Response 4 : Funes, His Memory

Funes, His Memory

The reading is surely a really interesting read since the author creates a close related to him with a “her” telling the story of Funes’s life. In stead, Funes’s should have been telling his own story. The female expressing her memories of Funes and combines it with his memories to create an in depth analysis to display “Memory in different ideas”. As such, the female feels the misfortune Funes feels throughout expressing her memories of him. For instance, the females describe Funes’s physical outlook and personality in depth detail. In addition, the memories had supported Funes’s life from his misfortune of being crippled. Also, Funes’s potential for future would be endless since he is gifted with a strong memory of counting systems. The amazing piece about the story is Funes understands he will be able to pull through this misfortune and life on, but not all people are able to withstand the misfortune. This type memory is the most important through human life. Overall, the story supported different ideas of memory described throughout the story such as memories with counting system, personal memory of Funes and the female and the idea the memory can be used to save lives. 

Assignment 1: Idea/Notes

Response 3: MOCCA David Hoffos's exhibit, "Scenes from the House Dream"

This was my first time experience at MOCCA museum. I found the David Hoffos “Scenes from the House Dream" really interesting since it was the first time seeing this type of artistic presentation compared to the other usual ones that I have seen so far. I found it different from the other artistic presentation since it was a dark room show. My first impression in the dark room was it felt like I was semi-blinded and my senses had to be adjusted to fully understand the placement of the environment to total understand the artistic layout. Also, the sound of people bumping into each other so I had to adjust quickly to prevent myself from bump into others.

It felt like a haunted house theme since I saw blurry images of ghost, but it was just a projector image. In addition, the scary music plays an important role in the background of the exhibit and the frame installments. The music had set a great temple for the artworks. When looking inside the frames, the interior design was spot on detailed from indoors to outdoors. It was pure fantastic.    

The artist’s idea with the old television display reflection creates a lot of movement for the objects and for the TV people made the artwork absolutely real. For instance, the frames containing the stopped or abandon train in the forest set a surreal effect in which it felt that I was in reality peeking into someone’s dreams or maybe spying them. In addition, the mirror mixed into some of the artworks had shown a feeling of trickery, fooling the eyes into believing the artwork was repeating it’s self. As a result, made the artwork even more realistic. For example, the frames containing the neighborhood of houses and fireworks were shot into the sky. As well, the mirrors played a huge role in the whole creation since it’s supported the reflection of the artwork and perfected the artworks to create the understand of what the artist was trying to capture for us to see. Furthermore, these artworks in the frames might have presenting the important memories of the artist.      

Overall, the David Hoffos “Scenes from the House Dream" exhibit sets a great feeling that viewers are exploring the realistic scenes themselves or spying on them. The sense of placement of people and objects including music incorporation that a add more to understanding the frames. I would have never imagined it could be used in this type of artistic sense. In future reference, I would like to try to create a different, but similar too, using the equipment David Hoffos has done to define his line of art. The equipment that David Hoffos used; I would take the idea of the projecting images and the television reflections, however when displaying the projecting images in the exhibit. I would hind the projector and television to keep the viewers guessing which type of technology was used to display the objects.    

Response 2: Hollis Frampton "Nostalgia" (1971)

Nostalgia video was really interesting since it made viewer’s imagine what the photo would look like in their minds first and then showing the viewers the actual photo in the next photo example. To be honest, when I was watching the video I had been thinking in my mind these photo examples weren’t what he was talking about; I kept thinking about it about until I confirmed it with someone and until he started talking about the toilet photo I knew I was right! As maybe the fact that I was more of a visual person and enjoyed looking at the photos then listening to his story of his photos.

While, I was watching the video and semi listening to every photo he would be burning his photo’s and showing us the progress of how the photo’s were burnt. Could this mean he liked the photos very much and wanted to say goodbye to them or vice versa. In addition, when he showed other photo’s burning; some of them he would show them burning to the end and other’s he would show just burning, but not until the end; then progressing to the next photo. Does, it’s mean he likes or dislikes the photo more depending on how long he had burned the photo? When I was watching it and listening this time about his stories and descriptions. It’s some the answer was unclear in the video.  

Overall, it was a good video to watch since it made viewers “imagine” a lot more rather looking at photo and listening to him talk about it; in my opinion this video relates to how books are viewed with “imagination”.      

Response "Camera Lucida by Roland Barthes"

Camera Lucida: Reflections on Photography

At the beginning of reading the author writing style was unclear in my opinion (mainly on excerpts 1).  In addition, in excerpt 1 I don’t enjoy the viewpoint about photograph being signs, which related to ads and billboards that came across in my mind. Since, the author’s photography viewpoint seems really negative because in our society photography ads and billboards sent out negative messages, but other photography ads and billboards just fine. In excerpts 2, I agree that photographer needs theme(s) such as Camera Lucida principle of adventure to fuels her photography like when I’m taking a photo my theme is discovery, uncovering the shot makes an interesting photograph similar to Camera Lucide. Lastly excerpts 3, the mother’s death set a very interesting point about photography; it could capture a person’s beautiful, kindness, innocence, etc, but not the true person that people see in really life such as the photo of Lucida’s mother. Overall, Camera Lucida’s was a semi-good read with suggestions to keeping an accessible dictionary near you.   

This blog is for FACS-1939 (Lab 6) course where ideas will be collected.

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