Laurie Anderson

Laurie Anderson's work definitely represents the 80s very well! Her performance art pieces are electrifying and extraordinary.  Laurie started out playing the violin and sculpting but as the 80s energetic scene started to emerge so did her work. Her many talents extended into a variety of media including music and video. She also incorporated the use of story telling and imagery throughout her pieces. Her
work can be found all over the globe- New York and Europe.

Xerox project

2-D art inspired by Abstract Expressionism

"House of Building" & Fluxus

is a german term that is also known as Bauhaus.

Bauhaus was a fine art school operated in Germany from 1919-1933 and was founded by Walter Gropius. It was known for it's famous approach to design. It was formed with the idea of combining all different mediums of art such as art, architecture, graphs design, interior design, industrial design and typography. Most importantly, though, was the architecture. All of the other elements of craft could help form a building and all of it's characteristics. The school was another avant garde movement for this time period.

Another Avant garde movement happened during the 1960s and was known as the  Fluxus movement. It's style was a mixture of ideals from other movements like Dada and Bauhaus. The artwork expressed art based on scientific, philosophical and sociological ideas. 

"An Andalusian Dog"

When I researched this short film, I didn't realize artist, Salvador Dali, helped direct the movie- that explains the disjointedness of the piece! I respect the artistic approach to this film but I'm not sure if I'd watch it for enjoyment. After doing a little research, however, I think it's interesting how they jump from present to future, as well as, use a method called dream logic. This method is like dream interpretation. Now that I think of it, there definitely was a lot of this used in the film. I also think this is a perfect example of society changes during the 1920s. This short film definitely goes against the norm which is what the '20s were all about!

Dada Movement- away from traditional art.

The artistic movement, Dada, started in Europe around the time WWI was going on. Many of the artists involved with this movement wanted to escape from the war and thus moved to Switzerland- a neutral country. Many of the artists, however, were furious with the war and modern society so to rebel, they protested through art. In result, they decided to create non-art. Instead the create disarrayed images, also known as collages, and turned everyday objects into what they perceived, as art ...or well non-art. 

by Max Ernst

This is one of my favorite Dada pieces- the one showed in class by Raoul Hausmann 

Grid project

Before!

         After!

I had so many different ideas for this project- I went to Home Depot for some more insight...then I spotted the air filters on a display table. I thought perfect, It has a grid within a grid! Then the idea of a lamp shade evolved as I went a long! 

First, I detached the filter from it's card board exterior, then painted an abstract & colorful design on the interior filter. When I finished, I made the cardboard into a cylinder. I also cut the filter into 6 different squares. I then pieced it back together, in a mismatch order, within the cylinder. Lastly, I placed it over my less exciting, pre existing lamp. 

Escape from reality.

Movies are an escape. Sometimes when I see a movie, I feel like i'm in a different world, living some else's life or just observing from a distance. 


I think video games have evolved from movies because captivated audiences can then continue living in that world. People can morph themselves into someone else; a villain, a hero, etc. They can escape just like they might in a movie theater. Movies like Harry Potter portray an environment that is non existent in the real world but they are existent on our computer and television screens. People can live a life they've never lived, interact in a way that's otherwise impossible and forget about the outside world. 


 I also think this helps studios make a profit :)