my_website

This is the finish website about Payap University. Enjoy!!
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response to the metropolitan museum

I went to the Metropolitan museum in DC. during spring break. My first impression was its grand appearance and the vast variety of sections to choose from. I did not have time to go through everything, so I looked at the areas that I find interesting. One of the sections I went to was the music section where I saw many musical instruments. What fascinated me most is the fancy and antique harpsichord. Since I am a music major, I always wanted to see real harpsicords and stare closely at the actual designs on the instrument. It was very detailed, complicated, and obviously antique looking. Another section that I looked at was the armor section. Back in Thailand, I have only seen armors in movies and I thought that it would be nice to see an actual armor. But when I saw the armors right in front of me, I felt horrified. True, that they were bold and artistic, but I kept thinking about the purpose that people wore it- to go to battlefields which lead to bloodshed. I felt depressed and moved on to other sections. For the rest of the time, I did not have a clear sense of direction. I simply walked around, looked at the different objects in front of me, and finally after about three hours I left the museum. This experience was definitely memorable and in a way, overwhelming at the same time.

Website draft

website draft

A Sketch of my site map II

These sketches are roughly the ones that I would use for my website. The main colors are blue, pink, and maybe some bright green and yellow. I want this website to be light, cute, and funny. The sitemap is in the form of hub and spokes.

a sketch of my site map I

Collage for website

So I finally decided to make a website about Payap University.This collage is composed entirely of pictures that I dragged from Payap University's website. The reason I plan to make a website about Payap University is to inform Mary's students and staffs or any non Payap students on how Payap is really like. There may be a few funny and satirical topics, but mostly, it is going to be practical and informative. The words/phrases I would use to describe my website would be simple, realistic, practical, somewhat satirical, blue (since blue is Payap's main color, this is the color that will be seen throughout), and full of pictures.

Art Lecture by Fereshteh Toosi

Fereshteh's art was a lot of fun to look at. I found Saddam's birthday video, and the picture of a cat gaping at a computer very amusing and artistic at the same time. The nomadic genie bottle inlayed with vibrant blankets and carpets was simply gorgeous. In a way, it looked like a fancy tipi. The way that Fereshti presented her work was fun, educational, and casual.

Art Lecture by Chris Coleman

The very first project that Chris Coleman showed was a surround sound clip where one could see white smoke from the air being sucked into factory tubes. It seemed that no matter how much pollution went back into the factory tubes, their is still more smoke in the air. I felt a little uncomfortable with it, because I wanted the smoke to end, but it seems that their will never be an end to the pollution. This is the exact feeling that Chris wanted his viewers to feel, "never-ending deluge."
The next project that Chris shared was an endless wave of landscape that seemed to be coming closer to the screen. I liked this a lot, because to me, it felt free and relaxing.

Chris' other projects are graphics and three dimensional objects. I think they are interesting, but not really my type. From a mechanical engineer to an artisit, Chris said he enjoys being a geek and an artist at the same time. It is no wonder then, that his works incorporate precise sizes and numbers. It is a bit too rigid for me, but some of it could be really fun to look at too.

My first website

This is the link to my first website.

Websites

These are the following websites that I'm thinking about paroding.


http://www.payap.ac.th

http://www.wilder.org/index.html

http://www.alzmndak.org/

http://www.marylandnonprofits.org/

http://www.madsa.org/

Real Cost by Michael Mandiberg

How it uses the internet as an art medium? The internet in this role can be put to the discussion group that converted prices in US dollars into values in barrels of crude oil. People have the freedom to do this act and amuse themselves to the oil prices easily fluctuate.

Why it uses the internet to best advantage? Because the oil price fluctuates globally, this use of the internet opens doors to all people in any place to be able to join in the sarcastic amusement.

Why is it that the piece cannot be made in any other way? Because the oil price fluctuates all the time and the internet has the ability to change itself all the tim e while other medium cannot do that.

How does this work fit in the history of the internet that Sterling describes? The internet spread out widely to people in all places. It is not restricted to only certain groups such as the military, and the purpose of the internet did not remain only for military purposes, but included gossip, mail, and in this case probably discussion groups.

What are the features of this art work that reflect the time in which it was made (2006)? This art work reflect the oil price situation in 2006. The features that do that, are the constant update of oil price, and the free access to anyone who may want to download its program.

Actually, I'm a little confused about what is going on. The internet is something that I use all the time, but I don't really know how Michael Mandiberg's Real Cost is an art medium. To me, its just a conversion of US prices into barrels of oil. I cannot really relate this work to an art. I guess I simply do not understand how the use of the internet in this manner is art.

Art Lecture "Patrick Kelley's Digital Imaging"

Kelley's presentation was very well organized. He started about his first experiences in photography and how he developed his skills until he became involved in the field of video game graphics. From the beginning of his work, Kelley enjoys working with natural objects and shifting them around in a human arrangement (especially lining up twigs and pebbles into bridges). Kelley especially likes working with snow, which has always been present since his earlier works in photography until his recent snow step flip book.

