a whole new mind: chapter tres

i liked this chapter, it was really interesting.
i really liked the comparison between IQ and EQ
and how they talked about the SATs.
because i, personally had a lot of trouble with them
and it's because i am not a fact regurgitating machine.

when i learn things, i keep the most important pieces of them up in my head.
BUT this is not true for formulas and equations. somehow those things just kind of
dissipate after a day.

it's so true that our country is coming into a conceptual age now.
you can see it everywhere you go.
the jobs that used to make the most money are not in demand, so the pay doesn't seem as good.
and now the jobs like design and art related jobs and 'empathy' related jobs like nursing and health care
are rising up from the bottom.

us artsy, funny, caring people are the new leaders of america.
that's what i got from this chapter
i look forward to the next six chapters.

html. very confused.

whenever i open anything in the window it still has all the text in it.
this is very disappointing.
am i doing something wrong?

a whole new mind: chapter dos.

i found this chapter really interesting.
it's weird to think about how much our world really is changing and how right siders
are becoming more and more important and accepted.
it used to be so looked down upon to go to art school
or pursue an artistic/creative career. and now it
seems like it's more accepted and even looked up upon.

we're becoming so much more creatively driven as a people.
clothing designers, architects and web designers are so important to us as a people now.
and it was never like that twenty, even ten years ago.

now you can do what makes you happy and be successful
whereas in earlier years, in order to be successful you had to go to school for eight years
and rack in a hundred thousand to be looked up at,
now that our minds and outlooks are changing,
so too is the standard of success
many people lead happy, bountiful lives creating, instead of regurgitating facts and
percentages and formulas.

we've gone from a "baking" way of life
where everything is according to a certain recipe that you either remember or write down
to a "cooking" way of like where it's now more about flavor and
originality.
no one needs to puke up facts, but instead find ways to bend the quota and make it their own.

anyways. that's what i got from the reading this week.
: )

two/two.

kimsooja

http://www.kimsooja.com/recent_projects.html

i looooove this woman's work.
and i don't usually like new media type stuff.
but for some reason i am drawn to this particular piece, called...
to breathe/ respirate.

it's kind of meditational.
and therapeutic.
and hypnotizing.
along with this piece she has many other videos,

here's some info i found on her at her site
kimsooja.com

born in teuga korea.
currently lives and is working in NewYork
between 1980 and 1984 she was a Graduate Painting Major of Hong-IK University Graduate school, Seoul
between 1984 and 1985 she was at the Lithography studi at Ecole Natianl Superieure des Beaux-Arts, Paris, France
then from 1992-1993 she was an artist in residence at P.S.1 Museum in NewYork
and between 1998 and 1999 she was a World Views artist in residence at the World Trade Center in New York.

her work in mesmerizing and inspiring.
i like what she does because it is so far away from my own work in so many ways, yet we do have some similarities.
her use of color is very strong, as is my own. and this is another reason i connect with her.

one/two.

carlos amorales

"works with a range of different cultural values which he continually relates to his Mexican origin. Amorales’ series of performances are contemporary rituals. His major performance project with traditional Mexican wrestlers was exhibited in, amongst other venues, the Centre Pompidou in Paris; his Mexican Maquiladora project was initiated in the Migros Museum in Zürich, and his Devil Dance performance, by which he imper was exhibited for the first time at the last Berlin Biennial.

In the Dutch Pavilion Amorales will construct a Mexican maquiladora, a small workshop in which parts of shoes are being made. Maquiladoras are usually low-cost production units for the US market. Amorales juxtaposes this Mexican icon with Western reality. The central element is some 110 pairs of ceramic shoes, shelved in a regimented fashion and reflecting minimalist aesthetics."
http://www.wearetheworld.nl/artists/amorales.html
exhibitions:


2003
TV Website,
Jumex Collection, Ecatepec, Mexico.
Amorales vs Amorales,
SF MOMA, San Francisco;
Tate Live, Tate Modern, London;
Arena Coliseo, Mexico City;
Galeria Enrique Guerrero, Mexico City;
Annet Gelink Gallery, Amsterdam;
Galerie Yvon Lambert, Paris;
Büro Friedrich, Berlin.

2002
Fighting Evil (with style),
SFU Contemporary Art Museum, Tampa.
Solitario,
Le Studio, Yvon Lambert, Paris.
Simpatia por el Diablo,
SKUC, Ljubljana;
Serge Ziegler Gallery, Zurich.

2001
Cuerpo sin alma,
Galeria Nina Menocal, Mexico City.
Cabaret Amorales,
Migros Museum, Zurich.
Open,
Galerie Serge Ziegler, Zurich.

2000
A World All Too Familiar,
New projects by Carlos Amorales
and Christine Hill.
CCS Museum, Bard College,
Annandale-on-Hudson, New York.
Funny 13,
Galerie Micheline Szwajcer, Antwerp.
Los Mutantes 2,
in collaboration with Michael Blum,
Mexico City streets and El Caracol.

1999
As Amorales,
Galerie Fons Welters, Amsterdam;
Project room, Museo Carrillo Gil, Mexico City.
Los Mutantes 1,
in collaboration with Joan Jonas.
Mexico City streets and El Caracol.
Stoplight Pastimes,
Marres, Maastricht.

1998
Galerie Micheline Szwajcer, Antwerp.

1997
Amorales in conversation with... Superbarrio,
performance/lecture,
De Balie; W139; RABK, Amsterdam.
Amorales Table Dance,
performance,
W139, Amsterdam.

video project: reactions

i liked doing the video.
and as i've said before i'm not the digital type, so it's hard for me to enjoy doing these things,
but i had fun with it and was able to create something pretty cool.

it was especially interesting thinking up things to say in the video.
things that i'd want myself to know.
and mix those in with my partner's.
in the end we ended up using more of hers than mine and i think it came out pretty good.
a little humorous and a little philosophical.

the video camera was fully charged, a plus.
and we didn't have any trouble with the filming.
it all went pretty smoothly.

not much else to say i suppose.
it was fun.
i'd do it again.
maybe a little differently, but not much.

can someone ...

tell me the website for this class... it never seems to work for me,
and i think i may be typing it in wrong.
thank you.

a whole new mind. chapter uno.

i really enjoyed the first chapter of this book a whole new mind.
firstly, i've always been somewhat interested in the brain and it's workings,
so this chapter was especially enlightening and entertaining.
i like how it's written, in a sort of sarcastic, comedic way without being
overly rediculous.

i had always know the fact about the right side of the brain controling the left side of the body and vise versa,
but i liked how the author talked about it here.
it just seems more interesting i suppose because of the over-all tone of the book.
i was intrigued, as well by the fact that not only do our separate hemispheres control different parts of our body, but our personality and mindset, too. someone who is more emotional and feeling driven, is probably more likely using the right side of their brain.
while a more organized, step by step person is using their left side.
it's really awesome to learn about all these things in a class which is driven by the right said or the brain.
our creative, more open minded ways as artists play into this whole thing and it's really great to read about.
i didn't know the exact logistics of the machinery which is used to test and look at the brain, so i learned a lot about that.
over all, i am really enjoying the book and look forward to reading more of it.