Remix

This Image I composed of 3 seperate images. One is myself dressed up as a Captain Cook figure and one is a photo of Mount cook and the other is a photo of a maori dude I found on google image search. I checked for copyright but found nothing so I went ahead anyway.

After cutting and pasting the three layers I made them black and white, Changed the contrast and brightness then used the variations tool to give them an old feel by adding a touch of red and lots of yellow.

I must admit this isn't really what we were supposed to do because we were supposed to use each learning session on the Adobe programs to build an image or movie from the combined elements from each session. I treated each class as an exercise in their own right and wasn't really happy with my outcome so I deleted them. As a result my image is solely a photoshop image.

I quite like it as it is supposed to be a parody of the first contact tensions between Maori and Pakeha early in New Zealand history. I was going to add text "A tense moment as Aoraki is renamed Mount Cook" but in the end I felt it didn't fit in aesthetically( fonts seemed to 'fonty'.) Back in the 90's Mount Cook was supposed to be re-renamed Aoraki during the Kai Tahu settlement but on a trip though twizel way I noticed the road signs are taking a bi-cultural stance on this issue. They refer to the mountain, and village nearby, as Aoraki/Mount Cook. So that is the conceptual element of this project; Drawing attention to the rediculous situation that our forefaters and mothers have left us in now. Much the same rediculousness happens with the national anthem being in English and Maori But I wont get started on that!!

Blogging this semester

As you can tell I have done stuff all blogging this semester. First of all I diddn't realise we had to but then when I found out we still had to I threw a minor paddy and refused to do it. A bit silly I know but my reasons are slightly valid. I wanted to put as much time as I could into sculpture as I really enjoy it and have been gagging for some time to get into it because its the major reason I came to this School. 2nd of all if you read my first post you will see that I am quite opposed to blogging because in my opinion its a collection of namby pamby, touchy feely opinions on everything by mostly unqualified voices. I have seen good blogs but it is a hard slog trying to find them and I usually come across good blogs by accident. Ironically here I am blogging, blurting my guts out for all to see but would you reaaly want to be reading this unless you had to!!!

Maniac story boards

These are the story bords our group used to record our video. They are pretty quick drawings but helped formulate what we were going to record.

Mainiac of the playground

hes a maniac, maaniac of the play ground.
and hes playing like hes never played befooore

Slide show

This is the final entry this semester. It has been a hard one. I have created a slide show of the hungry donkey at deer park heights. I didnt have time or a scanner at home to make the storyboard and classes have started in the lab so I didnt want to interrupt. Enjoy!

Maori and the sublime

http://www.romeartlover.it/Ceiling.html

I had a family reunion on the weekend and unveiled a carving my cousins and I had created with master carver James York. In my essay for theory I looked at the links between theories of the sublime in comparison to Toi Whakairo (the art of Maori carving). I came up with 2 links,the first in myth. Ngati Porou carving was retreived from the sea from Tangaroa's (god of the sea) magical whare (house) and this was similar to the theories of Giovanni Bellori's "idea" that art came from divine sources, the second that Baroque church ceilings were in effect the same as the whare whakairo (carved houses) due to their apparent movement, immersive environment and sublime effect upon the veiwer.

Windows vs delicious

I like delicious better. The buttons are so easy to use. Windows live is ok but hard to get to. All I have to do is "tag" and thats cool. Pity I couldn't figure it out untill 2 days untill the end of the semester. But I got there and I will most likely use it quite often when sewing the interweb.

Deer Park Heights

These pictures were taken on my honeymoon in Queenstown. Debs and I were looking for something cheap to do and we found Deer Park Heights. Loads of freindly animals free ranging but they do act a little hungry at times.
This donkey was looking for yummy treats in the car. Loved it and highly recommend the place if your an animal lover. Take $2 coins so you can feed the animals, we ran out!

Blue Oyster grad show

The Grad show was ok. I quite liked the burning rubbish (something manly about burning stuff) and I didn't really get what it was about. The rape stories were very confronting and hard to watch but the most interesting pieces there were the botanical specimens. I like how they are framed and presented as though I may be in a museum viewing the same thing. A very simple installation feel and great attention to detail similar to paintings and drawings of those done by early explorers.