To me, Kelley's projects are simple, understandable, well organized, and very beautiful. It shows how mastering different artistic skills one step at a time attribute to Kelley's present line.

Art Lecture "Response to Color Science"

This is the first art lecture that I attended. It is about color science and the basic concept on how to apply the knowledge of human visual perception with computer graphic. The speaker gave an introduction by showing how color science is used in filmmaking. He gave examples such as cloning actors at different angles, seeing an actor at a far distance, and even shrinking or increasing the size of an actor. The speaker then explained the different parts and functions of the human eye and showed some pictures and informed on how the pictures really look like in comparison to how we see them. The speaker also played with the mixture of colors and lighting and explained how they can steer us to focus on a particular object. For example, placing warm colors such red and orange around an object, makes that object stand out. On the other hand, placing cooler colors, such as blue, around an object will make that object seem further away and less attractive.
Color science can fool and manipulate the human eye by making fake objects appear realistic and unconsciously forcing the human eye to focus on particular objects.

Postcard Proposal

For my postcard, I chose to connect one of Adrienne Rich's and Edgar Allan Poe's poem. From Adrienne Rich's, I chose "Boundary," and from Edgar Allan Poe, I chose "The Raven." Both of these poems are written in first person. I turned the speaker in "Boundary" into "Lenore" from "The Raven." As the speaker in "The Raven" mourns over his desire for Lenore, she replies how impossible it is for them to be together because there is a boundary between them. There is a bird in both postcards which serves as a messenger that connects the two characters together.

This is a picture of Lenore from Rich's "Boundary." Notice that there is a bird on Lenore's shoulder.

This is a picture of the speaker from Poe's "The Raven." Notice how he kneels to the bird in front of him.

Inanimate Object World

This is the project that I posted for the contest on the category about inanimate object world. I named it "odd friends." I hope you like it. Please feel free to leave me a comment on 1000worth.com

Burroughs Cut-Up

Have you ever dreamed that you are reading something and though the words on the paper do not make much sense, they are still understandable? This was my first impression on Burroughs' cut-up method. Before reading about cut-ups, I had no idea that there are artists out there who treat words as collages. Connecting words and/or phrases that come from different sources, but share the same topic, result in a somewhat unconscious style of reading. Because cut-ups describe certain subjects from many point of views, cut-ups can easily encompass every sensory detail.

To me, the cut-up method is creative, clever, blurry, confusing and yet makes perfect sense in an unexplainable way. It is also similar to appropriation and sampling, where the artist creates a new project by using elements from other existing art work. Since one cannot predict what the next text in cut-ups is going to be about, cut-ups can be mysteriously captivating for one to simply keep on reading and follow where the words lead.

Frighteningly however, I wonder if the artist can abuse the cut-up method by manipulating the readers' minds to unconsciously believe in something that the artist wants them to, whether it may be true or spurious.

Dada

This art work by Man Ray, looks soft and dreamy. The camera films are loosely twirled around a dark center and none of the pictures in the films are clear. Instead, they are ghost-like and could be seen through like gelatin. It seems as if there are sweet, sad memories behind this art work.

This other photograph by Man Ray about a woman smoking cigarrette, is taken at an angle straight above the woman's head. This angle makes it difficult to recognize the woman's face, but makes it easy to see the action that the woman is doing; smoking a cigarrette. This picture also has a dreamy look.

Man Ray's silver gelatin silver print technique, rayograph, makes me feel like I am in a trance and am going through someone's secret memories. The soft curves, the gentle lighting, the blurry images, and the angle chosen for each image, make Man Ray's work truly unique and simply beautiful.

Journey audio

This is my journey project, and according to what I planned at first, it turned out to be what I expected. I was excited working on it, and was able to find more sounds along the way. This audio is about waking up from a peaceful sleep in the morning, getting ready to go to work, and then finally arriving at the chaotic atmosphere of the city. I hope you enjoy it. journey audio

There are three sounds that I recorded myself: The background piano music, the door opening and closing before going into the car, and my voice saying "I'm going to be late..." in the end of the audio. The rest of the sounds are from findsound.com.
These are the link to the sounds that I got when I typed in the words as they appear.

