A sampling of virtual programs from
George Washington University Museum.
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Free via Zoom.
Tuesday, February 23, 2021
Sunday, February 7, 2021
Light Projections
Krzysztof Wodiczko (b. 1943 Poland)
Tijuana Project
Confessions, Audio, women told stories of poor working conditions.
Real Time.
Synthetic Time.
1500 viewers in two nights.
More to see on website:
Above Image:
Times Square
New York City, USA
Video:
Times Square
New York City, USA
Above Image:
9/11 Light Memorial
New York City, USA
Video:
Behind The Scenes
9/11 Light Memorial
New York City, USA
FIAT LUX
Illuminating Our Common Home
Highlights
Projection onto trees.
Projection on a cloud of smoke.
The Illuminator (Artist Group)
Snowden Hologram
Fort Greene Park
Brooklyn, New York, USA
April 7, 2015
Link to Website:
Light Projection on American Confederate Monument
A confederacy is a political union. The most famous American confederacy consisted of the southern states who fought the northern states in the American Civil War. When you confederate — that is, join together for a common purpose — what you get is a confederacy.
Confederate States of America, also called Confederacy, in the American Civil War, the government of 11 Southern states that seceded from the Union in 1860–61, carrying on all the affairs of a separate government and conducting a major war until defeated in the spring of 1865.
Dustin Klein,
Read Interview
Instagram
Website
Also:
Reclaiming The Monument Project
Rober E. Lee Monument
American Confederate General during the American Civil War
Built 1890
Height: 60 feet
Installed Richmond, Virginia, USA
Summer 2020
Tuesday, January 26, 2021
Chapter 18
Photo History
Leslie Magazine
In Print 1855 - 1922
Civil War 1861 - 1865
Print History - Printing press, Germany, 1440
Woodblock printing, China, 9th century.
John Wilkes Booth jumping from balcony after shooting Lincoln.
Cover promoting women's voting rights.
Source:
Contraband = "Goods"
During Civil War, a slave who escaped or was transported across Union lines.
Definition of Goods:
goods | ɡo͝odz
Source:
no source
Image Source Link:
A group of African Americans aboard the USS Vermont. The United States Navy employed thousands of freed slaves during the Civil War.
Photographers - Morse and Peaslee
Before and After the Proclamation
1863
Emancipation Proclamation on January 1, 1863
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Above image from Getty Images
Without Sanctuary
Photographs and postcards taken
as souvenirs at lynchings throughout America.
Link below:
Monday, January 18, 2021
How to Recognize Design Elements and Principles for Image Observation Assignment.
.Implied Line - horizontal (space between clouds, horizon, lake). This line direction dominates - visually emphasizing calmness.
Implied Line - Diagonal (slight bend in palm trees). Not dominate, just a slight bend, perhaps suggesting a light wind.
Implied Line - Vertical (palm tress not bending). Not dominate, suggests a bit of stability within the vast idea of a landscape.
The Highway Men
Francisco Goya
The Executions of the Third of May, 1808
Oil on Canvas
Color is used to create an area of emphasis. The person being executed is depicted in bright, warm colors while the surrounding area contains cool colors; greens, violets. blues.
Implied Line - Vertical
Abolitionist leader Frederick Douglass was born into slavery sometime around 1818 in Talbot County, Maryland. He became one of the most famous intellectuals of his time, advising presidents and lecturing to thousands on a range of causes, including women's rights and Irish home rule. Image source link below:
Implied Line - Vertical and Diagonal
Pyramids of Giza, Egypt
Implied Line - Vertical
Nidaros Cathedral, Trondheim, Scandinavia
This Cathedral hosts the relics of St. Olav, a Norwegian king and a national hero. Thus is became an important pilgrimage destination. Moreover, this church is the most important in Norway and the largest medieval building in Scandinavia.
Implied Line - Vertical
Skyscrapers, New York City
Examples of elements and principles found in the grocery store.
Left - Sleep Aid Medication. Implied and actual horizontal lines are used - visually communicates calm. The text is carefully, evenly presented in horizontal format. Bans of color contain the text. Small dots are arranged to imply horizontal lines. Violet, blue and green are cool colors - suggest darkness, depth (night time). The package design also utilizes semiotics - the moon is a symbol for night time.
Right - Children's Cereal. Diagonal line direction implied - energy. Both cool and warm colors are used - another visual tool to imply energy as cool and warm colors visually vibrate when used together. Semiotics - an animated figure, smiling bird swinging on vine, having fun, bird is neutral object - all kids can relate.
| Artist | Jan van Eyck |
|---|---|
| Year | 1434 |
| Type | Oil on oak panel of 3 vertical boards |
| Dimensions | 82.2 cm × 60 cm (32.4 in × 23.6 in); panel 84.5 cm × 62.5 cm (33.3 in × 24.6 in) |
| Location | National Gallery, London |
National Gallery of Art discusses the painting.
https://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/paintings/jan-van-eyck-the-arnolfini-portraitA Stitch In Time examines the clothing/fashion.
Sunday, January 17, 2021
Stereotypes
Women slaves - bodies violated.
Mammy image perpetuates an idea.
Enslaved peoples. Marginalized peoples.
Caricature - features of a person exaggerated.
Stereotypes of black inferiority dominate America's landscape.
Stereotype - a mistaken idea or belief many people have about a thing or group that is based upon how they look on the outside.
Please Mammy, ca. 1899. Photographer unknown. Courtesy the Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.
Betye Saar
Assemblage
1972
Further Reading:
Southern Spaces
Article, Octavia Spencer
Link to Kara Walker, Artist
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