1. Artists cazn be a part of global conversations about important and relevant topics and issues bydoing projects together with other artists and talking about it.
4. Artists push the limits of their media and reconsider what can be thought of as art in many ways. Arists use old stuff to make new buildings. Like our group did presentation on Gordon Matta Clark who always used old stuff to make new buildings and it use to look so cool.
Understanding Goals:

1. Site- specific art is made to go in a certain surroundings. Installation art is art which pops out of the room. Conceptual art is that which haves a meaning behind it.
2. Well, I think that artists first think that what we really want, what we really like in this generation, which relates to us today.
3. We can plan and create a three-dimensional site-specific installtion that communicates /conveys ideas about the concept of shelter by first thinking about it. I mean we should first see that how to make it, we should also look at weather. But when you build your own shelter its much harder than it looks.
4. You can use recycled materials to plan a pleasing artwork that doubles as functioning shelters by breaking the recycled material down and then nailing it together or if you are using cardboards then jus tape it.
5. Well for me I think it means a lot to have a shelter. If you don’t have a place where you can hide inside, then thats too bad because then you can’t put your stuff anywhere and you can’t even sleep because its like too cold outside. So ya, its like really painful not to have a shelter.
6. Everybody in the world don’t live in the same conditions. Some people have better houses, some don’t. So it depends on how rich they are. But i can tell you one thing that we really live in good conditions, then most people does live. Like in some places people are so poor that they don’t even have any money with them.
7. Context impact my work as an artist because I really like art and lots of my friends influenced me.

Enjoy the pictures from today-The last day of the shelter project.

1.Artist can be a part of global conversations that are about important and relivant topics and issues by expressing there political opinions in an artistic way that will impact the way people think or feel in a way that can be in ways more peaceful.

4.they push the limits of  there media and reconcider what can be concidered art by expressing themselfs in there own matter and creating with a free and open mind that makes them able to see any thing in a more creating way.

understanding goals:

1.site-specific art is art that is built into one place that is specifc to tthat place and was set there for a reason. installation art is like 3-d pices that are installed into spaces to change the aspects of that area. conceptual art is art that streeses the meaning the art is trying to portray.

2.what we do/say/make as an artist can and most deffinatly will directly relate to our responsiblity as acitizens of the world by the fact that we as artists have the skill to express areselfs in different mediums and know how to make the message of whats important get out to people and be understood.

3.in class we planned and created site- specific art. we planned to have them on the campus to have them on desplay and to show what a shanty town is like.

4.anyone  can use recycled materials to create aesthetically pleaseing artwork that doubles as a functioning shelter you need to find reusable recycled materials that you can figure out how to set them up in a way that can be interesting to others, like with my groups shelter i painted a part of it pink and it really cought my attention everytime i drove by.

5.what it means to have a shelter is to have a place of your own for personal space to live and pretect yourself in. to not have a shelter is lke being without pretection from the elements and the rest of the world. its not having any of your own personal space or place to live and servive.

6.a lot of people live pretty decently in the world but the other half lives in hard proverty and may be unsafe from the elements around them and not have suficent shelters for there own space.

7.the impact of the contects of my surrounding,life, and enviroment impact my work as an artist in a way to were im alowed the freedom to express myself in anyway i see fit. i dont feel forced to express my political views or pressure that i have to cencore myself for fear of what people might think. i just have thew freedom to flow

1. Artists can create art that shows how he or she feels about a certain issue and to inspire the people to do something about this issue.
4. Artists can push the limits of their media and reconsider what can be thought of as art by creating conceptual art. Conceptual artists say that something is considered as an artwork because they say so.

Understanding Goals:

1. Site-Specific:  a type of art that is created in a certain place and has meaning.
Installation: when something is placed on a location where this “something” becomes meaningful.
Conceptual: considered as an artwork because the artist said that it IS an artwork.
2. As artists, we have the responsibility let others hear our opinions and see things from our point of view.
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4. To build our shelter, we used wood, for the base and cardboard to make the walls.
5. To have a shelter doesnt necessarily mean you have a house. It just means that you have a place where you can live comfortably.
6.  Most people probably do not have everything that they want but they have everything that they need to live.
7. My context can affect what materials I use to make art and the objects that I put in them.

UPDATED: Arvin G.

1. Artists have a way of seeing things from different perspectives. So when one decides to make a piece on an important global subject, they offer a way to see things in a new light. Many people and politicians get caught up in lies and self-image and then don’t take a black and white stance. Artists are not afraid to say [write, draw, paint, etc.] exactly what they think, the bottom line, the moral of the problem. In my opinion, when artists make a piece about a global issue, such as homelessness or poverty, they remind us that we are all humans.

4. Traditionally, art is considered as a pretty picture on canvas. But today, artists are trying to break free from that generalization in all ways possible. Many artists are using the world as their canvas, making their art controversial and bold. We are redefining what art is, art is whatever we want it to be.

UNDERSTANDING GOALS:

1. When we were first asked what site-specific art was, I was clueless. But looking back at it now, it’s really self explanitory. Site-specific art is an art piece that is made or constructed specifically to fit into a location. Installation art overlaps site-specific art in that it is build for a specific location, or installed; there was a plan and reason behind the piece. Conceptual art focuses more on the reason behind the art piece, the reason for building it to that location and what it’s purpose will be.

