Abelardo Morell: Hotel Room Camera

Can a hotel room be a camera? Abelardo Morell, a photography professor and professional photographer amazes viewers in the 21st Century with a photographic technique that date back to the early Renaissance. Visit Abelardo Morell's website, view the galleries and read the article Rooms With A View. National Geographic Magazine. Tom O'Neill. May 2011.www.ngm.nationalgeographic.com (PDF) on his website. You may want to read other articles as well. Pick an image of his, place it in a comment to this post, and write a thoughtful response to his artwork. What is your aesthetic response? Why? Be as concrete in your description as possible.

http://www.abelardomorell.net/

Commentary Questions

Here is an image of the commentary questions. For Monday you need to type answers to these two questions in a word document and either bring your laptop to class to show me or email me your document. Do not worry about the character requirement at this point, i will help you edit your statements to make them concise and professional. Just get your ideas out on paper!

Website for Digital Submission

https://apstudio.ets.org/apstudioart/sbmsn/login.do?action=login

Requirements and Recommendations for Students' Digital Images:

All images must be submitted in JPEG format (file name extension .jpg) and RGB color mode. We recommend using files that are 72 pixels-per-inch (ppi) because a higher resolution does not add clarity when viewing images on a computer screen.

Recommended image sizes:

Landscape orientation:

• Recommended maximum size: 530 x 780 pixels (7.36 x 10.83 inches)
• Recommended minimum size: 480 x 480 pixels (6.67 x 6.67 inches)

Portrait orientation:

• Recommended maximum size: 780 x 530 pixels (10.83 x 7.36 inches)
• Recommended minimum size: 480 x 480 pixels (6.67 x 6.67 inches)

The image sizes above are recommendations. Students' image sizes may be different.

Maximum file size: Files cannot exceed 3.0 MB per image. (Students' image files will likely be considerably smaller than that.)

Free disk space:

• Drawing and 2-D Design Portfolio: Based on the maximum file size of 3.0 MB and a total of 24 digital images per portfolio, each student needs a maximum of 72 MB of free disk space per portfolio.
• 3-D Design Portfolio: Based on the maximum file size of 3.0 MB and a total of 38 digital images, each student needs a maximum of 114 MB of free disk space.

Catch Air: Robin Rhode @ Wexner Center

Watch the video about contemporary street artist, Robin Rhode. Contemplate the materials and locations he uses to make his art. How does his art express or communicate contemporary issues? Discuss how the medium/materials/locations he chooses support his ideas.

KONY 2012

This video was just sent to teachers yesterday and already all of campus is buzzing about it. watch it. send it  to others. it is very compelling and you will learn about something you may have not known about that is happening in our world. Then, I want you to visit the website below. It is a criticism in response to the viral video. Remember, there is always two sides to every story...sometimes even more...

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http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/story/2012-03-08/invisible-children-kony-2012/53422862/1

Hobo Chic

The link below is an article about a fashion movement you may even be participating in and don't even know it, called Hobo Chic. Read the article, look at the pictures and maybe look at some other images of this fashion style. What is your aesthetic response? Do you like it or not? Why? What is the purpose of the movement? Do you feel there is anything contreversial about the movement? Why or Why not? How does/ can fashion function as art?

http://marieclairvoyant.com/hot-topics/body-politics-bloggers/homeless-chic-fashion-shoot-whats-with-fashion-and-poverty