As you might know from my previous proposal, many people have stereotypes about geology and geologist. Gollum, a famous character from Lord of the Ring, is what people think about the geologist: a creepy weird person who stays in a dark small basement room, holding a little rock and says “my precious!!” This is for…Continue Reading ARS 402 Project — The Life of Geology
ARS 402 Research Paper
This semester, we are focusing on documentary media art, and my project concentrates on documentary photography. During last semester, I studied applied anthropology. Documentary photography is, according to the dictionary, a way of photography that records events or environments both essential and relevant to history and as well as everyday life. Therefore, in this paper,…Continue Reading ARS 402 Research Paper
ARS 402 Artist Statement
As I have mentioned in my proposal. I am going to do a documentary photography project. Personally speaking, I think documentary photography is an art that records everyday life and provides archives for others who do not fully understand the subject that you are taking pictures about. I believe that documentary photography is all about…Continue Reading ARS 402 Artist Statement
ARS 402 Project （So Far）
My project is based on people’s stereotypes of geology and geologist. Like I said in my proposal, people think that geologists are those who crack stones with hammers in a small dark room, and have a creepy smile on their faces. I do not know why those people feel that geologists are like Gollum from…Continue Reading ARS 402 Project （So Far）
ARS 402 Project Proposal
If I ask you a question: “please describe the first impression in your mind when I say the word ‘laboratory’ and the word ‘scientists,’ what would it looks like?” Last week, I asked over 50 students, professors, and university faculties this question. Nearly all of them would describe an image of a person wearing a…Continue Reading ARS 402 Project Proposal
ARS 402 Task 1 — My favorite Artists and My Works
In this task, we are asked to give a presentation about our favorite artists. My favorite form of art is photography, especially landscape photography. Therefore, my favorite artists are all landscape photographers. For those who know me, one of my favorite landscape photographers is Thomas Heaton. Thomas Heaton is a landscape photographer from Scottland, UK….Continue Reading ARS 402 Task 1 — My favorite Artists and My Works
ARS 390 Final Project — 内经图 The Map of Inner Meridian
My final project is called “Neijingtu( 内经图).” I did this drawing on my Ipad with an APP called SketchBook. Neijingtu, according to my own understanding, means the map of the inner meridian. The meridian system is a concept in traditional Chinese medication and Taoism, and meridians are the paths through which the life-energy “Qi”…Continue Reading ARS 390 Final Project — 内经图 The Map of Inner Meridian
Project 3 — Zzzzzzzz — 4AM at 23 Acorn Ln
Artist Statement: Like I wrote in my proposal, my understanding of the dream is that the dream is the reflection of reality. We dream about what we keep thinking every day. Therefore, I am going to present four-pictures comics that I drew, which is about the dreams that I and my roommate have at the…Continue Reading Project 3 — Zzzzzzzz — 4AM at 23 Acorn Ln
Project 3 — Zzzzzzzz — Proposal
The topic for this project is“sleep.” I am going to create a project about dreams. The ancient Chinese Taoism philosopher, Zhuang Zhou, dreamed he became a butterfly in his dream. After he woke up, he started an interesting point of view: was the butterfly turned into Zhuangzhou, or Zhuangzhou became a butterfly? His question was…Continue Reading Project 3 — Zzzzzzzz — Proposal
Project 2 — Different, Not Less — Color Blindness
Color blindness is the decreased ability to see color or differences in color. The color blindness might be caused by drugs, disease, chemicals, or inherited reasons. The color blindness could not be cured. Therefore, for those who have color blindness, the world is different in their eyes: the grass is not green, the sky is…Continue Reading Project 2 — Different, Not Less — Color Blindness