Tuesday, March 20, 2012
Tuesday, March 13, 2012
Culture In Design
Indigo Talking Stick- Happiness for Daily Life by Sali Sasaki
http://www.indigodesignnetwork.org/?p=4653&cpage=1#comment-424
Its inspiring to see designers and artist out in the world that still inspire so many. Creating the dull into a vibrant and interesting environment that can be enjoyed by all. The colour scheme really helps send the message of happiness and would love to see more of these cafes around in other cities/countries.
It is also interesting to see so many different professions working together with the community :)
http://www.indigodesignnetwork.org/?p=4653&cpage=1#comment-424
Its inspiring to see designers and artist out in the world that still inspire so many. Creating the dull into a vibrant and interesting environment that can be enjoyed by all. The colour scheme really helps send the message of happiness and would love to see more of these cafes around in other cities/countries.
It is also interesting to see so many different professions working together with the community :)
Aboriginal Motifs
Functions and Philosophies
Principles and Protocols:
1. Respect: "The rights of Indigenous people to own and control their heritage, including Indigenous images, designs, stories and other cultural expressions, should be respected."
http://www.australiacouncil.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0004/32368/Visual_arts_protocol_guide.pdf
When organising an event, exhibition or festival of local, state or national significant it is respectful to invite representatives of the traditional owners of that land to attend and give a welcome address. It is also respectful of other official speakers/attendees to acknowledge the land and its traditional owners. This would refer to any use of motifs, symbols and methods from or relating to the Indigenous Australians culture. References to their dream time, elders or their land (i.e Uluru) needs to be treated with utmost respect.
Bibliography:
http://www.australiacouncil.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0004/32368/Visual_arts_protocol_guide.pdf
Principles and Protocols:
1. Respect: "The rights of Indigenous people to own and control their heritage, including Indigenous images, designs, stories and other cultural expressions, should be respected."
http://www.australiacouncil.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0004/32368/Visual_arts_protocol_guide.pdf
When organising an event, exhibition or festival of local, state or national significant it is respectful to invite representatives of the traditional owners of that land to attend and give a welcome address. It is also respectful of other official speakers/attendees to acknowledge the land and its traditional owners. This would refer to any use of motifs, symbols and methods from or relating to the Indigenous Australians culture. References to their dream time, elders or their land (i.e Uluru) needs to be treated with utmost respect.
2. Recognition and protection
The Indigenous Australians visual artists own copyright in his or her artwork. This means that he or she can control the reproduction and termination of the artwork. Such rights apply to all artists and are granted under the national copyright law. This protects any interpretation or alterations to traditional or recent indigenous artwork. Respect also goes hand in hand with understanding boundaries and rights.
Moral Rights and Issues
The Indigenous Australians visual artists own copyright in his or her artwork. This means that he or she can control the reproduction and termination of the artwork. Such rights apply to all artists and are granted under the national copyright law. This protects any interpretation or alterations to traditional or recent indigenous artwork. Respect also goes hand in hand with understanding boundaries and rights.
Moral Rights and Issues
The Moral Rights Amendments to the
Copyright Act was introduced in December
2000. It provided some new ways to
challenge any inappropriate treatment of
Indigenous artworks.
The new law provides the following rights to artists; The right to be attributed as the artist (Artist can require their names to be clearly and prominently produced alongside with all and any reproductions of the artists work), the right not to have work falsely attributed to another artist (Artist can take action against parties who falsely attribute others as the artists of their work), the right of integrity (Artist can take action against parties who subject their works to inappropriate treatment i.e anything the results to material distortion, destruction of the work, public harm to the artist reputation, reproducing in poor quality. The artist always has moral rights to his or hers artwork.
Bibliography:
http://www.australiacouncil.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0004/32368/Visual_arts_protocol_guide.pdf
Native American Motifs
SPOKANE INDIANS
Minor League Baseball
Spokane, Washington, United States.
FORMER LOGO – CURRENT LOGO – SECONDARY LOGO
The Spokane Indians former logo was re-designed in 2006. They're intention was to avoid using traditional native american/indian imagery. The new and current logo is supported by the Spokane Nation and respectfully portray certain Native American elements that have been given permission by the Spokane Nation to use. They honour this privilege with making a secondary logo in the Spokane traditional language, Salish.
