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Artist Statement

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Label Information: Kharrington DeBose, Leaves of Brush Creek, Digital Photo EditingArtist Statement:I explored Brush Creek early November and started in the middle of the Plaza and then worked my way to Brush Creek Parkway and then all the way to the Paseo. My constant parameters were that for every three trees I'd pick up at least three leaves.

Map of Brush Creek/Proposal

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For the Foundations final we are to explore the historical creek nearby and make art and awareness of it. It's a very old creek, but has dealt with a lot of pollution and changes within each reach (parts of it) as it intersects the city. It has a very different feeling as you walk it, going from naturey

Par Volllen (Altered Map)

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The original source was a blank map of North Korea I found online. I used two maps originally, but with the blank one because there was a lot of information on the first map and there was no way I could easily substitute the information without the map getting really busy and overwhelming. I went with North Korea

Asian Studies/Post Bac/Social Practice Symposium

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I'm not really a fan of the symposiums that are in the middle of the day, because I forget about them until it's ten minutes before. They're only great before because the sandwiches are so delicious and sometimes the chips are good. And we also get cookies. Which is sweet. The symposium was alright in general. Hearing about

Maps

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We never realize how much we use/think about maps and until we're confronted with them, like I am for the second time this year. In my writing class, we had to write paper over a place and look at maps about it. I can now tell you the majority of Lawrence, Kansas' history and involvement with the Civil

Sculpture Symposium

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The sculpture symposium was not as engaging as the previous symposiums in the last few weeks, though I believe that for people who want to go into the department, it helped get them excited for it. For me, it was sort of boring. I'm not really into sculpture so it was interesting in parts, but sometimes had the

Interactive Arts Symposium

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The IA symposium was very interesting. I had an idea of what it was but the symposium broadened my eyes, in a good way, to what the field was. It's all very experimental and similar to coding, except based on the person viewing instead of the product already being in place and no further interaction. My previous experiences

Found Sounds/Proposal

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For my synesthetic project, I will use video since I am most comfortable with that and depict the warm hues that the first audio track had and then for the footsteps turn to the cooler darker colors since it feels more dark and rainy with the keys jingling at the same time. For the last one, I see

Patterns

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This is an example of ditsy design which is an all over design of mini elements that are simple and eccentrically silly and can be funny. I liked the daisies because while it could be argued to be a floral pattern, the inclusion of the butterfly and the daisies aren't the same size and some have stems, changes

Filmmaking Symposium

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At first I was unsure on how I felt about the symposium with the experimental video. Like it was cool, but I don't really care for the experimental side as it looked more animation than video. But it started picking up for me with the hidden camera films of NYC post 9/11 and the one with Scarlett Johansson.

Some Time Alone, Alone // Melody's Echo Chamber

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The gesture of the box represents a calm Buddha like figure. The spoons’ reflective quality of light enhances the enlightened pose of the Buddha box. We chose the spoons because it’s mass produced and also because we appreciated the other clear spoon sculptures in the class because of the transparency. From the sheer number of spoons, it transcends

Fibers Symposium

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The Fibers lecture was very informative and interesting in how it's not all about fashion but using certain fibers to make art and sometimes that art is fashion. My favorite part was the long distance pillow and the 3d printed fashion clothes. The pillow lights up when someone uses it where the connected pillow is. So someone in

Printmaking Symposium

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The printmaking symposium was not really interesting. I was disappointed because printmaking has been around for a long time and I wanted to hear how it is handling everything getting digital and the different between a print and a graphic design piece. Instead it was mostly about collaboration with other artists to make their work or similar to

Familiar Faces: Through the Eyes of a Box

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Our intent in creating the video is to evoke the sublime using awkward tension and confrontations with the box and its surroundings. We used a back and forth technique to bring balance between solitude and the chaotic nature of city life. The use of "Mad World" by Gary Jules further enhances the loneliness of the box. We gained

Graphic Design Symposium

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I've always loved Graphic Design. I like to mess around with photoshop and make my own graphics. My banner is made by me and most of the pictures for the my slider are made by me as well. This symposium answered my last request in my last symposium post by being interesting and engaging the audience in the

Sublime References W/ Video Rough Draft

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For the sublime box video we were to find three references in popular media to the sublime. I chose the museum scene with Cameron and A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte from Ferris Bueller's Day Off, a scene from Moonrise Kingdom with Suzy on the lighthouse building and a scene from Her with Theodore staring

Liberal Arts Symposium

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Friday's symposium focused on the liberal art majors: Creative Writing and Art History. For me, I wasn't really all that interested. These aren't major majors. They are minors or you could double major, but you have to submit a letter of intent to the program to even be considered. That was a surprise for me, but at least

Painting Symposium

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I can't wrap my mind around painting nowadays. To me, painting is putting something on a canvas. But from Friday, I realize it is not something I really want to get into. Painting from what I gathered is just making people think and go beyond that canvas and whatever kind of paint (if you're using that) to shock

Chiaroscuro Pictures + Selfie

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We're learning about values and how light affects subjects and were to find three pictures that represented chiaroscuro (light/dark). I chose one still from Nosferatu of the main man himself. I then looked for two more in Citizen Kane since that movie had a lot of contrast between the light and the shadows making it an iconic, yet

Animation Symposium

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Friday we had another symposium. This time it was over Animation and how it's changing. I wanted to do animation to make video games when I was in middle school, choosing to go Olathe Northwest, but changed it once I realized how much time it took and how little patience I have for that. So it wasn't a

Convergence of Art, Music, and Dance

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As a video student, I sort of had an understanding before hand on how music and film mixed together. Music adds texture to make the audience feel more invested with the story, which is why some people can't get into silent movies because most of the time what we see now are old movies with vintage happy music

New Page

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I've made a page for where I'll show the assignments I've done for my Foundations class. It's sort of like my portfolio page except more focused on drawing instead of my favorite medium of film. Here it is.

Cool Websites

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I really like blogs/websites about bands. Mostly because I can find out more information about the bands and what they're up to and if they'll be touring to KC soon so I can go see them. My top three favorite blogs based on the aesthetic would be: Albert Hammond, Jr. I'm a fan of the square posts and

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Asking what is a good design is very arbitrary. Not everyone has the same eye for design and art like the next person. My brother for one likes art that actually makes something he can comprehend like a portrait of a girl or a landscape of an obvious landmark, but dislikes abstract art of colors and lines leading

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On Friday, we went to a symposium over Photography. It served as an introduction to photography as a whole instead of an intro into the curriculum at Kansas City Art Institute. The lecturer, Tom Lewis, started us off with one of the first photographs: an almost empty Parisian street. It was eerie looking at the photo and seeing

Updated

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I've finished all my videos plus more! I don't know what to do with my film career now, as I feel all thought out and tired. I have a video project that's due Friday so I'll most likely end up doing that. Here's the prompt for that. I've finished Almost There. It was a long process and I've learned

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