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The New American Pastoral — Exhibition Opening

Sun, 06 Dec 2009 19:43:00 -0500

The New American Pastoral — Exhibition Opening

Show Title ?

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 18:33:00 -0500

I was thinking of calling the show a different name than the class name.

The New American Pastoral

I don’t know that we really need to frame the show as different than the class but I wonder if the above title works better with the site and all the groups responses to the site. It seems to link the documentary, fish sculptures in a little better since there is no machine per se in those work.

Well this would have to happen fast so Please email or post objections or agreements asap.

Best,

Colin

What do you think?

Willamette Shore Trolley

Sun, 22 Nov 2009 20:01:06 -0500

Willamette Shore Trolley

New Links, NEW Lectures! check them out.

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:59:53 -0500

New Links, NEW Lectures!

check them out.

hey frameing group check this out!!!!

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 14:27:00 -0500

hey frameing group check this out!!!!

edible walls

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 23:42:07 -0500

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/19/business/energy-environment/19WALLS.html?_r=1&hp

Jim Lommasson's Oaks Park Pentimento

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 16:43:07 -0500

Jim Lommasson's Oaks Park Pentimento

view from the 12th floor of the john ross. - liz.

Sun, 15 Nov 2009 22:34:00 -0500

view from the 12th floor of the john ross.

- liz.

Photo

Sun, 15 Nov 2009 13:46:58 -0500

augmented reality

Sun, 15 Nov 2009 13:15:00 -0500

Augmented Reality

Sun, 15 Nov 2009 02:53:58 -0500

http://www.xc-01.de/english/index.html

Take 2 & 3

Sat, 14 Nov 2009 21:45:54 -0500

Oh, and the performance aspect seems to have gone away. Personally, I thought it added a nice bit of humor, and liked the layers of watching a video, of people outside watching nature, on a TV, that’s showing the nature they would see without the TV. I think you don’t even need the living room, just people on a blanket even, like a picnic. Anyway, I liked that whole direction. I think you can be more cutting when you make people laugh at themselves.

Take 2 response

Sat, 14 Nov 2009 21:28:39 -0500

One of the assumptions or commentaries being made is that people mostly experience nature through a frame. I’m a bit hesitant about this. I think that you have two ideas, one is about framing nature and the other is how people experience nature.

Yes, I can see that people often experience nature through a frame, like a window or a TV, so then maybe your project expands to frames besides the TV.

Or maybe you want to talk about the relationship between TV and nature, and that particular way of experiencing nature.

I’m sensing a critique about people experiencing nature with TV. One thing to think about is that TV takes people to places they often could never go -even if they wanted to- and that it exposes people to places that you don’t want people to go to -like sensitive habitats. People learn to care about places they’ve never been to. Maybe they care more than about places closer to home?? I don’t know. But I don’t think that its all bad. Not everyone can be outside to enjoy nature, and TV gives them a way to do it.

I must confess that I don’t quite “get” the photo next the video of the footage. I’m also concerned that the footage might be boring? Sometimes I’m dense about these things though. I feel like it could be stronger somehow, but I have no idea how (sorry).

Take 3 response

Sat, 14 Nov 2009 21:14:00 -0500

The value of the view… couple questions. Who is determining the price of the view? If you are looking at sold condos -the appraiser will assign it a $ value, but that is probably private information. You are probably suggesting unsold condos? Which is nice because then you are only looking at how the developer has assigned $value to the view. I think that you could also explore what the view means to people/symbolizes, and what constitutes a “better” view.

The 24 hour footage has a time element, especially on fast-forward as I expect? What are you trying to say with that?

I like the golden frame! Part of me wants to suggest using a digital effect to make a “painting” out of the view, that morphs into the photo and back again -showing the relationship to landscape paintings more literally for people who don’t have this background.

What if you put the golden frame around the TV screens, had the screens show the views morhping from photo to painting to photo, and put a price tag dangling from each one? Maybe the title for each “painting” is the name of the condo floorplan (“Southern View from Deschutes -$250,000”.

TWO IDEAS.

