So last week in class i did my art presentation on Shepard Fairey. When i was doing the research on his art, I had some issues interpreting what he was trying to get across. I got a little bit worried that i was going to get up and sound like a complete idiot when i was presenting, since part of the requirement was to have an interpretation of the art. I actually surprised myself when i got up to present, because I was able to a little bit of on-the-spot interpretation. This had nothing to do with a lack of preparation, because I actually spent quite a few hours trying to decide what to say about his art. I think that i may have been trying too hard to look at the art and figure out what was going on. I think that I may have been over thinking the whole thing, thus making it much more complicated.

I dont really know what my point is, or if this even makes sense, but i found it somewhat interesting.

Today in class there was a presentation on Stelarc. I found his art to be somewhat interesting because it is not the kind of thing that I would have ever thought of in regards to art. I was always under the impression that art is by definition a painting or a scupture. I never really thought about the fact that it can be a performance. It does make sense, though because music is a form of art, and it involves performance art as well.

I do not fully understand what the significance of the 1/4 scale ear on his forearm is. I guess that it is interesting because it was grown in a lab from his own tissue, but as far as i can tell, this is all that makes it a "real ear." From what I understand, there are none of the internal elements that make an ear an ear. It dosent connect to his brain in any way as far as I could tell. Therefore, it is not a functioning ear, but simply a mass tissue that looks like an ear. Maybe there is something that I have overlooked, but this is my take on the ear project.

I do find the robotic extensions of his body to be interesting. It shows that the human body is similar to a circuit board as mentioned in class. These projects show that the miniscule electrical impulses that travel through the human body can be converted into movement of both the body itself as well as an external item.