Art and Technology Fa 2018

I think a technological advance in the 21 st century has to be the camera. We have always had cameras back in the day but as the decades and years go by many advances are made. We’ve gone from the pinhole   Camera in the 1500s to t he Daguerreotype   Camera in 1839 to the  Reise   Camera in 1900 to the Leica I in 1925to the Polaroid Model 95 in 1947 to the Kodak Digital   Camera in 1975 to the Fuji Quick Snap-in 1986   to the Sharp J-SH04 in 2000 to the Apple iPhone in 2007 to the GoPro HD Hero 2008.  We have evolved so much throughout the years and in the next few years, I see a major difference in the functions provided by a future camera. The pinhole was one of the first known cameras invented and people could only see the picture upside down, it took a lot of heads and years to create what we have today and I in this time and age wouldn’t be able to tell you what the future holds in the case of cameras.  I know for a fact the quality ...

This is my grid art, it is a rose and I specifically picked a rose because my name is Blossom. I actually thought this was fun and interesting, I have never done anything like this and I enjoyed it. Even though it seemed a little confusing at first when I started it, I got the hang of it. I look forward to creating more art in the future!

This video is just a little reminder to myself and anyone who cares to watch to be patient, your time will come!

This song is my alarm and my daily anthem. It is so motivational in its own non-traditional way. Again, this song talks about seizing the moment and using your resources to make your situation the best. Eminem talks about losing yourself in the "music" and the moment, which translates in my opinion as living in the "now" and instead of worrying too much about the future, we should focus on the present and how we can best make our current situation the best. The lyrics from the entire song truly resonate with me, I always try to work with what I have and see the best in whatever position I find myself. It does get tough at times obviously because I am human and there are days when I don't even feel motivated to do anything and I am not well prepared for the obstacles life throws my way. It is sort of a reminder that there could be worst things going on, I know that totally sounds like a cliche but I promise if you have that kind of outlook on negative situations,...

WOW, just WOW! I discovered this song when I was about 12 years old and I fell right in love. Sam Cooke's voice plus the lyrics and the meaning behind this song is truly an astounding combination. This song talks about the Oppression of black individuals, the wars going on in the middle east, the Apartheid and the suffering of all people all over the world. There are pictures of Great leaders like Martin Luther King and Nelson Mandela, and I think this is a special way to project emotion onto the audience, to allow us to feel the hurt and the loss of these individuals. I watched the most recent music video of the song but the lyrics are the exact same, the song is a national and global treasure. All the videos and pictures of people facing heartache are so relatable because these things still go on today just in a different way . People everywhere are suffering because of one reason or the other, people are fighting for their basic human rights, fighting to make sure that food is o...

As we all know Whitney Houston was a legend and still remains one till this day. It was tough picking a song by her because every single one of her songs is out of this world. She is talented beyond measure and she sings with such passion and makes it look so effortless. I picked this particular song because it relates to my current situation and a lot of my fellow students/peers. I say this because as first-year college students, we are taking a leap of faith and trusting ourselves to be responsible enough to achieve our dreams and make sure we still have the best four years of our lives. I'll be honest, it can be daunting at times because being away from home can truly test ones integrity and resilience. When something gets tough we truly have to deal with it ourselves, we can call our parents but they can only do so much. The lyrics go a little like this " Survived my darkest hour M y faith kept me alive I  picked myself back up  Hold my head up high  I was not built t...

While watching the video on opera I learned that Opera didn't emerge gradually into the public like other genres did, it surfaced "explosively" onto the entertainment scene. The part in the video where the custodian was singing just showed how powerful the sound system really is in that theatre, he didn't even have a microphone or any type of sound enhancing system, but his voice illuminated throughout the theatre. Opera really did bring hundreds of thousands of people together, 10,000 per night be exact. There was so much effort put into their daily performances at the Arena. I also learned that Opera is a huge deal in Italy and came to be an estimated 300 years ago. I found it really cool that he (Howard Goodall) was able to go to some of the famous people's (Camerata) houses who first talked about Opera in the city of Florence. These were the people that discussed Opera a whole lot and put on their first show which was called “Dapne’. I found the video quite i...