2. As an artist, we are responsible for making people SEE things. By making a powerful art piece, we are stating our opinion or feelings that others can relate to, we’re saying something. Whether what we say relates to one person or to a mass makes no difference. Art can change lives, and I think that was one of the underlying focuses of the shelter project. As artists, we can change the world :]

3. I think we as students define “shelter” the same way– a four-walled room with a floor and a ceiling. When you build your own shelter [which is much harder than it looks] complications come into effect, such as weather and wildlife and authority telling you have to move here and then there…etc. I think our shelters we made communicate our ideas of what a shelter is, to the best of our abilities in the time allowed and with the materials we had.

4. Using recycled materials wasn’t too hard to work with, however, breaking up the wooden crates was a challenge, to say the least. Our original design was completely different to what we actually built. Envisioning our goal and then actually building it were very different. My group ended up joining up with another group and making one shelter, combining our ideas into one. Individually, our shelters were somewhat pathedic, but when we worked together it really wasn’t too bad.

5. A shelter is a place where someone can feel safe, in my opinion. I think that since houses have become part of our lives, we take their shelter for granted. Although I’m proud of the “sculpture” we made, I couldn’t imagine what it’d be like to actually live there, or even just to sleep there. I think this project has made us all think about what we have and how lucky we are compared to what others do not have and work really hard to get.

6. A suprisingly high number of people live in shantytowns [and the like] and in poverty. It’s funny how people tend to think that everyone lives the same way that they do, probebly because we are surrounded by people with the same lifestyles. But, when you get out of your comfort zone and really see what is going on, it’s crazy. We are so lucky to have what we have, this is surreal.

7. As an artist, you try to connect your lifestyle with the rest of the outside world. So when you make a personal piece, your background comes out in it– your lifestyle and values, who you really are. Your attitudes and opinions relate back to how you grew up and what you have made yourself to be. Others see things differently from eachother due to these socioeconomic/enviormental/political/family/religious differences. No one is the same, after all. But if we can empathize to eachother, then the artists has done their job in making their art in the first place.

Throughlines:
1.) Artist can be a part of global conversation about important and relevant topics and issues by creating site specific and installation art by creating art for people to see.  It can help viewers see and understand for themselves what message the artist is trying to portray.
2.)Form in artworks can be a vehicle through which content can be communicated through because it can show others that depending on the environments, situation, or materials provided with the forms of artwork the medium of the artists can be different.
3.)The impact of our context showed that not everybody’s shelter was going to be the same.  Depending on what materials everyone got, depended on how durable and sturdy the shelter would be.  The context of our shelters reflected how we have a lot of resources.  In our environment it showed that at first our surroundings was okay, until neighboring classes started to become upset with the noise.  Not a lot of religious or political views was portrayed within the context of our  shelters, but a lot of the images or whatever we decorated it with was with personal likings or what ever reflected us as people today.

4.) Artist push the limits of their media and reconsider what can be thought of as art by thinking outside the box, and doing their art by doing different mediums, not the usual traditional ones like paintings or clay structures.

Understanding Goals:

1.)Site-specific art is when a piece of artwork is  specifically put in an area for a reason.  Installation art is when an artwork can be made/installed anywhere, and conceptual art is when art has a certain message and purpose.

2)My actions as an artist  relates to my responsibilty as a citizen of the world because I am sending a message out into the world for others to undertand and see what my art means.

3.) Having rough sketches and a good visual image of what you are going to create can be a specific installation  that communicates and conveys ideas about the concept of shelter.  Basically what Mr. Elkin always makes us do before we do our “actual” piece.  By creating an idea of what we want to do before hand, makes the process of actually doing the actual piece easier, and when we do the actual piece we can just wing or add more things while making it.

4.) You can use recycled materials to plan a pleasing artwork that doubles  as functioning shelters by using the recycled materials as a substitute for other materials we could have used.  It can be nice on the outside but the actual shelter can be not sturdy, and easy to break.

5.)  To have a shelter means to have protection, but not having a shelter it means to go find one and find a source of something you can call yours to protect yourself.

6.)  Everybody in the world don’t live in the same conditions.  Where we live, we are so priveleged to have all the resources we have.  We live in better conditions than most people, where as some people don’t even have a shelter or a place to sleep.  The kids in Oakland live in the same conditions as we do.

7.)It impacts my context as an artist because all of these factors influence and help me see things in a certain way.   And whatever influences with usually comes out through my artwork.

AHHHH IM DONE!

1.  Artists can be part of global conversations about important and relevant topics and issues by creating art that reflects there ideas, opinions, and stance on them.

4. Artists push the limits of their media and reconsider what can be thought of as art by creating conceptual art that is made to get across ideas.

Understanding Goals:

1.  Site-specific art is specific to a certain place and holds meaning to the concept of the artwork and/or the artist . Installation art is made to fit into a certain place; sometimes to complement it. Installation art is built into a place and can also be taken apart and moved. Sculptures can be considered installation art. Conceptual art is made to get across and represent ideas.