shower sound - http://new.wavlist.com/soundfx/019/bath-shower.wav

shower curtain - http://sep800.mine.nu/files/sounds/showercurtain.wav

birds - http://www.ample-edition.com/sounds/Nachtig2.wav

car start - http://sep800.mine.nu/files/sounds/carstart2.wav

coffee maker - http://www.ringelkater.de/Sounds/2geraeusche_gegenst/kaffeemaschine.wav

drinking coffee - http://www.albertweb.de/Sound-Spiele/HeisserKaffee.wav

yawning - http://www.tplm.com/wav/fatigue3.wav

alarm clock - http://new.wavlist.com/tv/089/407_alarm.wav

footsteps: - http://apeyman.free.fr/sfx/humains/pas.wav

restaurant (this is for the sound of the crowd in the city) - http://todos.zonebg.com/img/soundfiles/Restaraunt.wav

traffic and honking noises - http://amazingsounds.iespana.es/trafficjam.wav

door key - http://www.littlemusicclub.com/doors/doorkey.wav

opening and closing car door - http://vienvoir.free.fr/sons/bruitages/009_opening%20closing%20car%20do~.wav

keys- http://64.41.69.21/technical/sample_rates/keys_1622ds.wav

cars - http://www.bmwworld.com/images/sounds/racecar_passing6.wav

motorbike - http://www.soundbite.co.nz/sbites/mbike.AIF

kitchen drawer - http://vienvoir.free.fr/sons/bruitages/018_kitchen%20drawer.wav

Response to the Janett Cardiff radio interview

Listening to Cardiff’s radio interview, I was fascinated by the techniques and reasons that Cardiff uses for creating the different kinds of sounds. Then as I loosened myself and listened to Cardiff’s recording I could imagine myself following her voice and taking a walk with her. I liked that the events happen in chronological order, starting from walking out the door to the garden, and seeing things along the way. The sound of the birds and the footsteps in the background enrich the environment, while Cardiff’s voice in the foreground stands out and makes sense of what is naturally going on.

To me, Cardiff excellently uses the three-spatial structure in balancing the sounds to make them real. Moving the sounds around, or bringing them from a distance, Cardiff effectively adds more depth in creating a setting of where the listener is and motions that are going on at the moment.

Response To Soundart II

Gregory Whitehead’s radio art fascinates me about how sounds can be mixed in such a way that triggers different kinds of emotion. Whitehead’s work called, “What Words Want,” starts with a middle-aged woman’s voice teaching how to speak in a different language. It later becomes more humorous when a young man’s voice came in and started making fun of different languages. Towards the end, the mood of the radio art becomes mysterious as the speaker whispers softly until his voice gradually dies away. Gregory’s radio art gave me a new idea, that different kinds of sounds can create different kinds of moods. The proper order and length of sounds can leave an effective impact on any listener.

First Audio Project

This is my first audio project which is a mixture of a rap, a subway, and a microphone in a saxphone. I played with the volume, the speed, and moved around the sound from the left to the right speakers. I hope you enjoy listening to it.
First Audio Project

Written Proposal

The concept for my sound journey is about an everyday life’s situation, which is the event of waking up from a peaceful sleep and then traveling to a chaotic city. I plan to start from a low volume as the character is sleeping and gradually increase the sound as the character wakes up and starts preparing to go to work. The peak of this sound journey would be when the character finally arrives in the city in the midst of the traffic and the crowd, then the sound would fade out.

I have already gotten a few sounds that I would need and this is the list of sounds that would be played in order:

Silence
Alarm clock
yawning
stepping into the shower
shower
drinking coffee
old car engine starting
more cars
honks
people talking and walking hurriedly plus more cars and honks

The reason that I chose this concept is because it is a common situation that many people could relate to, but may have never given much thought about. I enjoy highlighting things that seem normal, turning them into something interesting and fun. I am still open to new ideas that may come along my way, and wouldn’t mind adding or changing the order of events that I planned.

Reponse to Sound Art

Gregory Whitehead - various
Actually, I was surprised to find out out that each file was a bit of a variety of different kinds of sounds. I thought that they would be songs, but surprisingly, I enjoyed the sounds I found from this sound post. This website offered a huge choice all the way from human noises, natural sounds, and even subways. I think that this particular website would be very useful for my audio homework. Also the title of each sound is very clear in describing what one should expect to hear. I don't really have a favorite sound file, but so far, this is my favorite website for sound source.

Response to Article

I find that the concept of detournement, which is about using or/and combining existing artwork to create a new piece of art, has its pros and cons. On the pros side, artists have the liberty to use and combine existing art works. By connecting materials from the world of reality in a fictional setting, artists discover a new way to turn their dull or uninteresting objects into something fresh and even original. I especially loved the way that Lavier superimposed a refrigerator onto an armchair. When two pieces of furniture which have nothing in common, are put together, they strongly clash, but they also reveal the artist’s creativity, and in Lavier's Brandt on Rue de Passy, to me, is quite humorous.

On the cons side, it may be unfair for artists whose works are copied by another artist with the purpose of creating a new meaning and even opposing the original meaning. This could devalorize the original artwork, which, I think, is not a pleasant thing.

This wave of contemporary art is a new thing to me. I have never heard of it and I am glad that I was introduced to it. In my opinion, whether detournement is used with or without the original artwork’s meaning, detournement should be encouraged and more explored as long as it is used in a non-offensive way. I believe that we need to be open-minded and always have extra rooms for new ideas.

Some of Lavier's artwork

Some of Lavier's work

We work for money not art

1st presentation music from the heart