Reading Journal #2

I like the piece that Craig Kalpakjian created, called “Corridor”. This piece is extremely simple. In my opinion simplicity is a great route to go when creating art because it makes it easy for the viewer to understand and comprehend. Sometimes when I’m viewing a very complicated piece of art, my mind cant focus on the piece as a whole. This way you can get the full effect of the piece.

When I first saw this piece, it looked like a still shot photo. I had no idea that this was created digitally, and that it is a virtual tour. This photo is just a screen shot. I can imagine what this tour is like. It is probably similar to “IMAX” movie in which you are on a tour among the jungle or space, however this is a tour throughout a hallway.

It is interesting how Craig chose a hallway because people walk through hallways several times a day, however this piece is really different. This is an artistic journey through a hallway. It allows the viewer to realize and interpret it in a different way than they normally do, because they mainly walk through hallways when they are stressed at work.

Craig generally creates art of everyday places/scenarios. Its funny to see how successful this piece came out of because I never see any artistic value in offices and hallways.

Aside from the simplicity, I chose this piece of art because of the curved hallway. It reminds me of my old high school hallway. Most hallways are strait and one can see all the way down it. However, my high school hallway and “Corridor” both have curved hallways. Since the hallway was curved you are unable to see down the hallway, which works to Craig’s advantage. The viewers of the piece are only able to focus on a certain amount of hallway, which allows them to see the different parts of the hallway in greater detail.

(information taken from Christine Paul’s “Digital Art”)

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In Class #2 "Morph"

Reading Journal #1

I like the piece of art that John Whitney produced called the “catalog”. I like how it is extremely simple, and is composed of simple shapes. I like simplicity because it is easy for ones eye to move around the piece. Sometimes if there is a very chaotic piece of art it is hard for me comprehend the piece because of the confusion that appears in my eye.

It fascinates me that the images projected on a screen would change in order to make a more pleasurable viewing experience. The whole skit would last 7 minutes long and is filled with massive amounts of color and design. I like the neon lights, because they are very vibrant. Neon lights catch my eye; they give me a first impression. The colors stand out to me, which is why I chose this piece of art rather than a piece that lacks color or a piece that has no color at all.

The computer that was used to show these images was 12 feet high. Templates were placed on three different layers of rotating tables. Color was placed in during optical printing. This device could only show images that had already been constructed. It was not possible to design images on this machine. The images needed to be finished by the time they were ready to be put up on this display.

The one example that is listed in the book interests me because of the colors that he chose. The three main colors in it are green, white and black. The white contrasts the black extremely well, because of the fact that they are opposites. The green adds a middle ground that is vital to this piece because there is not pigment other than it. The black dot in the center ties the piece up.