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Final Project- Coral Reefs

The oceans are a big passion in my life. Hopefully in the future I will be about to help project them and save them for human pressures. Research that I would love to do in the future is on corals and how we can help rebuild them back to there abundance. Unfortunately, that could take years, corals take thousands or even millions of years to grow to the large reefs we see today. But, thanks to our practices we are killing these beautiful creatures so fast however, they can only rebuild slowly.  The purpose of this project was to show how largely coral reefs make an impact on the ecosystem and how they are important for our survival. Hopeful after watching this video you see how lifeless the ocean becomes after coral reefs are bleached.

Performance Art Project

Artists Statement: "Are you wearing a masks?" is the performance art pieces I did for this project. People should think about what kinds of theoretical masks they put up to the outside world. We all have them no matter is big are small. Everyone shields who they really are at first until you gain enough trust to show who you are. I unfortunately didn't get very many reaction with my performance just stares. Hopefully all that walked by started to think about what the statement, Do you wear a mask?, means to them.  Favorite Performance Artist: Performance art is about putting yourself out there to a large crowd to get their attention. The reason for getting this attention could be for many different reasons but in all are trying to portray a certain message. This is what connects all performance artists. Lana Del Rey is my favorite musician, all of her performances are unique. I have been to 2 of her performances and what is the best part is when she tells st

Music and Technology

Dubstep: Daft Punk https://youtu.be/F4eccPBFEjE I chose this artist because I have always listened to Daft Punk especially in the Disney movie Tron. That is why I picked this song "Derezzed" because it is my favorite song from the film. This artists only uses computer to create their music so this is how they fit in with the electronic music expect.  Disco: Chic https://youtu.be/h1qQ1SKNlgY The reason I chose Chic's "Le Freak" was because I remember growing up and my parents would listen to radio stations that played this song. This song has electronic music in it because of the use of electric guitars in the song.  Electronic-Producer/DJ Culture: Chainsmokers  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FyASdjZE0R0 I have always loved the Chainsmokers music and "Roses" is my favorite song by them. Chainsmokes creates all their music on a computer or electrical key boards with is where they just technology to make their music.  Punk: All America

Xerox Body Project- Mixed Emotions

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Emotions are apart of everyones lives daily. People have so many different emotions and they are can change very quickly. That is what this piece represents and why I chose expressionism because his art form shows exaggerated emotions. I have had some anxiety problems in the past and my emotions were all over the place. The different facial expressions in a circle represent that there is a consent rotation of emotional. A never ending circle of fluctuating emotions throughout the day which sometimes we can not control.  The meaning of the hands around the faces represents reaching out and trying to have someone help you get out of the cycle of emotions to be happy, not lost and all over the place. I tried to fix the lines when the scans printed but it wouldn't work but then this turned into something meaningful. The lines to me looked like jail bars which make me think about hoe sometimes I felt trapped in confusing and sadness and could never break out unless I have help from oth

30x30 Grid Art Project

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For the grid project I used a canvas and jewel sequins which is 30x30 . Then I used mod podge to glue down all of the sequins. The pieces is called "Flow of the Ocean" because it is an image of a wave and waves are what help generate some flow throughout the ocean. The ocean is a passion of mine since my major is  Marine Biology and in my introduction to marine science class we just learned about waves which is what gave me the inspiration for this piece.

"Refrigerator Technologies" - 21st Century Electronics Paper

Victoria Fagg Professor Roundtree Art 211-LN 16 October 2017 Refrigerator Technologies               Currently in time people cannot image their lives without refrigerators. Refrigerators are considered a necessity in everyday lives for most the world. The history of refrigerators begins in the 1800s. Ice was harvested, covered in saw dust, and used in ice houses to help preserve food (Ashrae Journal).   Around this time mechanical refrigeration were being invented and ice harvesting farms used plates to farm the ice (Ashrae Journal). In 1880s, there were ice farms in Austin, TX using Carre ammonium absorption methods to help freeze the ice (Ashrae Journal). Then, early 1900s the first refrigerators came about using ammonium, furthermore in the 1950s and 1960s there is carbon dioxide used as the cooling agents, rotatory air compressors, and automatic defrost systems, which all caused the frozen food industry to skyrocket (Ashrae Journal).   In the 1970s and 1980s, oil fused

ASCII Art

This website has such a large amount of ASCII art. There was a about 23 folders with multiple  subfolders in each full of the ACII art. You can tell a lot of time if must of went into this website to create all the different pieces. Each one of the figures had such great detail. It is crazy to think that the artist was only using letters and symbols on their keyboard. The folders that stuck out to me was the people and nature. I can't even begin to imagine trying to create such detailed pictures in this medium. The some of the people the artist had done, have incredibly exact detail in the shading. Some of the pictures look so realistic even though they are two demential letters and symbols. In the nature folder, under astronomy one of the planets appears three demential and I absolutely love it. Also, I loved the way the artist used the white as the foreground in some of the pieces and the letters/symbols as the dark background. This technique gave the pictures volume. Creatin