9. JUNE 9 Out of this World [Marušić] (Fotomuseum) Why the settings (desert/non-built environments)? Why the installation with things on the floors and walls? Why the video? How do all of these things enhance (or detract from) the photographs? How much of the photographs were post-produced/painted-on? What is the effect of not being able to tell what is "actual" and what is post-produced? (makes actual world of ours seem more magical) Compare her use of color to Pantone's use of color. Compare her palette to his. Where were the males? Color as an affective, extra-semiotic force. It exceeds mere meaning/symbolism. It becomes something felt in your body. --- WOMXN (Fotomuseum) How do you let someone's spirit/essence/soul show through a photograph (or any medium)? Is there a craft/technique? Is merely pointing a camera at them enough? barthes reading How is being photographed different from being painted in terms of how you think as the subject? How is being photographed by a professional photographer different from being photographed by a friend with a polaroid? by a friend with a digital camera? by yourself with a digital camera? by yourself with a digital camera not to post online vs. to post online? at instagram vs. snapchat vs. facebook? others? What do you hope when a photograph is taken of you? What do you hope will be seen? How does photography change the person being photographed? (subject/object) Can you make a blank face? Is there such a thing as a generic expression? ////////////////// Sustaining Small Acts (TENT) If the wall text didn't tell you that the sculptures were made from trash, would you have known? Would it have mattered? Were the forms of the sculptures related conceptually to the fact that they were made from trash? (not really) --- I dream about this house every once in a while [Leopold/Emmen] (TENT) dollhouse, diorama, scale, memory palace. How do you depict someone's mental/psychological state? How do you convey it? Why the people awkwardly trying to rest on the furniture? What did this convey? (feeling of unease/dis-ease at home) What is a home? What happens in a home? Why were the walls in the physical gallery space not totally realistic (like the walls in the actual house in the video)? How similar to Magritte's low res painting style? How different? Why the hanging curtains (vs. hard walls vs. no curtains at all)? (to make it feel like an enclosed space, but not totally enclosed)? Why? -- 84 Steps (MELLY) What pieces stood out to you? Why?