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Topic: Zine/Narrative- In Depth Container, objects, and Zine

My piece is based on Erikson's Stages of Psychological Development from 2 stages (Ages 3-6).
At this point in time, parents and family is the only form of impact in life. Friends aren't completely influential yet. It is said whatever happens in this stage will be carried through the persons life (good, bad, amazing, or horrible..)
So I started focusing that to my project in the form of a case study, a completely subjective way to see my fragmented memories in this new perspective (art?)
It is said that as you get older, your memories start to fade or change, even if a person remembers something so vividly, the mind makes up scenarios and imagines "memories" that aren't real to suffice for the things that person can't remember. So if a person tells a memory they recall with someone who shared that same experience, they might not remember it the same way, or they will remember something more vividly than the other.
From my zine I quote, "There is your truth, my truth, and then what really happened".

In my narrative/Zine, I chose memories that I could most vividly remember, and looked around my surroundings to find objects that were readily available to help make those memories brought to documentation in this case study form.  All my objects derive from my zine, either described or implied to help further my communication in concept and context.
***My zine is all handmade-- Book Envelope cover was handmade, pages were made and binded, and content was image transferred.
MY ZINE IS IN THE OTHER POST





On the left hand side of my zine is my memories, and then the write hand side is my mom's memories (because parents have the strongest influence). So details are being put into objects
1. The Celebratory Black and White Birthday cookie 

2. My real baby teeth (Tooth Fairy)

3. The monthly check

4. The scarf with real hair

5. The get well soon cards

6.  A photo booklet with pictures for more of me growing up.

7. A Walgreens photo packet with pictures I used to take when I was younger with my dad
(little miss photographer in her prime!!!!!)

^This is not mentioned in my zine but is included to add to the weekend bag idea. I think my old photos at this point in time is a really unique way to see the world through my eyes (or through the view of the viewfinder from those point and shoot cameras). Also, Through discovery in studying these memories, I realized I never took photos, or did certain things with my mom as I did with my dad. Parallel to the way I never had any birthday parties with all my friends with my dad. 

8. The report card from the 2004-2005 school year (1st grade)

^This is not mentioned in my zine but I think helps tie in a more official, objective document to a case study so subjective. I had good grades apparently. I also learned that in second grade that I had C's (Not used in project... I wonder why) It shows that throughout the memories faced with parental/familial figures, sometimes may or may not transfer through the other parts of the child's life through stages of development or in any type of other social institution.

9. Before and after pictures of me
(I still look the same lol)

10. Lisa Frank/Sticker  decorated folders for every Kinder/Elementary girl like myself to contain the objects!

11. Year 2000 Bookmarks!

****THIS PIECE IS NOT A SAD PIECE, OR A DRAMA PIECE, OR AN "AWWWW" PIECE.*** but totally is subjectively referring its narrative to the study of psychological development


I am really proud of this assignment. I think I've learned a lot about story telling and the way a story (no matter how personal) can be communicated to the viewer visually and tangibly through objects as well as just learning how to translate my visual language to words, text, and zines.
I think this whole lesson topic will completely follow through with  influencing my future work.

Topic: Zine

"Fragments", a case study by Christine Cortes

Topic: Narrative/Zine- In Depth Final: Proposal/progress

Container Proposal:
Since I am doing my narrative based on my memories from 2000-2004, I decided my container will be a backpack or a drawstring backpack.
It also serves as an added object that is mentioned in my zine, and it can hold all of the items (portable and durable).

Items Proposal:
- a scarf with hair
- a Folder (container within the container)
- a scanned check
- a handwritten card
- a letter
- baby teeth
- A bookmark from the year 2000!
-Homework from the year 2000-2002!
-a black and white cookie
- a couple of pictures of me then
- 1 diptych- picture of me then and now
- Photos I used to take when I was younger (little miss photographer)

PROGRESS PART 2- ZINE PAGES/CONTENT!
STARTED PRINTING AND TESTING TRANSFER TRIALS WITH THE CHART PAK MARKER.
VERY COOL! REALLY HAPPY. NO PROBLEMS SO FAR.
ALSO, PLEASE ENJOY THIS FUN PIC

#NothingHasChanged

PROGRESS PICS 1- ZINE WRAP/COVER

Response to Readings: Book Fair

I chose to go to the "Short Stories, Big Ideas" lecture Art Spiegelman lecture at the book fair.

