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PROJECT ONE.

Sentinels for a Fresh Start - Inflatables

Initial Ideas

- inflatable flailing arms guy

-bacteriophage

-daisy

-large potted plant

Questions / Concerns

-how are we going to do this ?

-why are we doing this, what is our motive?

-where will we put this?

-what are we doing?

Inspiration / Brainstorming

Tomás Saraceno

Walking on Clouds: On Space Time Foam by Tomás Saraceno

Ofcourse. I couldn't go one Art class without mentioning Tomás Saraceno.

One of my favorite artists, Saraceno, is known for his sculptures and large installation pieces, because of his use of space, size, details, and ability to have people interact with his work.

I loved these two works by Saraceno.

I really liked the idea of creating an inflatable that could be interactive and people could walk on it, but I wasn't sure how to execute this. I loved how big and in your face his work is, but also so delicate and intricate. It really juxtaposes well.

Tomas Saraceno is well known for being a biologist as well as an artist. He tends to put those two things together when making artwork.

Our Interplanetary Bodies by Tomas Saraceno

Project Research

My group, Tatum, Audrey, and I decided to do a bacteriophage.

Because both Tatum and I had no idea what that was, we had to do some outside research to further our knowledge and understanding of what a bacteriophage was and why we even wanted to do so.

After researching, we learned that a bacteriophage is a virus. Something that takes over a host. And that seemed interesting enough to pursue.

And we were off!

15769109-virus-diagram-of-a-typical-tail

Work In Progress

We started off not even knowing where to start or how to start.

All we knew was that we wanted it to be big.

As I thought about it, it seemed more and more complicated and overwhelming. But after finishing the inflatable, I realized that it was not as bad as I thought. I actually enjoyed working on the little bits and pieces of creating the bacteriophage and then seeing the finished product all blown up.

The longer and bigger the inflatable got, the more complicated that it became.

At first we kept ironing things together that didn't need to be together, which was frustrating in trying to figure out where each seam went, but after planning and taking our time, we were able to figure it out. It was a lot of work in that we had to plan everything out, because it was hard to see the big end picture.

It felt like the more we worked on this project, the better and more used too we got to this medium. This was the first time for all of us to do anything remotely like this.

It was exciting. Getting to do something different, and challenge my brain in ways that I was not used too. Quite frankly I have been in an artistic rut, and but this made me excited for this semester and to create art.

But then we finished!

And the results were phenomenal! This microscopic bacteria can now be seen as the colossal size of 11 feet.

We really wanted to infect the campus with our art. As Dr. DeBoer says in my Theory and Criticism of the Arts class, Art is infectious. And in this case, it is literally infectious.

It was exciting to see it finally up, but in the end we had to take it down because of the size of the inflatable, it was a bit more on the fragile side.

Reflection

This was a real break through for me. After going through an artist block and feeling as if maybe art was not my calling, this project excited me and made me want to try new things and to experiment. Like a scientist, we too as artists need to experiment and try new things.

At the beginning of this whole inflatable project, I was anxious, how are we going to make something that is more than 8 feet tall. It did not seem possible and it did not seem easy. But I let go of that initial fear, and told myself that not everything has to come easily. So we went head on to this project and all of us really began to become obsessed with working with this medium and trying something that was unconventional that challenged us to stretch out minds in different ways. It was quite refreshing.

So far, I'm really liking 4D Intermedia. I can already tell that it is going to kick my butt and force me to get out of my Art comfort zone, but sometimes we need that extra push down the hill to get us going. And that is exactly what happened to me.

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PROJECT ONE.

Sentinels for a Fresh Start - Inflatables

Initial Ideas

- inflatable flailing arms guy

-bacteriophage

-daisy

-large potted plant

Questions / Concerns

-how are we going to do this ?

-why are we doing this, what is our motive?

-where will we put this?

-what are we doing?

Inspiration / Brainstorming

Tomás Saraceno

Project Research

My group, Tatum, Audrey, and I decided to do a bacteriophage.