The current logo design follows the shape of a baseball- circle. Its circular shape makes the logo unified and stable/fixed in position. Your eye is drawn directly to the centre of the logo with large 'S' then follow the edges around to read the words. The direction is helped by the position and orientation of the feathers.
The feathers are in relation to the native americans culture. Feathers relate to nature and they would use them in ceremonies, rituals and to differentiate from other tribes and ranks/leadership. To the Spokane Nation the eagle feather is a most revered symbol.
The circle too can be related to Native Americans the sun, moon and earth. Circle is a very universal symbol and relates to alt of spiritual connections.
The circle too can be related to Native Americans the sun, moon and earth. Circle is a very universal symbol and relates to alt of spiritual connections.
The logo colours are red, navy blue, light blue and beige. These are all colours of or based off the primary colours. And the beige and the blue contrast slightly but not too garish which gives the red the chance to be the dominant colour in the logo.
The team is believed to be the first professional sports team to work in conjunction with a local Native American Nation/Tribe to create a sports identity.
I believe the current logo has down a successful job in keeping a respectful and cultured logo but also aesthetically pleasing. Its unified and strong. Can be used on various applications (uniforms, labels etc). It also still portrays its main reason which is a baseball team and that is evident with the use of the baseball within the logo.
The team is believed to be the first professional sports team to work in conjunction with a local Native American Nation/Tribe to create a sports identity.
I believe the current logo has down a successful job in keeping a respectful and cultured logo but also aesthetically pleasing. Its unified and strong. Can be used on various applications (uniforms, labels etc). It also still portrays its main reason which is a baseball team and that is evident with the use of the baseball within the logo.
Bibliography:
Tuesday, March 6, 2012
Movie: Clash of the Titans Questions
Who are the titans?
There were a lot of Titans. There were 12 original Titans, out of the twelve their daughters and sons some became the second generation of Titans but were better know as the Gods of Olympus. In the movie, 'Clash of the Titans (2010)', the Titans reference applies to the Gods of Olympus. There 12 main Gods, Zeus – leader of the gods, Hera – wife of Zeus and Goddess of all Goddesses, Poseidon – God of the Sea, Dionysus – God of Wine, Apollo – God of Light, Artemis – Virgin Goddess, Hermes – messenger of the Gods, Athena – Goddess of Wisdom, Aphrodite – Goddess of Love, Demeter – Goddess of Fertility and Hephaestus – Blacksmith of the Gods.
How are there any interesting motifs you see frequently? (eg. lightning bolt)
How do they interpret their meaning? Can you do a modern version?
There a numerous motifs appear through out the movie. One is the symbols relating back to ancient greek - the pillars, greek keys and the fashion. There is a lot of focus on the colours and classes. The Gods are shiny white and silver- representing holiness and purity. The upper class of man (humans/mortals) is over the top gold – representing wealth, superiority and luxury. The lower class of man is dull greys, neutrals and off whites – representing average, dull and sadness. However the use of white in the lower class can be read as a connection to the gods – therefore the lower class worships and respect the gods more than the upper class does (which in the movie is perceived true). This is still relevant in modern times as high upper class/superiority is white with appearance, style, luxury and with their belonging i.e apple products are generally white. Also gold still represents wealth and class especially in jewellery. And as for greys and neutrals, our basic/standards items and products appear in the grey/off white colour schemes.
Another motif used frequently in the movie is Zeus's eagle. Zeus constantly transforms into an eagle and it is true that Zeus is connected to an eagle. This can be related to modern day with eagle being noble and proud. Especially relevant to the American culture being the national animal and emblem.
The Greek helmet is apart of the Greek amour attire, it appears a lot with the soldiers representing the kings army and used to show rank. The Greek helmet is replicated in modern times for sport, war, duty and combat.
Also apart of the armour attire is a three headed dragon symbol on the soldiers shield. This can be interpreted to the symbol/representation of Hydra – a serpent like dragon with multiple heads and the difficulty of with each head cut off, two would take its place. It was slain by Hercules. Dragons have been used on armour, ships and weapons as an ultimate creature that was near difficult to defeat and would strike fear in its opponents. Representing strength and immortality.
The are many motifs relating to specific gods; Zeus and his lighting bolt which appears from the heaven to strike down and either cause destruction or give power to objects/beholders. The mechanical owl appears near the start which in legend is a replica of Athena's owl which guides Perseus to the three witches, which in todays times owls are still perceived as wise creatures. The three witches themselves used as fortune tellers also appears in Shakespeare's production Macbeth.
