Creative Types: Embrace Chaos | Malcolm Gladwell | Big Think

Creative Types: Embrace Chaos | Malcolm Gladwell | Big Think

Museum Visit : Action/Reaction

i found the theme of this exhibit, action/reaction, to be very relevant to this time period, especially in the ways that the artists interpreted the theme. although it is very broad and could be completely lost on our generation, the approach that the artiststook made it current and very accessible. for example i really thought that the reusable bags made out of billboards were really innovative and presented such a creative way to react to the issue of shopping bags. the prius billboards made of plants, in my opinion, captured the theme the best. the design is something that is visible to a vast amount of people, and the way that the designers took the purpose of the object they were promoting into consideration whileconsidering the materials i found to be crucial in the representation of the prius. the most interesting design was the house built with the retired airplane wing as a roof. although it proved to be extremely impractical, the product was visually striking and perhaps will inspire other artists, architects, and designers to take a more practical approach to this idea. i really did not enjoy the crystal designs, which were showcased as futuristic suits for strange alien-like woman. honestly i dont understand the artist's vision, nor did i find it visually stimulating. it was pretty ugly, but not in a good way.

Cuties

So I had originally done my observation on pennies even though I know they are all minted to be exactly the same except for the years they were made. But since I am posting this far after my first observations, I decided to do another on the differences between Cuties California Clemetines. I found the following 25 similarities and differences between them:

(1) They all had a round structure but none had an exactly similar circumference

(2) Several had indentions on the sides which varied in location from

(3) directly on the side

(4) on the top enclosing the stem

(5) or in multiple locations on the clemantine

(6) Some of them had white marks on them where it looked like they were scuffed

(7) Others had black marks I am uncertain of what they were exactly

(8) Some had spots covered in mold

(9) Some we cracked open already.

(10) Some had interiors that had turned to mush

(11) Some had completely solid interiors that looked like they hadn't aged a bit

(12) Most lied some where in between the extremes in terms of interior consistency

(13) Some of the stems were level with the rest of the of the Clementine

(14) Others had stems that seemed sucked into themselves

(15) But most of them had a bulge where the stem connected

(16) the bulge on some had ridges

(17) one had a circle around it

(18) some were perfectly smooth

(19) some still had the actual stem

(20) one still had some of the actual leaves

In terms of colors

(19) Some of them were perfectly orange

(20) Some of them were faded yellow

(21) Some of them had green tinted spots

(22) All of them had stickers on them

(23) But each of these were different

(24) All of them had the same citrus smell though each of them had varied in how rancid that smell was

(25) But the one thing that never varied was the fact that none had seeds

California Design Biennial @ PMCA

The California Design Biennial is held every year to showcase artists in product design, transportation design, architecture, graphic design, and fashion. Each of these artists has found a new and innovative way of expressing their ideas under an overarching theme of Sustainability bringing together our attention on Action/Reaction.

Rose Apodoca who was one of the 5 curators and also a local professional, explained that each of the artist formulated their projects as a new way of handling the problems we are facing today. And going throughout the museum it was easy to see that the majority of these designs were meant to form a response to the ecological problem that our world is facing today but more than just the going green sense. It was the problem our country but more specifically our people as an American society of are facing today.

Under fashion design Kai Suwannagate who's women's wear was among the most elegant I consider to have ever seen and yet they were handcrated in North Hollywood out of recycled wood, leathers, and local-materials. Rose Apodaca's purse fashion was meant to instill quality over quantity of her set of clutches handmade in Italy from feathers and gold rings which were set up in the showcase to resemble a bird flying from a cage. The oddest design in the I saw as Michel Berendi's First Earth Battalion. He normally makes menswear but in the show he had women's wear which i find difficult even to explain as it is made of leather, fur, a helmet, stalactite heals, and a lot of hair.

Under transportation design my favorite was the Model S designed by Tesla. Another was the Virgin Galactic Space Shuttle which currently takes passengers to the edge of our atmosphere to view the stars. But the design in the show was of a model space ship they will use to take passengers into space.

In architecture the Charlie Sava Swimming Pool stuck to the theme most specifically in my opinion because of its use of concrete and its positioning in a park.

My favorite piece in the show was a music video done by OK GO and created by OK Go and Syyn Labs it was called This Too Shall Pass. They used an intricate set up which I can only describe as a path of destruction of a trail of art. Another piece in the back exhibit that I thought was awesome because I had just based one of my designs on his work was done by Gajin Fujita though I have no idea how it tied to the exhibit as a whole I thought the exhibit was amazing and made me realize how wasteful our society is and what we should be doing to overcome the mess we've put ourself in among our consumer culture.

Sandeep Mukherjee

Sandeep Mukherjee is another artist whose work I am loving right now. It is along a similar abstract vein as Angeline Rivas'. He often employs marker on mylar, which allows light to shine through the work. He is a Los Angeles artist and UCLA grad whose work was reccommended to me by my drawing teacher. Definitely check out his website:

http://www.brennangriffin.com/artists/view/43

Merry Christmas, everyone!

Katharine Glasheen

Artists I like!

Here are some links to some AWESOME artists/designers that I discovered during my last project!

Florence Manlik

http://www.florencemanlik.com/

http://www.mrahayes.co.uk/

Kimber Berry

http://kimberberry.com/

Kyle Pierce

http://kylepierceillustration.com/

Stuart Lyle

http://www.stuartlyle.name/

Amy Martino

http://www.yellowbirdmachine.com/

Maija Louekari

http://www.maijalouekari.com/

Miina Akkijyrkka

http://www.akkijyrkka.com/

Sanna Annukka

http://www.sanna-annukka.com/

Kevin Lyons

http://www.naturalborn.com/

Mike Perry

http://www.mikeperrystudio.com/

Angeline Rivas

I am really loving this artist right now. I found her work on the Beautiful/Decay website, a site I found out about when the founder of the magazine visited our class to give a talk. I really enjoyed his talk so I've been following the blog since then...

http://www.angelinerivas.com/

These are ballpoint ink drawings. So beautifully detailed.


Katharine Glasheen