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Garbage, Recycling, and Saving the Ecosystem

For this project, I tried to take a different approach,

emphasizing to recycle. Not everyone realizes

how important it is to clean up after themselves

and recycle. The message I was trying to get across

in this video was that it is easier and healthier for

the Earth to use the garbage cans and recycling bins

all around us than to litter. I have always cared about

the ecosystem and doing as much as possible to be

eco-friendly. In recording this video, I noticed how

much people actually do litter and how little they

care about protecting the environment. Although they

may not realize it, it actually is extremely important to

protect the planet we live on.

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Dieter Huber - Paper #2

Dieter Huber, age forty-seven, was born in Schladming, Austria. He is a contemporary photographer who has studied stage-design, costume design, and theater art painting throughout his life. Although he is quite an unknown artist, Huber has had publications of his work in art magazines and has been the curator of various exhibitions around the world. His work has been displayed in numerous art shows; some were one-man shows, while others were group shows that were shared with several different artists with the same type of artwork.

Drifting aside from theater art painting, Huber’s main art style is photography. He takes an ordinary photograph and manipulates it tremendously. The color of the subject in his picture doesn’t seem to be his main concern; he barely manipulates the colors with his photographs. Huber likes to change a realistic photograph into a fantastical picture. He uses a computer technique that combines photography with classical painting, which makes it seem like he took out a paintbrush and painted the picture himself. Not only does he manipulate it that way, but he changes something major in the photograph in order to make it a fantastic image. For example, in his series Klones, he manipulates with genetechnology, making the photograph unrealistic.

Dieter Huber’s photography appears to be realistic to the naked eye, but when the viewer looks closer, his work is actually very unrealistic. Even a fellow digital art curator, Christiane Paul, said, “The deceptively sober and scientific nature of Huber’s photographs enhances the perception of the images as a reality.” He photographs an object, and then appears to manipulate it, yet he manipulates it so slightly that it still appears to be somewhat realistic. For instance, in one of his solo shows from January until March of 2006 comes a piece called Klones, which shows two people kissing. At first, that is all the viewer sees. When looking more closely, the lovers’ tongues are actually connected. In another series of his, called Pleasure Files, he tries to focus on how subjective experience can lead to personal joy through emotions. This series definitely gives off a different vibe – that of relaxation. For example, Pleasure File #36 shows a cabin in the middle of a calm lake. By just looking at this particular photograph, it seems calming and almost makes the viewer want to go there to become rejuvenated. Another calming photo from the same series is Pleasure File #32, which is a dock elongated out into the middle of a foggy lake. Huber seems to have used more muted tones for this particular photograph, which seems to make the photo very peaceful.

Overall, I find that Huber’s work interests me, but confuses me as well. I chose my artists blindly not wanting to see what their work was for this very purpose; I wanted to be surprised, and I particularly was with Huber’s artwork. I love most of his photographs in the Pleasure Files series. Calming photography is my favorite, especially landscape photos. However, I don’t like many of his photos from his Klones series. I find them interesting since he incorporated so many different manipulations in them, but they do not appeal to me. All of his series seem to be different from one another, expanding his range of viewers. Even though he is a rather unknown artist, I do believe he is a successful artist. The fact that he can appeal to many different viewers makes him successful in my eyes. He has had and continues to have numerous solo exhibits and group shows around the world. The fact that viewers are still asking to see his work in exhibits certainly makes Huber a successful artist!

"Klones"

"Pleasure Files #36"

"Pleasure Files #32"

I Miss The Beach

Picture by Carolyn Rush

Montage #2

This montage has a picture of Niagara Falls as its background. This is my ‘realistic’ montage, although some of its aspects are still in the surreal category. I took pictures of my friends jumping into the pool and added them into the picture as if they were jumping into the water below the waterfall. I wanted to make it seem as though this were a normal, everyday occurrence, especially with the swimmer in the water and the couple canoeing in the background. I tried not to tamper too much with the colors or hues of this montage because I wanted to give it a more natural look and feel.

Montage #1

This montage has the Eiffel Tower in the center of a field of grains. This is my ‘fantastic’ montage since it gives off such a surreal effect. In this montage, the Eiffel Tower is breaking in half; the upper half of the tower is crashing into a vibrantly colored hot air balloon. When the viewer looks at this, they will be able to tell that this is my ‘fantastic’ montage due to all of the manipulations and different sizes of photos I used. The girl in the picture is three different sizes, adding to the surreal effect. I tampered with the hue and saturation of the hot air balloon, accentuating its colors, making its colors even brighter.

Art of Theater Collage

My collage, The Art of Theater, is based on the theme of performing music and dance. If you notice, both musicians and dancers are placed on the same stage, adding unity to the theme. The theme I was trying to portray was that many different types of art forms are welcome on stage. Having everyone share the stage symbolizes that all art forms are made up of the same type of passion and drive for those artists to share their art with others. Art gives freedom to all those who wish to express it, and performing on stage gives them the freedom to invite others to share in their passions.

In my collage, I used different types of pictures, not only pictures of actual people, but cartoons, because I felt that it added a different element to my collage. It wouldn’t have been as eye-catching had I not added the different types of pictures to my collage. If I had more time, I would have spent more time experimenting with Photoshop and how to make the overall collage better in general.