Project #5 Bools! Post #2

Project #5 Books!

The Cabin

For project #5 Books! I chose to create a book about the cabin my grandfather built for my family before he died. It is a special place for my family because of the care and time he put into building everything. There is no internet connection or cell service at the cabin. So, coloring or drawing is something I do for entertainment.  This book is a coloring book made to symbolize the technology free environment the cabin has. I took photos of the building, the area around it, and my family spending time there and turned each into a black and white coloring page.  

Project #5 Books!

The Cabin  

105 Mountain View Calpine CA 91624

For project 5, I’ve chosen to for my GIS place the cabin my grandfather built for my family in Calpine, California. This is a special place because not only did it take him about ten years to build it, but he died shortly after completing it. I do not have many memories of my grandfather, who my sister and I called Papa. He died when I was five. But the cabin has become a sort of shrine for him. It is filled with paintings and woodworks that he created and the wooden duck collection he started in his early twenties. My grandparents had what many would call a whirlwind romance. Originally, the cabin was going the place my grandparents retired, but Papa had a heart attack and died in his sleep. My grandmother or Tutu as we call her, has a hard time staying at the cabin now. She says there are too many memories there.

The cabin has become a place my family has used to get away for a quick vacation. It’s located in the in a small town called Calpine, which is just outside Portola, California and thirty-minute drive from Reno. The area is filled with pine trees and is a little rustic. But Calpine is a peaceful place that stays cool in the summer and the winter is filled with sledding and skiing.  My mother and her sisters grow up in Calpine until my mom was five and the family moved to Reno. Papa and Tutu owned a construction and gravel pit in that area up until he died.  

343 Project #4 Voodoo Doll

Voodoo Media Doll

    Voodoo Media Doll is a response to the reading Propaganda-Manufacturing Consent by Edward Herman and Noam Chomsky. The body of the doll is stamped with the words news and media meant to represent the visible people in the media. People like news anchors and producers. The suit represents the special interest or parent companies that control an agenda. Finally the pins and fabric are meant to represent the process and scrutiny facts or important information goes through to be considered media or news worthy. My intention was to create a interactive doll that would allow the viewer to play with it to discover the what was stamped on the body. However, unforeseen circumstances had me changing my idea to allowing the audience to try and stab the “facts” through to the fabric of the special interest clothes.

Knowledge Center Special Collection of Books

This piece is called Conexus. It is a collaboration exhibition between thirty-two female artist from Brazil and the US. This project, according to the online description, is a letter-writing project intended to gather information and explore the relation between art and culture that take place in each location. This project was created in 1986, making it a unique perspective of women from a generation before my own.

What draw me to the piece was the contrast between the dark red, light cream and black colors. I find this particular color pallet to be pleasing. The picture in the way the book is set up is also really interesting. The separating of the larger book into the small context was great because it lessened the impact and made it more agreeable.   

 

Discussion Questions: A Propaganda Model 3/30/17

1. Would reinstating the Fairness Doctrine of 1949 be enough to get mass media under control? Would the two main requirements: devoting some airtime to discussing matters of public interest and to air contrasting views regarding those matters, be enough to change the outcome of mass media?

2. Is the "power elite" too ingrained in our society to fully eliminate them? Would this require a complete make-over of our social and political society?  

343 Project #3

The inspiration for Project #3 came to me from a conversation my sister Natalie and I had. She wants to pursue a career in the Bureau of Land Management here in Nevada. She talked about how much of the BLM’s job is to monitor the wild horses and burros, and how they maintain and track the food and water supplies. My sister wants to a veterinarian, but is interested in the processes used by the BLM to keep the herd numbers for the wild horses and burros at safe level. These herd can double in size every four years, so ever now and then the BLM rounds up young colts and foals for adoption.

My picture is the face of one of our domestic horses Ben and the body of Blackwood. I chose this picture because of the color contrast between Ben, who is a soft yellow color and Blackwood is solid black. Unlike the wild animals this project was inspired by, my horses are friendly and allowed me to take pictures of them a will. Don’t forget wild horses and burros are still wild animals.       

343 Project #2

            

This piece is about resisting gender stereotypes. American society puts a great deal of emphasis on gender roles, especially on young children’s trivial toys. To me, this is extremely unhealthy and has a negative impact on a child’s psyche. Each gel transfer is an example of gender expectation or gender divided toy. The genderless babies are a symbol of the unnecessary gender burden American society places on each child. This piece is my way of fighting stereotypes, with the hope that future parent, partially my generation will allow their children to grow and play with whatever the hell they want.