"Baggage"

I had to take a class called "VIS 2: Time and Motion Based Art" as part of my Studio Art Major . In general it was performance art, but it's definitely a class that I think everyone should take as a GE. Especially I dunno...computer science majors?

Almost half the class dropped out during the first week because the thought of being in public and performing art pieces was just too scary to many. I must admit the professor was really intimidating as well, but he definitely has valuable knowledge inside his crazy mind. I commend the people that stayed because VIS2 is definitely a test of boundaries, art skills, and the size of your metaphorical balls. I learned so much from doing performance art because it taught me a lot about how all art works function. All components of an art piece has to coexist and contribute to the single message of the artist. In terms of performance art, the performer himself/herself must always be significant in the performance. That's why it's called performance art.

The video above is one of my pieces called "Baggage". It was a process of trying to carry all the boxes to my body without leaving any box behind. You can see that it took me a while trying to figure out how I would carry over 5 boxes on my body. The tape definitely helped me out by allowing me to attach the boxes to my body more easily.

- The significance of this piece is that we all go through hardships in life even though we may seem perfect and polishes on the outside. We shouldn't leave any issue unattended because they'll always be on the floor waiting for us to deal with; waiting for us to carry them along and integrate them into our lives. The boxes symbolize the hardships in life such as love, hate, fear, or hope. You can see that I achieved success in dealing with my problems because I attached all the boxes to my body in the end. Although success isn't always achieved in reality, I chose to portray this piece positively to express the relief of dealing with all your problems and moving on...

"Your baggage knows your home address"

Bunny

Sarah Lucas - "Bunny" // KUDOS TO HER EH?

LOVISA B.

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Self Portrait

Some of you may have noticed that I was featured in an exhibit last week at the UCSD Undergraduate Annex Gallery called One/MANY (hosted by the Vis-Art Club). My piece "Self Portrait" was chosen to be displayed and hopefully some of you had a chance to visit. I seriously went every single day, sometimes even twice because it was pretty exciting for me being the first time my work was in a gallery!!

If you got a chance to see my piece you might be wondering what's the significance of my quirky charcoal drawing. I'll admit it's as weird as a basket of doll heads, but there's a significance for replacing my head with my hand. It's meant to be an appreciation to hands, my hands in particular. When people think of a self portrait they think of someone's face because that's usually what represents an individual the best. But I actually believe my hands represent me better than any other part of my body because my hands are my best tools that guide me through life.

Personally I believe our hands are taken for granted. That is why artisan skills aren't appreciated these days because everything has become mechanical. Technology has become so invasive, especially in the 21st century, that our bodies have almost become obsolete. Machines now have the power to do anything humans can, but I still believe our hands are our best tools because we still use them for the simplest tasks like playing with dirt or turning on the light switch (which we take for granted). But the important function of the human hand is the human touch, no machine can perform personal tasks such as picking up your baby the same way a human can or being identified based on fingerprints. I believe as long as we need our bodies to survive, the function of our hands should never be taken lightly.

DEBUT: Harlequin Movement

I've decided that I want to create a blog for my artistic venting. Unlike other forms of venting, artistic venting is interesting haha... The name of this blog is Harlequin Movement because it's gonna be the oddball of all blogs. You might not know what the hell I'm talking about or even what your looking at. It's a movement of seeing and analyzing without questioning. It's a show; Plain and simple. Tune in and ENJOY often. I'm sure you get the idea by now, I'll be posting artworks of various artists as well as my own personal artworks. I'm going to discuss conundrums I find myself entangled in as an artist and maybe you can contribute a solution or just dish out some opinions. Plus it's always interesting to venture into David Chen's mind right? "Art is why I get up in the morning; my definition ends there. You know it doesn't seem fair, that I'm living for something I can't even define. And there you are right there, in the mean time.” - Yoko Ono