2. Artists choose whether or not they want to voice they opinions on the issues of the world. Some artists think that it is their responsibility to create artwork that reflects their stance on certain issues, but others may to choose to express themselves through art without incorporating metaphors or ideas that reflect their views.

3. You can plan and create a three-dimensional site-specific installation by drawing preliminary sketches, drawings, and schematics that shows the scale and functions of the installation. To communicate and convey ideas about the concept of the shelter you can manipulate the structure and architecture of the installation as well as using different/specific materials. Another way to convey the concept of the shelter is to paint the surface with artwork that reflects the meanings and ideas behind it.

4. By taking apart old crates and nailing them together for a sturdy frame as well as using old cardboard for roofing and walls, a person can construct an aesthetically pleasing artwork with an attractive design as well as a functioning shelter.

5. Having a shelter is having a place of security where a person feels safe. A shelter protects an individual from the elements and allows them to have a place where they can rest. Not having a shelter means that the person is dislocated and always on the move, moving from one place to another, hoping to find a place of security to occupy.

6. Most people live in poor conditions and lack the addequate safety and protection that a shelter should provide as well as lacking essential resources necessary to survive.

7. All aspects of my context influence and impact my work as an artist, but ultimately it is my environment that inspires me to capture the beauty that I perceive in the world around me.

-Dmitry Willis

4. Sustainability is being able to persist and maintain one self or in this case our shelters without intteruption. Its connected to the idea of shelter because a shelter ins something of a set thing or atleast should be. So in order to have a goo hlter it should be sustainable to the enviroment in all its forms.

Understanding goals
1.Site specific art is art that has been made at a particular spot and on purpose. Installation art is art that usualy that has depth or a sculpture and is set to certain location, usualy some where out of the ordinary. And coceptual art is art that had a cetain concept or ideal behind it obvious or not.

2. It relates tremendously because we as a citizen, as a human being of society is to know whats going on in the world.. And being an artist can help with that alot by showing the world by doing/saying/making art , and that communicates to the rest of the world, and that is the responsibility.

3. The first thing to do is to get ideas and influences in order to start preliminary stages of such a project. depending upon your concept/idea/influences your shelter is going to vary in many ways. After doing so you start to get supplies depending on the enviroment your building the shelter on. You may write words or manipulate shapes and lines to further more convey your certain concept. There are endless variations to convey ideas in shelters.

4.There are tons of materials that can be reused to build shelters. Those same materials can be in good conditions and double as aesthetically pretty. All over cities and towns you may find tools and supplies that can recycled to use for shelters..

5. A shelter is a place that to live in plain and simple. To not have a shelter means to not have anything to live in. A shelter is better than no shelter, and its all love.

6. Most people have a home/shelter and in ok condtions. But theres is a huge chunk of the society that dont have home, live under oppression, and have no set income. we have it great in the US. Mny people in the world would be gratefull to just have half the shit we have

7. It impacts artists HUUUUUGE! Because many artists work behind all those influnences. How you grow up shapes your future and how you grow up can also shape your artwork. the influences and concepts behind art are going to vary alot when it come to the oppsite sides of the spectrum on influences/topics such as socioeconomic, cultural,geographic,environment, religious,political, and family. Depending upon on which side of the spectrum your on your concepts/beliefs/ideals are all going to differ as your artwork will too.

4.Artists push the limits of their media and reconsider what can be thought of as art by pushing the limit and going all out and expressing there mind.

3.Site-specific, installation, and conceptual art is expression in built form.

4.What you do, say, make as an artist relate to your responsibility as a citizen of the world by the things you show and do, how you show your work and how you contribute the world in your art.

5.You plan it then you prepare it and then you fallow through with it.

6.You can used recycled materials by using your imagination and just call it art because you say it is.

7.Having a shelter means that you have a place to call home and to not have a shelter means you have no place to be safe in and no place to call home.

8.Most people have descent houses in the world, but then there are homeless people to.

9.Socioeconomic/cultural/geographic/environmental/religious/political/family context impact my work by expressing my work in every different way possibly.

2. Artists push the limits of their media and reconsider what can be thought of as art by expressing themselves in anyway and everyway possible, the limit to art is none so one can go far with expression in all kinds of art.

3. Site-Specific, Installation, and Conceptual Art is expression in built form.

4.What i do/say/make as an artists relates to my responsibility as a citizen of the world by adding a piece of my mind n myself to the world, having a say, a thought. A responsibility to add some change to the world.

5. You can plan and create a three-dimensional site-specific instillation that communicates/conveys ideas about the concept of shelter by planning it, preparing it, and then following through with it.

6. You can use recycled materials to plan and create an aesthetically pleasing artwork that doubles as a functioning shelter by building something nice.

7. To have a shelter means to have a place to go back to and always feel safe in. Not having a shelter means the opposite.

8. I think Most people in the world live in sterdy shelters that protect them in all weather.

9. Socioeconomic/ cultural/ geographic/ enviromental/ religious/ political/ family context impact my work as an artist by having a diffierent eye and perspective than everyone else, to express something that only i can see.