Golan Levin cleverly used a Kinect to tape the interview. This was a funny and interesting idea. You can tell this video is art in itself because it decontextualized the interview into something totally different.
Abstractionism is a topic Golan mentioned that I was very drawn to. He says that the abstract can convey things to us that go beyond language. This statement left me pensive. I realized that I almost always use abstractionism in all my projects, whether they be art or for my Ancient Philosophy course. In my Final Art Video Piece this is very clear because of the underwater element as it distorts the way we see the physical world. I think I may favor using abstract means to convey messages because I must have unknowingly had an intuitive sense that the abstract appeals to a different, non-linguistic sense of understanding and perception. The fluidity of the many different ways our brain can interpret the world fascinates me. I think it is important to know that our language is simply a means of audible communication, but that our human capacity is capable of understanding through many other mediums.
Wednesday, May 6, 2015
Final Video Art Piece
Embrace The Error
Tracey Carrasco
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R6N2CPSPG2c&feature=youtu.be
Tuesday, May 5, 2015
Evolution of Music
The Cure- Why Can't I Be You?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MI0a9hTh5AU
This song belongs to the new wave genre. The drums give it a rock type of effect and the keyboard notes uplifts it to a more pop sound but in general its a fusion of the two genres.
Darude- Sandstorm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2HQaBWziYvY
This song belongs to the electro genre. The entirety of the track is computer generated. There are no lyrics and it holds a constant beat and melody line (which isn't really a melody more than it is a constant series of notes). The song is very repetitive and hyper-tempo.
The Offspring- Pretty Fly (For a White Guy)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nzY2Qcu5i2A
This song is definitely a mix between nineties and punk. It has traces of Ska which was a staple of the reggae loving youth of the nineties. Moreover, the 'punk' is this song is clear by the aggressive yet goofy attitude of the lead singer who sings with conviction typical of rock music yet stays lighthearted throughout.
Front line Assembly- Plasticity
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AIFPzehIY1Q
In my opinion, this song seems epitomizes the genre Industrial 75/Goth. The electric sounds are reminiscent of early electro and the "screamo" type of singing makes it dark and gothic sounding. I almost want to say it's like Post Modern Crisis because of the many influences of sounds in the song. It's a mixture of techno, electro- clash, and high energy rock. It doesn't seem far fetched to say that music after the eighties is a mixture of everything from the past, especially this song.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MI0a9hTh5AU
This song belongs to the new wave genre. The drums give it a rock type of effect and the keyboard notes uplifts it to a more pop sound but in general its a fusion of the two genres.
Darude- Sandstorm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2HQaBWziYvY
This song belongs to the electro genre. The entirety of the track is computer generated. There are no lyrics and it holds a constant beat and melody line (which isn't really a melody more than it is a constant series of notes). The song is very repetitive and hyper-tempo.
The Offspring- Pretty Fly (For a White Guy)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nzY2Qcu5i2A
This song is definitely a mix between nineties and punk. It has traces of Ska which was a staple of the reggae loving youth of the nineties. Moreover, the 'punk' is this song is clear by the aggressive yet goofy attitude of the lead singer who sings with conviction typical of rock music yet stays lighthearted throughout.
Front line Assembly- Plasticity
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AIFPzehIY1Q
In my opinion, this song seems epitomizes the genre Industrial 75/Goth. The electric sounds are reminiscent of early electro and the "screamo" type of singing makes it dark and gothic sounding. I almost want to say it's like Post Modern Crisis because of the many influences of sounds in the song. It's a mixture of techno, electro- clash, and high energy rock. It doesn't seem far fetched to say that music after the eighties is a mixture of everything from the past, especially this song.
Wednesday, April 22, 2015
Performance Art Piece
Title: The Pressure on Women- Unrealistic Beauty Standards
Performer: Tracey Carrasco
Camera Person: Mariette Amici
Extras: University of Tampa student body
A special thanks to My professor of Art and Technology honors, Santiago Echeverry, for assigning the performance art piece. It made me think of an out-of-the-ordinary way to make people think, and not just think, but to think about something that needs awareness. The social issue that I decided was worthy of the assignment was the pressure on women in a mass media society society that advocates unrealistic beauty standards. The overarching insecurity that one will never reach a weight, a height, or a color for example, is pervasive.
Click the link below to view. Thank you.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w1LCAeneSoI
Performer: Tracey Carrasco
Camera Person: Mariette Amici
Extras: University of Tampa student body
A special thanks to My professor of Art and Technology honors, Santiago Echeverry, for assigning the performance art piece. It made me think of an out-of-the-ordinary way to make people think, and not just think, but to think about something that needs awareness. The social issue that I decided was worthy of the assignment was the pressure on women in a mass media society society that advocates unrealistic beauty standards. The overarching insecurity that one will never reach a weight, a height, or a color for example, is pervasive.
Click the link below to view. Thank you.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w1LCAeneSoI
Wednesday, April 1, 2015
Reviewing Pandora
Pandora became as successful as it did because it was clever. They played upon our emotions, as Socrates would say. People like and will constantly use things that make life as easy and convenient as possible. Not only does Pandora do the music research for the listener, it allows you to further customize the playlist at the simple touch of a 'thumbs up' or 'thumbs down'. Pandora also makes it easy to discover other music groups or artists you might enjoy by suggesting them on the page. I personally prefer Pandora over any other music app because it's user friendly and because I have discovered a cheat to defeat the pesky commercials. When a commercial comes on, quickly double tap the home button, swipe up on the Pandora page, then reopen the app and your next song should play. Disclaimer: the cheat only works on an iPhone. All in all, it seems to me that Pandora mastered the art of convenience and long term customer relationship strategy.
Flip Book Animation Project
A 500 frame flip book animation on sticky notes.
Title: The Heart Tree
Illustrations by: Tracey Carrasco
The video was presented in class and received an A. It is too large of a file to upload to this website.
Title: The Heart Tree
Illustrations by: Tracey Carrasco
The video was presented in class and received an A. It is too large of a file to upload to this website.
Corpse Project
The wine bottles in this project are decontextualized by various objects which symbolize the degeneration and demise of a young woman, or a of an entire young female generation if you choose to interpret that way. The tape measure around the neck of a bottle represents the pressure felt by young women as a result of unrealistic beauty standards set by mass media. The jewels and other female accouterments stand for the struggle and strife to meet a societal standard of beauty. And lastly yet most importantly, alcoholism becomes the young woman's coping mechanism until she consequently meets a bittersweet death.
Compilation by: Tracey Carrasco
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