Is your character in the movie?
YES! Well technically. The original Titans are mentioned in the place where they were defeated by the Gods of Olympus- the second generation of the Titans and God's themselves are technically Titans.
Is the film interpretation accurate?
Yes how ever there are different legends on the Clash of the Titans and the Titans themselves.
Is there a constellation of starts named after your greek character?
The is a Titan responsible for the starts and the sky – Astraeus a Titan of the stars and planets and the art of astrology. There are few constellations relating to the titans; Aquila is a constellation of an eagle – related to Zeus's eagle. Capricorn is a constellation of a goat – who represents a god that had goatish features that assisted Zeus in the war against the Titans. Centaurus (Sagittarius) a constellation of a centaur with bow and arrow – the wisest of the Centaurs and son of the Titan Cronus.
How is medusa killed?
In the 'Clash of the Titans (2010)', Perseus cuts her head off in order to defeat the Craken with her stone death stare.
Bibliography
Watching the movie 'Clash of the Titans (2010)'
Thursday, March 1, 2012
Style Time Line
Description: Colour field is a style of abstract painting that started in New York City. Inspired by the European modernism and is related also to the Abstract Expressionism. Colour field is characterised primarily by large portions of flat, solid colour spread across large areas, creating an unbroken surface and a flat picture plane. There usually aren't any outlines or bold strokes. Create an even and universal look of all colours.
Dates: During the 1940s and 1950s.
Artist(s): Edward Avedisian, an American abstract painter from the 1960's. Josef Albers, a German born American artist and educator.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/f/f7/'Beginning',_magna_on_canvas_painting_by_Kenneth_Noland,_Hirshhorn_Museum_and_Sculpture_Garden,_1958..jpg
Underground Comix
Dates: They were very popular in the United States between 1968 and 1975 and in the United Kingdom between 1973 and 1974.
Artsit(s): Robert Crumb and Gilbert Shelton are cartoonist and were two of the creators.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c4/Zap_Comix1.jpg/250px-Zap_Comix1.jpg
Conceptual Art
Description: Conceptual art is an art form in which the concept/idea involved in the work aren't of traditional aesthetic and material concerns. Most conceptual art works are usually called installations. Some have argued that conceptual art continued this "dematerialization" of art by removing the need for objects altogether, while others, including many of the artists themselves, saw conceptual art as a radical break with Greenberg's kind of formalist Modernism
Dates: Conceptual art emerged during the 1960s.
Artist(s): Marcel Duchamp, a french artist who famously created the 'Fountain' in 1917 and Joseph Kosuth, an US artist who created 'One and Three Chairs' in 1965.
Conceptual Art
Dates: Conceptual art emerged during the 1960s.
Artist(s): Marcel Duchamp, a french artist who famously created the 'Fountain' in 1917 and Joseph Kosuth, an US artist who created 'One and Three Chairs' in 1965.
http://www.sin-stuff.com/affordable/files/gimgs/1_joseph-kosuth-chair.jpg
Dada
Description: Dada (or Dadaism) is a cultural art movement that began in Switzerland. The movement mainly consisted of visual arts, poetry, art manifestoes, theatre, and graphic design. A lot of the topics focused on anti-war and politics. Dada's sole purpose was to ridicule the meaninglessness of the modern world and its pop culture. Dada activities included public gatherings, demonstrations, and publication of art/literary journals, politics, and culture.
Dates: Appeared during World War I and peaked from 1916 to 1922.
Artist(s): Hannah Hoch is a German artist who created post war dada artwork.
http://libcom.org/files/images/library/dada.jpg
International Typographic Style
Description: The International Typographic Style (also known as the Swiss Style) is a graphic design style developed in Switzerland in the 1950s. It emphasises cleanliness, readability and objectivity. The design layout is generally asymmetric layouts, use of a grid, sans-seriftypefaces with flush left, ragged right text. International Typographic Style mainly features typography as a primary design element.
Dates: Started in the 1950's but would only become the proper graphic style in the 1970's.
Artists: Armin Hofmann and Emil Ruder were some designers that created type based layouts and slightly redefined the style as well.
http://www.aisleone.net/wp-content/uploads/2008/01/its.jpg
Fauvism
Description: Fauvism is the style of 'les Fauves'. It was a short-lived and loose group of early twentieth-century where modern artists works were consistent of strong colours. The style slightly relates back to the Impressionism period.