It was interesting hearing the short stories, big ideas. In particular, I really enjoyed listening to the design/thought process of Frank Viva's novel, "Sea Change". It helped me reflect how a story based on his childhood could be interpreted in a different view (in a more fictitious, fun way). I thought it was funny how he said he didn't know what a "coming of age book" was, when that genre is what the publishers told him he created. He considered it neither good nor bad, but then said that its more of a way to categorize a personal story from his childhood or feeling that can be interpreted in many perspectives. I really admired the way he designed the book, not just with the story but with the way the font, illustrations, and text are formatted in. Leela Corman was another author that I really admired her one pager comics. In such small space, she is able to create a whole narrative, and I enjoyed seeing watercolor used in comics the way she composed her book, "We All Wish For Deadly Force". After the lecture, I took some pictures of the pages of the book that really drew my attention.

Art Spiegelman's lecture could have been really great, except he was sharing the same conference room as Bernie Sanders. Art's lecture started at 4:30 and Bernie's at 6pm.. So even with all the time in between, the moderators kept rushing Art through cutting him off while talking and speeding through his slideshows which were about his new book and the origin's/influences of the Maus books. Overall, Art really spoke about the influences for the narrative, rather than the work itself, which is a major important factor in a good story. A majority of his lecture was talking about Si Lewens' "Parade", which was --completely rushed-- because of Bernie Sanders... but still was really beautiful to see. The book is composed in an accordion form and shows movement through the marks in the illustrations. After the lecture, Art had a book signing for ONLY The Parade, but I managed to get a picture with him!

Topic: Zine/Narrative- Small Works 2

I went about this piece as a starting point to my zine/ In depth project, thinking about events that I have experienced-- even though the memories are fragmented but still very much visually clear in my mind. With that, I decided to put that into the panels--3 very vivid images in my mind onto paper.

Personally, I feel that my work is stronger when it comes from a personal standpoint (subjective), but also with enough objective knowledge that I can then be adding to the conversation.
With that in mind, I decided since I'm not really very "good" or don't really have enough skills in drawing I would experiment with something imaginary in my mind (since memories are only versions of the truth) and would put it into a drawing (which is a version of the truth in its own form) to get my mind exploring about possibilities for my zine/in depth at the same time as being able to narrow down topics/emotions/actions that I want to specifically communicate with in my work here and in my in depth/zine. :)

Topic: Zine Small works- Comic 1

For the comic piece, I paid attention to the layout panels and content of the piece.
When reading the article on the comics, I took into account when _ said that a comic should be an addition to a conversation that was already started (and all of art for that matter).

I also wanted to keep it fun. Comics, in its simple form, are fun illustrations that add humor or mock sometimes really bad situations but keeps a dialogue to spark thought.

I also researched Scott McCloud's "Understanding Comics" to understand how panels can be set up and what the overall intent of certain scenes do for transition/message/story telling.

The story I created was made up from the personality of my cat.

Response to Readings: Comics Poetry

***** THIS WAS SAVED AS A DRAFT AND I JUST REALIZED THAT IT WAS NEVER UPLOADED TO THE BLOG OFFICIALLY I AM SORRY*********

I considered a lot what it means to draw such intentional lines and forms in small panels when reading the article. As a visual artist who doesn't have enough skills, I see this topic itself as a challenge to get an idea of how visual communication is created in comics. When reading the article, I paid attention to details such as the way __ described how the comic isn't talking about something that has already been said, but more in a way that can add to it or question the intent of what is going on (if that makes sense).
I also paid attention to the way panels help create a sense of unity, transition, and effective communication in narrative to comics/drawings. I went about my small works in this way, and am hoping to use this same method in the rest of my works (even if it isn't drawing), because photography works in the same way as a "panel".
There was a part in the comic in which the way transition in a story line can be effective which I associated with what Carol was describing in the lesson for the comics-- about how a narrative is a version from the truth, and that because things happen subjectively in each individual (through experience, memories, perception), there is no way to factually describe something. For example, if a story is passed down from generation to generation, it is sort of like playing telephone. "I got this from my mother, and her mother before her, and so on and so forth".
Over time, the same story can be updated, changed, and subjectively different in any way for any reason stated earlier. I found it interesting that comics in itself can be the same way. It also helped me be able to start distinguishing "art for the artist" or art communicating to the audience-- The intentional choices made in limited space (in this example of panels) that assimilate to the goal.

ALSO, I'M ADDING THIS AS A BONUS TO WHAT I READ IN THE COMIC. I THINK THESE TWO IMAGES ARE REALLY HELPFUL FOR THIS TOPIC AND FOR FURTHER RESEARCH ON TOPICS LIKE THIS ARTICLE.

Topic: Narrative In Depth Project- Citiy of Valdrada

For the In Depth Project, I chose the city of Valdrada,

which describes a city that is frequently used for pleasure rather than truth.

