It was interesting to see the art of Joseph Mougel and listen to his talk. I wasn't sure what the art concept would be until I went to the gallery. I thought that his idea of digging holes that are as tall as himself very interesting. I also liked when he took photos of the lake that he cleaned off over several weeks’ time. I think it would be very peaceful to be in solitude, just preparing something for a work of art, especially by putting all the frames together. I think it’s cool when someone with military background will incorporate concepts of it into their life when they come back home. His military photos of the people in white was both personal and impersonal. It was impersonal in the sense that they were all covered in a neutral color and you couldn’t identify them; they were just a number. However, their faces depicted each of their struggles in the war through their facial expressions and the looks in their eyes. I wondered what got Joseph Mougel into teaching after having such a seemingly successful art career so far. Maybe he wanted to pass on his wisdom and experiences. The art pieces in the gallery reminded me of those books where you flip through them backwards and the little moves and tells a story with each page being a slightly altered picture of the last. Still photography seems two-dimensional to me, whereas Still Moving was work that was both three-dimensional, and it came to life.
It was interesting to see the difference in quality of the camera Dick Blau compared to the quality of all the high resolution cameras that exist today. As someone so interested in psychology, it was interesting for me to see him do such a good job at capturing the culture and different religious beliefs of the people he documented in his videos. Although I am not a religious person myself, so it is hard to relate to their passion, I believe Dick Blau did an amazing job at capturing it in his films and what he documented really shows depth to the people in his films. I liked his still photos a lot because he was able to tell such an exciting story in one photograph, instead of in moving film, which can be very hard to do. The excitement and joy of the people in the photographs really leaps out at you and you can't help but feel similar emotions. I thought it was cool that his Polish photographs in the gallery were displayed by the escalator, so you could see them just long enough for them to catch your eye before you were on to the next photograph. Overall, I like his photograph, but his films tell less of a story to me, especially the one about the whistles that had the children in it. The creatures looked a little bizarre to me and I didn't understand why they were there. I did like his realistic photos of the Polish people, however.
Still Moving
ReplyDeleteIt was interesting to see the art of Joseph Mougel and listen to his talk. I wasn't sure what the art concept would be until I went to the gallery. I thought that his idea of digging holes that are as tall as himself very interesting. I also liked when he took photos of the lake that he cleaned off over several weeks’ time. I think it would be very peaceful to be in solitude, just preparing something for a work of art, especially by putting all the frames together. I think it’s cool when someone with military background will incorporate concepts of it into their life when they come back home. His military photos of the people in white was both personal and impersonal. It was impersonal in the sense that they were all covered in a neutral color and you couldn’t identify them; they were just a number. However, their faces depicted each of their struggles in the war through their facial expressions and the looks in their eyes. I wondered what got Joseph Mougel into teaching after having such a seemingly successful art career so far. Maybe he wanted to pass on his wisdom and experiences. The art pieces in the gallery reminded me of those books where you flip through them backwards and the little moves and tells a story with each page being a slightly altered picture of the last. Still photography seems two-dimensional to me, whereas Still Moving was work that was both three-dimensional, and it came to life.
Dick Blau
ReplyDeleteIt was interesting to see the difference in quality of the camera Dick Blau compared to the quality of all the high resolution cameras that exist today. As someone so interested in psychology, it was interesting for me to see him do such a good job at capturing the culture and different religious beliefs of the people he documented in his videos. Although I am not a religious person myself, so it is hard to relate to their passion, I believe Dick Blau did an amazing job at capturing it in his films and what he documented really shows depth to the people in his films. I liked his still photos a lot because he was able to tell such an exciting story in one photograph, instead of in moving film, which can be very hard to do. The excitement and joy of the people in the photographs really leaps out at you and you can't help but feel similar emotions. I thought it was cool that his Polish photographs in the gallery were displayed by the escalator, so you could see them just long enough for them to catch your eye before you were on to the next photograph. Overall, I like his photograph, but his films tell less of a story to me, especially the one about the whistles that had the children in it. The creatures looked a little bizarre to me and I didn't understand why they were there. I did like his realistic photos of the Polish people, however.