Dates: Style started between 1900-1910
Artist(s): Henri Matisse and André Derain are famous artist with many successful artworks between them both.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Matisse-Woman-with-a-Hat.jpg/220px-Matisse-Woman-with-a-Hat.jpg
Naive Art
Description: Naive art is a art style that is characterized by a childlike simplicity. Quite colourful and vibrant generally depicting of people or animals.
Dates: Goes through from the 18th Century to the 20th Century.
Artist(s): Many artists throughout centuries were apart of the naive art movement one of the earlier ones were Edward Hicks 1780 -1849 and one of the more recent artists Guido Vedovato 1961- recent. http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/Juego_de_domino.JPG/220px-Juego_de_domino.JPG
LowBrow
Description: Lowbrow art is an underground visual art movement. It emerged in Los Angleos, California but its popularity quickly spread world wide. Its main mediums were underground comix, punk music, hot rod street culture, paintings, toys, digital art and sculptures. Lowbrow art often has a sense of humour with a bit of sarcasm to it.
Dates: Lowbrow came around in the late 1970's
Artist(s): A lot of artists were cartoonists such as Robert Williams and Gary Panter both Americans.
http://blogs.sfweekly.com/shookdown/253_HappyWorld_original.jpg
En Plein Air
Description: En Plein Air means in French 'in the open air'. It usually references paintings of open outdoor scenarios. The use of natural light is quite important in the En Plein Air movement. A lot of the paints used during this time artist had to grind their own dry pigment powder which gives the paintings a textural and interesting/unique look. A lot of Impressionist painters moved into the En Plein Air movement as a natural progression in art form.
Dates: Mainly in the mid 19th Century- was very poplar in 1870's. Popularity continued through to the 20th and 21st century.
Artist(s): Impressionist artists Claude Monet, Camille Pissarro, and Pierre-Auguste Renoir were advocates on the En Plien Air style and majority of theirs paintings were outdoors. More modern day painters consist of John Constable, Henri Biva and Ralph Wallace Burton.
http://www.nikkibaschdavis.com/photos/land/MontereyWharf400h.jpg
Pop Art
Description: Pop art is an art movement presented a challenge to traditions of fine art by including imagery from popular culture such as advertising, celebrities, news, brands, newspapers etc. Pop art used aspects of mass culture, such as advertising, comic books and mundane cultural objects aimed to emphasise the banal or kitschy elements of any given modern culture. Artist's would incorporate the use of mechanical means of reproduction or rendering techniques. Pop Art would often portray society in a ironic point of view.
Dates: Popped up in the mid 1950s in Britain and in the late 1950s in the United States.
Artist(s): Most poplar, well known, famous pop artist would be Andy Warhol. Famous for his Campbell's Soup Cans and his Marilyn Monroe.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/f/ff/Hamilton-appealing2.jpg
Rococo
Description: Rococo was a new 18th century artistic movement. It covered painting, sculpture, architecture, interior design, fashion, decoration, literature, music and theatre. Rococo went against the earlier movement of Baroque, with its strict symmetry and straight edges, it was more fluid, floral and soft. Ornamentals were greatly exaggerated and enlarged. Colour scheme was usually of soft creamy pastels colours with gold and silver. The design was asymmetrical and curvy with lots of details. Painters would often depict romance and love as they're paintings concept swell as other emotions.
Dates: Predominately was the the 18th Century art movement.
Artist(s): Artist's such as Antoine Watteau, Jean François de Troy and François Boucher lead the way of the Rococo period.
Surrealism
Description: Surrealism was a cultural movement best known for its visual artworks and writings. Surrealist artworks were out there/out of the box/unexpected juxtapose. Some artworks were connected to philosophies and revolution. Said to have developed out of Dada. Quickly spreading around the world during and after World War I changing visual arts, literature, film, music, philosophy and political views.
Dates: Early 1920's
Artist(s): Salvador Dalí was a most popular and peculiar artist, depicting a lot of his paintings on dreams and theories or philosophies he became quite popular for his unique point of view of society and his lavishly large moustache.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/dd/The_Persistence_of_Memory.jpg
Toyism
Description: Toyism was a post modernism art movement of 'anything goes'. Toyism originated from the Netherlands in the 1990's were the concentration was on the craft of painting. The toyist style of painting emphasizes narrative depictions featuring figurative rather than abstract objects, almost cartoon like. It uses heavy use of outlining, bold colors and craftsmanship. Toyist artists usually have a consistent icon or motif in all their paintings.
