1. Through the internet, artists can globaly communicate vocally and visually see who they’re talking to. This is only with the proper software and a web cam, but artists can also communicate through the work they produce.
4. Artists push boundaries in terms of what is considered art by using various mediums. Beyond that, artists use a variety of materials to make sculptures and change shapes and ideas of sculptures into artworks that most people wouldn’t consider to be art at first glance.
1. Site specific art coincides with its surroundings. A lot of focus is placed on where it’s located at. Installation art is art that is built in an area with various materials. Conceptual art doesn’t focus so much on skill but the idea, or what the artists message is that he/she is trying to get across.
2. I feel that my responsibility as a citizen is to contribute to our society in some positive way. What I do, say, and make as an artist relates to this because I want to positively influence others to contribute too.
3. To communicate the ideas about the concept of the shelter we built, we had to avoid buying any supplies needed for the shelter, using what we found. This conveys how hard it really is for the homeless and jobless to build their own shelters to live in. The art we made was site-specific in a sense too because we built on the side of the school where our shelters were visible from the street, making passer-bys more aware of poverty and the living conditions of homeless.
4. Recycled materials can be used to help convey a message and to build with. The viewer will notice that the materials are recycled from the poor condition they are in, but will also take into account that they are molded into a functioning shelter, despite the fact that the materials are old and most likely unwanted.
5. To have a shelter means you have a home. To have a home means you have a place to go come back to whenever you leave. And when you do come back, you have a roof over your head to cover you from the rain, walls to block you from the wind, and some sense of privacy.
6. A lot of people in the world live in poverty in areas with extreme weather conditions surrounded by ruthless, selfish, apathetic people.
7. I live in a middle to upper class suburb which influences my art because my surroundings differ from those of a slum, from abandon buildings, to litter on the streets, even to the amount of agriculture. My culture has little effect on my work because it is not heavily stressed in my family. The environment I live in contributes to my art because i have to adjust to the fact that anti-graffiti is enforced more where i live opposed to the urban terrain. My work is mainly influenced by my mood though, and extreme experiences.
