Public Space Interruptions

When I was volunteering in West Philadelphia, I came across a sign that reminded me of a jarring public art piece, but yet it was not a metaphor. It was real. The lot where the school I volunteer at also has a church located on it. There was a massive sign that read, “Massive renovation…

Rittenhouse.

Rittenhouse Square could be my favorite park I have been to. Being from Arizona, I know my fair share of parks. Yet parks serve a very different purpose there. In Arizona, a park only has success based on its amenities: how many swing sets, the quality of the basketball court, etc. Rittenhouse serves a much…

A Giant Example of Public Art

I find public art to be very fascinating, but I especially like this piece of art that has refused to limit itself to one destination. This giant red ball has traveled the globe and has impacted the public space in tons of different areas. I think that is an interesting point when thinking about public…

Groutfit Update

As you all know, I wore a full-on groutfit to class to complement my wearable object that began with data on the number of groutfits seen in the day vs the night between genders. Wearing an extreme groutfit for one whole day turned out to be, in itself, an interesting social experiment. The amount of…

Music Videos

I have become incredibly intrigued by music videos in recent times for two particular reasons. Firstly, they are pushing and showing the world the extent to which technology can be used (VR, IoT, AR, visual effects). Secondly, they are truly art pieces. I like to watch videos that have an intersect between the real world…

Discovering West Philly

I took a walk around West Philly yesterday, and my eyes never felt so open. Everything seemed like a piece of art to me. My friends and I found abandoned lots, torn-up couches, graffitied walls, and everything in between. I find it incredibly interesting how all these things can be placed so randomly by so…

Art through Data Collection: Bologna Edition

An artist in New York, Pope L., collected data on Jewish populations in New York and represented it with the deli meat, bologna. Each bologna contains a photograph of a Jewish individual from NY on the inside. The bologna will never be replaced, and this is done intentionally to symbolize the unidentifiability of diverse cultures…

Video Art in a Mexican Steakhouse

Over Spring Break, I was in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico at one of my favorite restaurants of all time. One of the main reasons was that, on the flatscreen TVs placed all around the restaurant, there was not a single sports game on. It was all videos of incredible art pieces that fit the tempo of…

Through the Dark Campaign

Google, in collaboration with an Australian hip hop duo, launched a music video on Google Music Play that uses an interactive design to show one of the Australian’s journey dealing with his son’s leukemia. It is an incredible use of the simple colors of white and black and truly helps the audience connect with what…

My First Trip to an Art Gallery

This past weekend, I took my first trip to an art gallery. It was for an event for the DJ and music production club I am in, The Collctve. It was my first taste of what schmoozing in an incredibly intellectual setting will be like as an adult. It was actually an incredible experience for…

Mise en abyme

In french class today, we learned about the concept of “mise en abyme”, which in art is when there is an image within another image. It creates a sort of spiral effect, where it becomes hard to tell where the end of the image is or how deep it goes. However, the part I found…

The Power of Color in West Philadelphia

Ever since we began Project 1.3, I have been thinking about the power of color in the world. A few days ago, I was sitting on the Septa on my way back east to campus from an inner city school I teach dance at. I looked at the window, and only saw a sea of…