Performance Art

The purpose of my piece was to contextualize myself by saying that I am technology however as a human we are no longer technology. On the shirt it reads I AM DEAD TECHNOLOGY next to me is my laptop which has a word document open that states I AM THE TECHNOLOGY OF NOW. The idea arose from the debates that I have heard about how computers and technology will make the human obsolete.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LK8m1k8o-OU

Xerox Project- Hookah

This is supposed to be a hookah, I know it doesn't look that much like one but thats what I intended it to be.

Beatnik Who and What Were They

The term Beat Generation came up in 1948 by Jack Kerouac in order to generalize the underground anti-conformist movement that was prevalent in New York City at the time. The term Beat was introduced by Herbet Huncke who's explanation was the term was used as underworld slang used by the hustlers, drug addicts, and petty thieves, from whom Alan Ginsberg and Jack Kerouac received their inspiration from. Beat was slang for beaten down but Ginsberg and Kerouac it has a spiritual connotation to it

Grid Art Comments

Abby: great idea, loved the detail of the eye
Luis: great use of color, really cool idea and great use of the grid
Sebastian: great idea for the grid, good use of color
Stef: really cool idea, amazing outcome, good use of color
Danielle: great color and use of texture really cool outcome
Emily: great use of M & M, great colo to the monkey
Francesca: really cool idea to use the cards as the grid, great final outcome, really cool idea
John: really liked the 3D take on the project, great texture
Hannah: absolutely amazing, excellent use of color, great use of the grid
Sara: good idea, great use of color
Grace: liked the MJ artwork, great idea and good use of color
Amanda: really the only thing to saw is wow

Grid Art project

Fastest Computer in the World

The fastest computer in the world is currently the Fujitsu K computer in Riken, Kobe Japan which has a computing speed of 8.162 quadrillion calculations per second.

Singing In The Rain vs. A Clockwork Orange's Singing In The Rain

Featured in Stanley Kubrick's A Clockwork Orange the main character of Alex starts singing singing in the rain, the classic song from the classic movie, while him and his gang are beginning the process of raping this women and beating her husband. The difference in the two is the context in which they are being sang. In the original version the main character is happy and in love, while in A Clockwork Orange Alex is taking part in a rape in which he loves to partake in. So they are both in love however the context is different.