Because both Tatum and I had no idea what that was, we had to do some outside research to further our knowledge and understanding of what a bacteriophage was and why we even wanted to do so.

After researching, we learned that a bacteriophage is a virus. Something that takes over a host. And that seemed interesting enough to pursue.

And we were off!

Work In Progress

We started off not even knowing where to start or how to start.

All we knew was that we wanted it to be big.

As I thought about it, it seemed more and more complicated and overwhelming. But after finishing the inflatable, I realized that it was not as bad as I thought. I actually enjoyed working on the little bits and pieces of creating the bacteriophage and then seeing the finished product all blown up.

The longer and bigger the inflatable got, the more complicated that it became.

It felt like the more we worked on this project, the better and more used too we got to this medium. This was the first time for all of us to do anything remotely like this.

It was exciting. Getting to do something different, and challenge my brain in ways that I was not used too. Quite frankly I have been in an artistic rut, and but this made me excited for this semester and to create art.

But then we finished!

And the results were phenomenal! This microscopic bacteria can now be seen as the colossal size of 11 feet.

We really wanted to infect the campus with our art. As Dr. DeBoer says in my Theory and Criticism of the Arts class, Art is infectious. And in this case, it is literally infectious.

It was exciting to see it finally up, but in the end we had to take it down because of the size of the inflatable, it was a bit more on the fragile side.

Reflection

This was a real break through for me. After going through an artist block and feeling as if maybe art was not my calling, this project excited me and made me want to try new things and to experiment. Like a scientist, we too as artists need to experiment and try new things.

So far, I'm really liking 4D Intermedia. I can already tell that it is going to kick my butt and force me to get out of my Art comfort zone, but sometimes we need that extra push down the hill to get us going. And that is exactly what happened to me.

PROJECT ONE.

Sentinels for a Fresh Start - Inflatables

Initial Ideas

- inflatable flailing arms guy

-bacteriophage

-daisy

-large potted plant

Questions / Concerns

-how are we going to do this ?

-why are we doing this, what is our motive?

-where will we put this?

-what are we doing?

Inspiration / Brainstorming

Tomás Saraceno

Project Research

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My group, Tatum, Audrey, and I decided to do a bacteriophage.

Because both Tatum and I had no idea what that was, we had to do some outside research to further our knowledge and understanding of what a bacteriophage was and why we even wanted to do so.

​

After researching, we learned that a bacteriophage is a virus. Something that takes over a host. And that seemed interesting enough to pursue.

​

And we were off!

Work In Progress

We started off not even knowing where to start or how to start.

All we knew was that we wanted it to be big.

As I thought about it, it seemed more and more complicated and overwhelming. But after finishing the inflatable, I realized that it was not as bad as I thought. I actually enjoyed working on the little bits and pieces of creating the bacteriophage and then seeing the finished product all blown up.

The longer and bigger the inflatable got, the more complicated that it became.

​

It felt like the more we worked on this project, the better and more used too we got to this medium. This was the first time for all of us to do anything remotely like this.

​

It was exciting. Getting to do something different, and challenge my brain in ways that I was not used too. Quite frankly I have been in an artistic rut, and but this made me excited for this semester and to create art.

But then we finished!

And the results were phenomenal! This microscopic bacteria can now be seen as the colossal size of 11 feet.

We really wanted to infect the campus with our art. As Dr. DeBoer says in my Theory and Criticism of the Arts class, Art is infectious. And in this case, it is literally infectious.

​

It was exciting to see it finally up, but in the end we had to take it down because of the size of the inflatable, it was a bit more on the fragile side.

Reflection

This was a real break through for me. After going through an artist block and feeling as if maybe art was not my calling, this project excited me and made me want to try new things and to experiment. Like a scientist, we too as artists need to experiment and try new things.

​

​

So far, I'm really liking 4D Intermedia. I can already tell that it is going to kick my butt and force me to get out of my Art comfort zone, but sometimes we need that extra push down the hill to get us going. And that is exactly what happened to me.