Thursday, November 8, 2007

Conceptual Puzzle

- The class did an activity that required a group effort of drawing individual lines and placing them in a specified order to create a bigger picture. The picture was that of abstract lines that flowed throughout most of the composition, but certain sections of lines stood out, because of their placement on the papers. The lines tend to go from one corner to another corner, but some didn't follow the same procedure.

- During the process, it was a little confusing at first, because of the way the papers with lines had to be arranged as well as the order of how things were suppose to go.
This project reminded me of the activity where people take a smaller picture and enlarge it by drawing sections of the picture on many sheets of paper. Then, they piece them together as if it were a huge puzzle. The result would be a huge composition that was arranged with many individual drawings.

-The result of the conceptual activity was interesting, because of the general flow of the composition.

Thursday, November 1, 2007

Performances of the Class

The performances made by my classmates were pretty interesting. One of my favorites was the performance that involved two people mirroring each other's hand movements while keeping them close at the same time. It was cool how the gestures and positioning of the people matched that of reflections in a mirror. The smooth motions required by the performers had a graceful look to it that made it interesting to view as part of the audience. It was also intriguing how everyone's proposals went in various directions. They ranged from a game of catch, to the mirroring of hand gestures, to actual collaboration drawing of various shapes. Overall, participating and viewing the performance activities was a fun and pleasant experience.