Understanding Goals Reflection; Eric Hishinuma

THROUGHLINES:

1. Artists can be involved in global conversations by conceiving artwork that is relevant to the topics and issues that they would like to express.  They can also involve themselves in literal global conversations by taking advantage of technology and networking.

4. Art can be essentially anything that you want it to be.  As long as there is significance and meaning to a piece–it ultimately qualifies as ‘art’.  The existing conceptual artists in today’s world are a testament to this type of philosophy.

UNDERSTANDING GOALS:

1. Site-specific art is a type of artwork that incorporates it’s environment into the actual piece.  Installation art deals with objects/sculptures and the space that they inhabit.  Conceptual art is when the art goes deeper than just aesthetics and focuses more on the purpose or meaning of the piece.

2. It relates to your responsibility, because when you make your art available for public viewing, it triggers many different ideas and concepts for viewers to conceive.

3. Hopefully, the shelters that we built conveyed some type of message to the kids at our school.  Our shelters were not made to literally support some type of harborage for a homeless person to live in at our school, but they were made to communicate some sort of idea about the concept of ‘shelter’.  You can create a plan by just doing what we did in class–planning it out on paper and then putting it into action.

4. What our group did was paint and decorate our shelter.  Even though we did use a bunch of litter and deadwood, we tried to make it as aesthetically pleasing as possible, while still having it exist as a shelter.

5. Essentially, what a shelter means is to have some sort of space that is occupied with a roof/walls and acts as some sort of safeguard.  To not have a shelter, is to be basically living out in the open with no privacy.

6. I think that most people in this world have some type of shelter that they inhabit.  Whether it being pieces of tin metal or sturdy cement walls, there is some sense of privacy and security in what most people in this world live in.

7. Anything and everything that is present in your life is going to affect your artwork in some sort of way.  Art is expressing who you are as a person and what surrounds you is what makes you who you are.

Reflection #2 (Eric H. Period 2)

1. The general “take away” message I got from most groups was that art can come in many different shapes or forms.  It can also be perceived in many different ways, depending on what the person thinks of it.  It’s not just about painting or drawing on paper, but it’s about expressing yourself and connecting yourself with the viewer.

2. After the presentations, I am now more aware of artists engaging themselves in global conversations.  I especially liked the artists that had underlying messages behind their artwork, I thought that was interesting.  I think it’s important for artists to be inspired by global issues and what not because it’s a way for people to be socially conscious of what happens in this world.  Sometimes the information we get through the media can be a little biased; In my opinion, I think art speaks a lot more truth than what we see in television and magazines.

3. I discovered types of artwork that I never even knew existed.  I think that anything that holds a significant meaning or message to it, is to be considered as art, whether it being blatant or metaphorical.

4. I think that the artwork we learned about definitely relates to the shelter project, because the shelter project is all about stretching the boundaries of what is to be considered as art.  Most people would not think of ‘building shelters’ as being art, but there is a more ambiguous meaning behind all of the work.

Eric

Shelter Project-Reflection #1 Context: Eric Hishinuma

1. What I noticed about my bedroom and the art classroom was that I have basically all the essential needs that make up an ordinary classroom or bedroom, along with a few extra accessories as well. My bedroom is nothing particularly special, it’s just really an ordinary room. The art classroom is composed of all the components that are necessary for an art class to exist.

2. While I was drawing some of the objects, I actually saw them for the first time, opposed to just looking at them.

3. I think in similarities, we both probably have the essential needs and objects that are necessary for a bedroom or classroom to exist in. However, we possibly may have a little more extra things in our room opposed to theirs (no disrespect to them or anything). It may not be true, or it may be true…it’s really all just speculation on my part.

4. Well the context of my room definitely influences my own artwork in many ways. It’s probably all a subconscious thing that I can’t really describe though. My room is what makes me who I am and my art is also what makes me who I am too.