Dates: The 1970s-1990s to recent, toyism is used
Artist(s): Artisit of Toyism all conjugate in a group and go by aliases.
http://0.tqn.com/d/arthistory/1/G/e/R/t14_miss_sassy_soulmates.jpg
Bibliography:
Dada
Dates: Appeared during World War I and peaked from 1916 to 1922.
Artist(s): Hannah Hoch is a German artist who created post war dada artwork.
http://libcom.org/files/images/library/dada.jpg
International Typographic Style
Dates: Started in the 1950's but would only become the proper graphic style in the 1970's.
Artists: Armin Hofmann and Emil Ruder were some designers that created type based layouts and slightly redefined the style as well.
http://www.aisleone.net/wp-content/uploads/2008/01/its.jpg
Fauvism
Dates: Style started between 1900-1910
Artist(s): Henri Matisse and André Derain are famous artist with many successful artworks between them both.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Matisse-Woman-with-a-Hat.jpg/220px-Matisse-Woman-with-a-Hat.jpg
Naive Art
Dates: Goes through from the 18th Century to the 20th Century.
Artist(s): Many artists throughout centuries were apart of the naive art movement one of the earlier ones were Edward Hicks 1780 -1849 and one of the more recent artists Guido Vedovato 1961- recent. http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/Juego_de_domino.JPG/220px-Juego_de_domino.JPG
LowBrow
Dates: Lowbrow came around in the late 1970's
Artist(s): A lot of artists were cartoonists such as Robert Williams and Gary Panter both Americans.
http://blogs.sfweekly.com/shookdown/253_HappyWorld_original.jpg
En Plein Air
Dates: Mainly in the mid 19th Century- was very poplar in 1870's. Popularity continued through to the 20th and 21st century.
Artist(s): Impressionist artists Claude Monet, Camille Pissarro, and Pierre-Auguste Renoir were advocates on the En Plien Air style and majority of theirs paintings were outdoors. More modern day painters consist of John Constable, Henri Biva and Ralph Wallace Burton.
http://www.nikkibaschdavis.com/photos/land/MontereyWharf400h.jpg
Pop Art
Dates: Popped up in the mid 1950s in Britain and in the late 1950s in the United States.
Artist(s): Most poplar, well known, famous pop artist would be Andy Warhol. Famous for his Campbell's Soup Cans and his Marilyn Monroe.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/f/ff/Hamilton-appealing2.jpg
Rococo
Dates: Predominately was the the 18th Century art movement.
Artist(s): Artist's such as Antoine Watteau, Jean François de Troy and François Boucher lead the way of the Rococo period.
Surrealism
Dates: Early 1920's
Artist(s): Salvador Dalí was a most popular and peculiar artist, depicting a lot of his paintings on dreams and theories or philosophies he became quite popular for his unique point of view of society and his lavishly large moustache.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/dd/The_Persistence_of_Memory.jpg
Toyism
Dates: The 1970s-1990s to recent, toyism is used
Artist(s): Artisit of Toyism all conjugate in a group and go by aliases.
http://0.tqn.com/d/arthistory/1/G/e/R/t14_miss_sassy_soulmates.jpg
Bibliography:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Underground_comix
http://sirrealcomix.mrainey.com/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conceptual_art
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dada
http://arthistory.about.com/cs/arthistory10one/a/dada.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Typographic_Style
http://www.internationalposter.com/style-primer/international-typographic.aspx
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fauvism
http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/tl/20th/fauvism.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naïve_art
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lowbrow_(art_movement)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/En_plein_air
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pop_art
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rococo#Rococo_painting
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surrealism
http://www.surrealist.com/
http://www.toyism.com/home/
http://arthistory.about.com/od/arthistory101/a/toyism.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toyism
http://sirrealcomix.mrainey.com/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conceptual_art
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dada
http://arthistory.about.com/cs/arthistory10one/a/dada.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Typographic_Style
http://www.internationalposter.com/style-primer/international-typographic.aspx
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fauvism
http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/tl/20th/fauvism.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naïve_art
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lowbrow_(art_movement)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/En_plein_air
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pop_art
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rococo#Rococo_painting
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surrealism
http://www.surrealist.com/
http://www.toyism.com/home/
http://arthistory.about.com/od/arthistory101/a/toyism.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toyism
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