"No part of the city looks the same.. and while the city are twins of eachother, they are complete opposites."

The city overlooks a huge lake which reflects the truths of the people in the city, which is why through my piece, I created a shanty/rugged/dainty city that can also see different perspectives through my mirror (lake).

" The Ancients built Valdrada on the shores of a lake, with houses all verandas one above the other, and high streets whose railed parapets look out over the water. Thus the traveler, arriving, sees two cities: one erect above the lake, and the other reflected, upside down. Nothing exists or happens in the one Valdrada that the other Valdrada does not repeat, because the city was so constructed that its every point would be reflected in its mirror, and the Valdrada down in the water contains not only all the flutings and juttings of the facades that rise above the lake, but also the rooms’ interiors with ceilings and floors, the perspective of the halls, the mirrors of the wardrobes.
 Valdrada’s inhabitants know that each of their actions is, at once, that action and its mirror-image, which possesses the special dignity of images, and this awareness prevents them from succumbing for a single moment to chance and forgetfulness. Even when lovers twist their naked bodies, skin against skin, seeking the position that will give one the most pleasure in the other, even when murderers plunge the knife into the black veins of the neck and more clotted blood pours out the more they press the blade that slips between the tendons, it is not so much their copulating or murdering that matters as the copulating or murdering of the images, limpid and cold in the mirror.
 At times the mirror increases a thing’s value, at times denies it. Not everything that seems valuable above the mirror maintains its force when mirrored. The twin cities are not equal, because nothing that exists or happens in Valdrada is symmetrical: every face and gesture is answered, from the mirror, by a face and gesture inverted, point by point. The two Valdradas live for each other, their eyes interlocked; but there is no love between them. "

 

Topic: Landscape- Small Works 2- Garden

I went to the Ichimura Japanese Garden in Miami Beach.
Upon entry, the dynamic sound of the environment changed, but I soon realized how small the garden really was.
My visit was a short one, because the garden was less than an acre in size and also had very small distinctive features of a Japanese garden.

The description of the garden stated that while it had Japanese characteristics, the garden also incorporated a landscape within the garden, which I personally didn't like. Why? because there were so many palm trees that took the attention away from the rest of the garden. We have too many palm trees in the rest of the city. Why do we need them here?
I believe that with the size of the garden, it could become something more than it is now.

While I visited, I took pictures from different fixed viewpoints in the garden (the benches), but the one place that needed a deeper look (that can't be seen correctly from the bench) was the small pond/water scene that was at the smack entrance of the garden.

I decided to make a video of the pond, because as I was waiting for inspiration, I realized that in the lonely, quiet park there was so much life in the pond. All the fish were following my moves, and would play when I snapped my fingers or moved around.

As I was about to leave, two men who work for the grounds department came in for what I suppose was there lunch break with some leftover of what I think might have been Pollo Tropical. They started to the food to the pond, which immediately created all this noise in the pond as the fish were fighting for food. The peaceful serenity and meditating environment was disrupted with nothing more than a daily lunch break. I was able to film this whole experience.


Link is below
https://vimeo.com/189733723

Here are also some pics from the garden! Enjoy your view from the benches!

Topic: Landscape- Small Works : Prose/Poetry

  The essence of doing.

I look out the window,  I see where I have been.

Don't be afraid to ask for help, 

but don't depend on others to do it for you.

I look forward, I see where I am going.

Try not to think about it too much, 

but don't leave it for the last minute

I'm here. Where do I begin?

I look at my hands, I see where I can go.

Don't run too fast, but don't take forever 

or you might miss your chance.

I look around, I see who can help me get there. 

Go with your gut!

but think with your mind. 

Which place should I go first?

While may be successful, it is never finished.
You can try to be better,
 but you will never know if you have done all it is that you can do.

I have not moved. I am in the same place I began.

Topic- Landscape: Landscape Identified- Premise to works based on The Garden

Buckminster Fuller--When was he working?Buckminster Fuller began working around 1927-28, when he lived in Greenwich village and constantly visited Romany Marie's cafe.

Ha-has (recessed walls)--where do you find these?Ha-Has walls can be seen functionally in Victorian-Era Austrailia. At Yarra Bend Asylum, Beechworth Asylum, and Kew Lunatic Asylum, these Ha Has serve to present a tall face barrier to patients which prevents them from escaping.

Parco del Mostri--Where, when, what's your favorite image? Located in Bomarzo, in the province of Viterbo, in northern Lazio, Italy and were Created in the 16th Century.