Imaginary exhibition poster

Fish are stupid like people. This one cant even swim properly because its stupid like people. I hate dithering idiots who cant drive so if you were behind the wheel of ZX 1273 this was inspired by you. because you are a fish brain, your stupid and you cant friggin drive properley

copyright

Today is looking at copyright.


Case Study 1: Harrison vs Mack http://benedict.com/audio/Harrison/Harrison.aspx


The first time I listened to the two tracks I thought that Robert Mack was on as many drugs as George Harrison for suing. I think it was the difference of male vs female voices that got me. Then I listened again and sang over the top of each song and the similarities were astonishing.


Melodies were very similar and the "dolang " bit by the Chiffons fit into My Sweet Love very easily. Chordal structure very similar except for Mack's version has a turn around that Harrison's doesn't. Tempo and rythm also very simalar but the lyrics weren't so similar as Harrisons version was quite repititive.


Case study 2: Lebus woods vs 12 monkeys http://www.benedict%20.com/Visual/Monkeys/Monkeys.aspx


The fact that the director had viewed the chair and continued to use it is bad enough but the chair is so similar its disgusting. I wish someone would copy some of my work so I can get a 6 Figure settlement.


Case study 3: Keir Smith http://keirdotnet.net/projects/ohsocriminal/
The question was is it illegal. Under the law as it stands you cant copy and change stuff without permission. But it doesnt seem as though its for personal monetary gain so who cares? I think its cool!

Youtube and Flickr terms of use

I read both terms of use on youtube and terms of service on flickr and couldn't really tell the difference. They both specify that uplaod copyright material and use their site or submissions to their site for commercial gain but I found it rank that they can use any submitted material in any way they feel nessesary. It was so hard to understand ( because its written in gobblety gook ) so in this instance I felt I wouldn't upload any thing to my blog. "have you read and ticked the terms of use" screens and the like are ususlly just in the way of doing what most people want anyway so with a couple of clicks it is out the way and you can get get into what you want. Ignorance is bliss untill one is caught out.

Creative Commons

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 New Zealand License.

This is pretty cool! I pretty sure I cant lisence stuff on blogger but it will be useful when I get my own site up and running. The reason I wuold have a web site in the first place would be to sell stuff on it so I would have the most restrictive setting in this case.

I just got married!!

Well I didn't "just" get Married its been two weeks now and absolutely nothing has changed. So I'm back at Art School Wondering how the f--k I'm going to catch up. Watch this space as I Prepare to CRAM weeks in to minutes. It's not looking good though!!

Tags/Catergories are called labels!

Whoops! Because I've been a slack ass I am Catching up at the moment. The previous posts are supposed to be labelled as Digital Literacy 1 for purposes of marking my assignments on this blog site.
This is the only reason I am on the site as I would not normally be a "blogger" because I find it abhorant. Millions of people across the world bleeding their hearts hoping someone will read their plights or rants is not my idea of fun or to fill in time. Its like swimming through a sea of shit to find a lolly as far as research goes and I have avioded them like the plague.
Now that I have to do one I hope I am wrong.

Public Art

Window:scene

I dont really have any feelings about the public art I've seen because it's pretty average. The usual figurative or abstract sculpture or commemorating obelisk etc. so imagine my excitement when I came across these during the course of my studies.
http://window.org.nz/search/label/publicspace http://www.lozano-hemmer.com/video/uscanlincoln.mov
These aren't permanant, but they are exciting use of public space and would be awesome if they were permanant(and costly).

cant spell

my last bolg title should have saidWhat I think of compters not comuters!
sorry! dont get me ranting about comuters!

What I think of comuters!

What do I think of computers? I think computers are great but they do have their pitfalls. Not trying to be a negative bugger but when they crash, freeze or dont do what they are supposed to do(usually though my own ignorance) they really piss me off. Many times I have veiwed myself out of my body ,with rage, throwing the slow clunky piece of rubbish, 1998 HP with dail up, I have at home though the second story window.
Another pitfall of computers is the pace of change one needs to keep up with. Not only the monetary battle but the time and effort needed to keep up with stuff like new programs, software and updates etc. eats into my precious time. I'm sure I am not alone.
Enough verbal exorcism for one day. I don't want to bring you down. Sigh.