Sat, 14 Nov 2009 18:00:13 -0500

we have two proposals and would love feedback on them as soon as possible. any thoughts?

CWN group, proposal take 2

Sat, 14 Nov 2009 17:59:00 -0500

One can frame nature and life through windows, photographs, and televisions. While framing can be an effective way to abstractly understand a subject, we feel it is important to step away from this framing in order to truly connect with nature. We would like to address the issue of framing nature through television by installing a television in six locations outside. The television, while placed in each location, will be displaying a live feed of the natural scene it is obscuring, thus creating a “window” filtered through the television. The scene would then be photographed. The effect of the photograph would be much like the “Spring in New York” project posted by Liz earlier, but replacing the photo with a television.

Each photograph would be displayed side-by-side with a television playing the footage actually captured from the site when the picture was taken. The final installation will be in the John Ross artist studio, with six televisions and six photographs setup side by side.

Our hope is to communicate the idea of the frame, asking viewers how they personally experience nature (do they mostly just watch nature programs on the discovery channel?). By juxtaposing the photo of the first installation next to the footage from the first installation, we hope visitors will understand our commentary on framing nature.

MATERIALS LIST:

• 6 HD LCD SCREENS (TV’S) 25 “ screen

• 1 TV stand (http://www.lcdtvstands.us.com/lcd-tv-stand-wide.asp?ID=11233)

• Rent a Generator

• Still Camera

• Camera Recorder or webcam

• Tri-pod

• Power cords

• 6 Frame gold or silver bedazzled to go around TV

• 6 Prints of the different landscapes same size as tv screen ~25”

CWN group, proposal take 3

Sat, 14 Nov 2009 17:59:00 -0500

From the 19th century idealistic landscape paintings we have idolized the idea of having the perfect view of nature. This notion of the “view” is something that has not been erased by time, in fact, it has only been strengthened. We have not surpassed the day where people have stopped buying these pastoral landscape images to adorn their homes and this time will probably not come to pass in the near future. But while we still give great value to these images, they have started to be subside due to commodification of the real thing. Realtors and buyers alike focus on many aspects of selling and buying a home, respectively. From the amount of bedrooms to the size of the kitchen to the amount of natural light, another aspect highly sought after is an amazing view. And people will pay top notch prices for an incredible view, the best view.

For our term project, our group is interested in following this notion of the “view.” We are curious to find out the different price ranges of condominiums at the John Ross in respect to their views. In the same sentiment, we are also deeply intrigued by how people associate this view from their home with how they connect to their environment. We want to question why our culture puts so much emphasis on having a “view,” and what that means for the people at the John Ross.

To accomplish this project, our plan is to set up a camera in 5 different condominiums at the John Ross, each ranging in price range, floor plan and view. We would like to set up a camera that could take video from each of these apartments for 24 hours. The thought behind this is that you could experience an entire day of the view from each of the condos. Which, in fact, might be more than someone would actually experience of their own view from their condo. In the gallery space, we would like to include photos from each apartment, floor plans and the entire video. We would also like to create golden frames to put around the TV displays in the gallery, as a way of referencing the 19th century landscape paintings.

MATERIALS LIST:

• 6 HD TV’s 25”

• 6 HD webcam for 24hr - Live feed to

• 1 computer (with Windows)

• Power cords

• 6 Frame gold or silver bedazzled to go around TV

• 6 prints of floor plans

2009 Model Railroad Show in PDX

Sat, 14 Nov 2009 13:38:10 -0500

this weekend only… team Ghost Story take note!

details: http://www.cgmrc.com/Show/Show2009.html

Liz

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 09:51:00 -0500

I like the Spring in New York pieces.

Liska

Claire and Lee:

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 09:50:54 -0500

I like this idea. The classification thing. Somehow I find the tree idea most compelling - kingdom, phylum, genus, species, variety….an arbitrary way of linking people together - yet is classifies them. interesting. needs to remain straight and serious, as if this is done all the time. this is how people are classified. Brings up issues of classifiying, cataloging - questions actual connections, and arbitrariness of social systems…

Liska