 Orcus Mouth is my favorite image in Parco Dei Mostri because there was a playground by my house that had this exact same entrance to crawl into for the rest of the playground.

Roman Forum--What function did it have? Where, when, what's your favorite image?Created over a period of many centuries. It was continuously updated and changed to serve the city at the time and is located in the center of the city of Rome, Italy (in a small valley between Pallestine and Capitoline Hills).
Served to be a sort of "town square" in Roman public life: It was the site of triumphal processions, commercial affairs  elections, the venue for public speeches, as well as  criminal trials, and gladiatorial matches. It also held statues that commemorated the "great men of the city".

Temple of Venus and Roma (135 CE)  is my favorite image. It is also said it to be one of the largest temples in the Roman Forum. It was dedicated to the goddesses Venus Felix ("Venus the Bringer of Good Fortune") and Roma Aeterna ("Eternal Rome"), which I believe is an important symbol for Roman Life.

Boboli Garden--Where, when, what's your favorite image?Located in Florence Italy. Created continuously from the 16th-18th century.
The Allee Avenue Landscape garden is my favorite image in the boboli garden because of the transformative scene that viewers are able to interact with as they walk through one part of the garden to the other. It also invites fixed views from each bench for the audiences interaction. I think its beautiful.

Jardin du Luxembourg--Where, when, what's your favorite image?Located in in the 6th arrondissement of Paris.
Created from about 1612-19th century. it was continuously bought, expanded, renovated, and adding pieces.

In this image you can see the view of the pantheon from luxembourg palace. I think its beautiful because of the fixed view that joins nature (fixed) and the architectural structure of the Pantheon in one landscape, while also being another Avenue Lanscape that allows people to walk through and sit down.

Tivoli Garden (Italy)--Where, when, what's your favorite image?Located in , Italy. commissioned by Cardinal Ippolito II d'Este (1509–1572) until its final completion round the 19th century.

The Fountain of Diana of Ephesus, or "Mother Nature" is my favorite image in the whole garden because of the close proximity between the natural earth moss/algae surrounding and painting over the statue.

• Bernini's Four Rivers--Where, when, what's your favorite image?
  Located in the Piazza Navona in Rome, Italy and was commissioned for or Pope Innocent X in 1651.
  My favorite Image of Bernini's Four Rivers are during the night because they help accentuate the dramatic and theatrical gestures in the statues that Bernini has sculpted. 

Jean Dubuffet's Jardin d'Emaille--Where, when, what's your favorite image?
Garden enamel was created in 1974 and is located in Otterlo, Netherlands at the Kroller- Muller Museum Garden.
This birds eye view is my favorite image of the garden because it is described in the winter time, which makes the garden resemble snow, which adds into the natural landscape of the forest.

Stowe Garden--Where, when, what's your favorite image?located in Stowe, Buckinghamshire, England.
Created and renovated in different 13 phases from the 1680's - 1920's.
William Kent's Temple of Venus is my favorite image in the gardens because it is a take the a the English garden style version of Venus in art history.

Stourhead Garden--Where, when, what's your favorite image?Located in the source of the River Stour at Mere, Wiltshire, England.
Created by Henry Hoare II over time between 1741-1780 in a classical 18th-century design.
This is my favorite image of the Stourhead Gardens view because the manmade view resembles a landscape painting in itself.

Washington DC parks (any park space, structure, monument, or public artwork of your choice)--Where, when, what's your favorite image?Fort Reno Park was created in  the Tenleytown neighborhood of Washington, D.C.. It is the highest point in the city,
I love this image because it shows how high the hill was that helped the Civil war battle (the only one in DC) happen. It shows that the park itself served as a function.

Viscaya Museum--Why is this in Miami?  What is it named after? Who is responsible for it being built?  Where, when, what's your favorite image? The villa was built primarily between 1914 and 1922 by James Deering.
Located in Coconut Grove, Florida
The name “Vizcaino” seemed to almost capture everything that Deering wanted and helped accentuate the idea that the entire estate was built upon discoveries and artifacts from across the atlantic ocean. As if the estate was named after an explorer.
This is my favorite image of Vizcaya because it closely combines water and land into a whole new landscape, as if the entire pond was the "discovery".

Fairchild Tropical Garden--Why is this in Miami?  Who is it named after?  Where, when, what's your favorite image?

Located in Coral Gables, Florida, because David Fairchild retired in Miami after his long journey around the world.
Created in 1938
Named after one of the most famous plant explorers in history-- David Fairchild (1869-1954)

This is my favorite image of Fairchild because it is another example of an Avenue Landscape that is fixed to create an atmosphere that the viewer can walk through.