills
3. Concentrating on the feelings created by works, creating pieces, and how to channel your emotions into your work
4. Discussing influential artists and works
5. Teaching students that art is a learned skill and that if they try it and work at it they can work in any media

What influenced me to want to teach a broad spectrum of medias and techniques was coming to college and finding that I didn't have experience with as many media as I had originally thought. There are many medias that I have absolutely no experience with and I believe that it is holding me back as an artist. This ties in with the second item on my list which is advancing students skills. I know that often the meaning behind the work is thought to be more important then the aesthetics of the piece however, if the artist audience doesn't understand the piece than is the artist reaching their goal? Another important aspect is channeling your emotions into your work. All people need a relief and art can be an amazing outlet. I had a teacher who told me a story about when he was in college. His professor wanted them to put their emotions into the piece and my teacher didn't like the project so he made a little angry ceramic man to show his distaste. Often times students are stressed, overworked, or depressed from something in their lives. They feel powerless and useless. Art if taught properly could give them a way to dispel some of these feelings. Moving forward I think that teaching about a wide range of artists and works is important. I learned about Van Gogh, Da Vinci and their works almost every year. When I came to college I found that there were so many artist that I had never heard of. Even if we only expose students to a wider variety of artists and works I think that it'll make a big difference. I also think that it is important to show students that art is a learned skill. I cant tell you how many people have looked at my work and said "Wow, you're so lucky you can draw like that. I can barely draw a stick figure." There was a day that none of us could draw stick figures. Art is a skill that the more you work at the better you get and I think that it is important that students know that. 

The animation is meant to show several things. One is the variety of media I plan to teach. This is shown through the individual objects that evolve from each other. Of course these are not the only media I plan to teach but I think that I would teach new media that no other teachers in the school were using. Second is the adaptation of students skills (shown by the changing of objects). The object changing is also meant to show how the skills of the student change as well. Third is the journey your emotions take. This is shown by the path that the objects follow as they change and evolve. 

https://youtu.be/6p4yLbCiKUY

galley project

Kat Lord

Caroline Coady

AED 322 Encounter

Materials list

1. String
2. Blocks or other obstacle
3. Stuffed animals
4. Tape
5. Trash can with “trash” (crumpled paper)
6. Note cards
7. Cloth for blindfold
8. Chair

This project will show the destruction that man causes in order to get what he wants,
or in this case, to get to the end goal of releasing a friend. It will also require the two individuals
participating to practice collaboration in order to succeed.

Overview

In this piece we will set up an interactive maze where one person will begin at the starting line
wearing a blindfold. The second person will be seated at the finish line with their hand tied to the
arm of the chair. Their job is to direct the blindfolded participant through the maze with verbal
directions.

As the blindfolded participant makes their way through the maze, there will be small obstacles in
their path. The only way to get past these obstacles is to knock them down, kick them out of the
way, etc. These obstacles represent the vast variety of things that have been harmed or destroyed,
all for the benefit of humans. These obstacles will represent things like animals and wildlife, nature
and the environment, etc.

The end goal is to reach the participant at the end of the maze and release them. At this point, the
blindfold may come off and the damage done to the obstacle may be seen.

Connection to the Artwork

Beneath each item placed in the maze, there will be an index card with a question. The blindfolded
person will hold up the card and the seated person will read it. The pair have to either answer the
questions or tell us something they like about a given piece in the gallery.

Art Ed 322 assignment 1

Reading Responses:

Powerful Influences on my life:

- Art (consensual power)
- Anxiety (domination power)
- Animals
- Time

What images move you emotionally? When an image affects your emotional state, does the image hold power over you in some way? 

Images of people or animals in pain or disastrous situations hold power over me and make me want to take action to fix the situation. I believe that humans in general cause our own pain but animals don’t have the same say and control that we do.

Is it the image itself or its context that gives the image its power? 

I believe in the saying that a picture is worth a thousand words, but of course context is just as important. You showed us those sewn art pieces and I believe that it would have been hard to understand what the artists were trying to convey without you telling us what those women were going through.

Discuss your 3 selected concepts in terms of power and for whom.

The Power/destruction of man: In this I would discuss the horror that man inflicts on its surroundings. I feel that man is praised for the smallest victories and wrongs are overlooked.

The power of art: In this statement I will talk about the power and influence of art. Art can positively influence people but it could also influence man in a negative way.

Time: There are many items in life that grab at your attention and try to take your time. At work you are literally paid for your time. I believe that time is the most valuable thing in existence. Without time there is nothing. You cant create and you can never buy more time. Everything else in life you can buy, create, earn, or find.