Sunday, April 20, 2008
Sunday, April 13, 2008
Sunday, April 6, 2008
TJ Demos Lecture
Ok, so I guess this guy knew his stuff and some of the insights he was making was interesting, but overall I really didn't enjoy this lecture. First and I guess most importantly I felt really disconnected from Demos, and therefore my interest in what he was saying faded quickly. I did not like how he just read from his paper, and some of the language he used was a little too much because he didn't really explain some of it's meaning, so I kinda got lost.
I know he was commenting on work concerning globalization/progress and artists dealing with it and he said that globalization can only be a term of ambiguity and ambivalence.
I did like one thing he said particularly, "we should think about people getting into the gallery and not as much getting images to people by TV/Internet." Yet, while I like this idea, I don't completely agree with it. It seems delusional to me to think that the mass population is just going to get up and start actively searching out and going to galleries. They have to have a reason and to get them to do this and give them this reason you have to reach them first (by mass media usually). And why wouldn't you want to display your work or message in the mass media, the more people it reaches the better. I don't know, it seems like a catch 22 to me.
I know he was commenting on work concerning globalization/progress and artists dealing with it and he said that globalization can only be a term of ambiguity and ambivalence.
I did like one thing he said particularly, "we should think about people getting into the gallery and not as much getting images to people by TV/Internet." Yet, while I like this idea, I don't completely agree with it. It seems delusional to me to think that the mass population is just going to get up and start actively searching out and going to galleries. They have to have a reason and to get them to do this and give them this reason you have to reach them first (by mass media usually). And why wouldn't you want to display your work or message in the mass media, the more people it reaches the better. I don't know, it seems like a catch 22 to me.
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So, As I have discussed with you in our last meeting, I am continuing working on and editing down the images that I showed you. I am, as I said, attempting to make them seem almost unrealistic and formally impossible, therefore beautifying this place that I grew up in, not only for myself, but for others. I definitely have enough images to work with and I have priced the prints that I want to get for the show, as well as the supplies I will need to make light boxes. I do have a few questions though, like, which one out of the 1 and 2, do you prefers (above)? They are both of the same place but you were saying that you liked the pictures that were panned out less. What is your opinion?
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So, As I have discussed with you in our last meeting, I am continuing working on and editing down the images that I showed you. I am, as I said, attempting to make them seem almost unrealistic and formally impossible, therefore beautifying this place that I grew up in, not only for myself, but for others. I definitely have enough images to work with and I have priced the prints that I want to get for the show, as well as the supplies I will need to make light boxes. I do have a few questions though, like, which one out of the 1 and 2, do you prefers (above)? They are both of the same place but you were saying that you liked the pictures that were panned out less. What is your opinion?
Tuesday, April 1, 2008
updated bio
Meagan Pugh
Bio
Thus far, my artistic career has been a montage of visual experiments consisting various different mediums and subject matters. Yet, my strongest and best explored medium, which I have spent the majority of my schooling building upon, has been photography. Within this medium my work has continuously leaned towards the portrayal of urban environments. I have always found myself attracted to the aesthetic of more urbanized places. These places hold a history and portray the livelihoods of the people that have occupied them, almost, themselves, becoming living things with the ability to have character and change this character over time.
Keeping this in mind, the work that I have currently been working on is somewhat of a photographic memorial of my childhood. Of all the ways that I connect to my childhood, the most intense has been through the location where most of this time was spent. Being that I strongly believe that it is the experiences in one’s life which makes them who they are and as a visual person, the place and therefore the aesthetic where I grew up has been very important to me. Thus in my current work I am attempting to visually show my appreciation of this place. It is a place that is considered to be of little importance, ordinary, and even blue collar. Yet, to me, this place is romantic and layered with memories.
Through the lighting, layering, and texture of this work I am reaching out to others in hope to engage and bring them into a world that they would otherwise pass by. My hope is for the viewer to grasp a romantic and almost magical quality from the work, coupled with a sense of loss and stillness that the passing of time can often provide
Bio
Thus far, my artistic career has been a montage of visual experiments consisting various different mediums and subject matters. Yet, my strongest and best explored medium, which I have spent the majority of my schooling building upon, has been photography. Within this medium my work has continuously leaned towards the portrayal of urban environments. I have always found myself attracted to the aesthetic of more urbanized places. These places hold a history and portray the livelihoods of the people that have occupied them, almost, themselves, becoming living things with the ability to have character and change this character over time.
Keeping this in mind, the work that I have currently been working on is somewhat of a photographic memorial of my childhood. Of all the ways that I connect to my childhood, the most intense has been through the location where most of this time was spent. Being that I strongly believe that it is the experiences in one’s life which makes them who they are and as a visual person, the place and therefore the aesthetic where I grew up has been very important to me. Thus in my current work I am attempting to visually show my appreciation of this place. It is a place that is considered to be of little importance, ordinary, and even blue collar. Yet, to me, this place is romantic and layered with memories.
Through the lighting, layering, and texture of this work I am reaching out to others in hope to engage and bring them into a world that they would otherwise pass by. My hope is for the viewer to grasp a romantic and almost magical quality from the work, coupled with a sense of loss and stillness that the passing of time can often provide
Friday, March 28, 2008
Meagan Pugh
Bio
Thus far, my artistic career has been a montage of visual experiments consisting various different mediums and subject matters. Yet, my strongest and best explored medium, which I have spent the majority of my schooling building upon, has been photography. Within this medium my work has continuously leaned towards the portrayal of urban environments. I have always found myself attracted to the aesthetic of more urbanized places. These places hold a history and portray the livelihoods of the people that have occupied them, almost, themselves, becoming living things with the ability to have character and change this character over time.
Keeping this in mind, the work that I have currently been working on is somewhat of a photographic memorial of my childhood. Of all the ways that I connect to my childhood, the most intense has been through the location where most of this time was spent. Being that I strongly believe that it is the experiences in one’s life which makes them who they are and as a visual person, the place and therefore the aesthetic where I grew up has been very important to me. Thus in my current work I am attempting to visually show my appreciation of this place. It is a place that is considered to be of little importance, ordinary, and even blue collar. Yet, to me, this place is romantic and layered with memories.
Through the lighting, layering, and texture of this work I am reaching out to others in hope to engage and bring them into a world that they would otherwise pass by. My hope is for the viewer to grasp a romantic and almost magical quality from the work, coupled with a sense of loss and stillness that the passing of time can often provide.
Bio
Thus far, my artistic career has been a montage of visual experiments consisting various different mediums and subject matters. Yet, my strongest and best explored medium, which I have spent the majority of my schooling building upon, has been photography. Within this medium my work has continuously leaned towards the portrayal of urban environments. I have always found myself attracted to the aesthetic of more urbanized places. These places hold a history and portray the livelihoods of the people that have occupied them, almost, themselves, becoming living things with the ability to have character and change this character over time.
Keeping this in mind, the work that I have currently been working on is somewhat of a photographic memorial of my childhood. Of all the ways that I connect to my childhood, the most intense has been through the location where most of this time was spent. Being that I strongly believe that it is the experiences in one’s life which makes them who they are and as a visual person, the place and therefore the aesthetic where I grew up has been very important to me. Thus in my current work I am attempting to visually show my appreciation of this place. It is a place that is considered to be of little importance, ordinary, and even blue collar. Yet, to me, this place is romantic and layered with memories.
Through the lighting, layering, and texture of this work I am reaching out to others in hope to engage and bring them into a world that they would otherwise pass by. My hope is for the viewer to grasp a romantic and almost magical quality from the work, coupled with a sense of loss and stillness that the passing of time can often provide.
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