Public Art

Posted on August 11, 2014 in Unit 10 by dongjoon@uoregon.edu

Public arts are seen in many areas, different countries. Their forms often become landscapes, but not always. It would be a common that most people gathered together and enjoy the interpretation of the works. By enjoying the works, most people get inspired and receive unknown power from it. In the reading “Public art controversy” by […]

Creative Spirituality

Posted on August 8, 2014 in Unit 07 by dongjoon@uoregon.edu

How do you define “spirituality”? –       Spirituality is simply a process of personal transformation. Using personal senses, people see or feel something and get inspired by it. By experiencing the senses, people express their aesthetic reactions and interpret the senses in forms of several works. Spirituality obviously enables people to believe the senses and to […]

Art, Games and Technology Research

Posted on August 8, 2014 in Unit 08 by dongjoon@uoregon.edu

The primary thesis of “Computer Graphics: Effects of Origins” is that natural objects, cultures and specific image in scope of origins are related to a frame that are present in other forms of symbolic or material culture. One example Jone provides is that “Early oil paintings were similar in technique to egg tempera paintings and […]

Remix Google Image Search

Posted on August 8, 2014 in Unit 09 by dongjoon@uoregon.edu

Ten keywords are harmony, pure, creativity, calm, fantastic, peace, belief, respect, easy, forest I used the images for pure, fantastic, peace, easy and belief. I tried to use Picasa for photoshop, but it was difficult to manage the program, so just used painting.

Remix

Posted on August 6, 2014 in Unit 09 by dongjoon@uoregon.edu

Lessig explains “Remix cultures” in his essay “Comparing Cultures. Remix: Making Art and Commerce Thrive in the Hybrid Economy”. He suggests some interesting points about cultures, RO and RX and his views about remixing original contents. RO culture is professionalism and RX culture is professionalism and amateurs. Both cultures are valuable to create new cultures. […]

Technology

Posted on August 6, 2014 in Unit 08 by dongjoon@uoregon.edu

The essay, ‘Computer Graphics: Effects of Origins” by Jones, “Recent theoretical work in cognitive science and computer science, as well as that in contemporary theory in the arts, humanities and social sciences, provides theoretical rationales for cultural changes.” As technologies have been developed, people receive various advantages in their lives. All transactions can be made […]

Creative Spirituality

Posted on August 6, 2014 in Unit 07 by dongjoon@uoregon.edu

The reading, ‘Art as Spiritual Practice’ by Grey well explains the basic elements that form an art and how artists receive spiritual inspiration. Those two topics grab my attention. We have observed some art forms and create reactions. Even though we do not know the exact lines to distinguish art, we used to assume the […]

Food as art research

Posted on August 3, 2014 in Unit 04 by dongjoon@uoregon.edu

From the article, “A matter of Taste?” by William Deresiewicz, the author brings up the idea that food is not an art but an artistic form to create aesthetic reactions. He states a general view of food. As we have been entering to 21th centuries, food has been stated in the center of our life. […]

Personal Adornment

Posted on August 3, 2014 in Unit 05 by dongjoon@uoregon.edu

I prefer to wear long pants with polar shirts when I hang out with my friends. If I meet some people who are older than me, I used to wear black jeans and white shirts on top. I think I have dressed in a way which impressed people to judge me as a clean and […]

Why horror, essay

Posted on August 3, 2014 in Unit 06 by dongjoon@uoregon.edu

The article “The curious appeal of horror movies” talks about why people pay money and sit in dark area to watch scary movie. The author uses some examples to explain and answer the question. In the article, the author depicts that the horror is a rollercoaster. Like a rollercoaster, horror movie create a sense of […]

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