Artist Statement

The semester has come to an end, and I have finished my Writing and Rhetoric class’s Major Assignment Number 2. The process was frustrating and hard, and I sometimes lost hope, but in the end, I was able to complete the video edit and I’m not dissatisfied with the results.

I was looking at the options of what were available for the major assignment, and I felt like the creative approach stood out the most, because I felt like it could bring out all of the class’s artistic and aesthetic side. I chose to approach this creative adaptation in the way I did by evaluating and acknowledging my abilities and talents. There were many different things I could have done, such as doing a manga chapter for the project on the Coronavirus, or I could have done a short-story about it, but eventually I chose a video edit for my creative approach. Video editing has been a passion for me for a while, and editing has been something I’ve done since the summer of my high school freshmen year. Editing was always something that defined me, and something that made me stand out here at SUNY New Paltz. This project was a great opportunity to bring out my hobby into my work. 

There were a few inspirations that I took from the class. Some were from the course work, the Made to Stick book by Chip and Dan Heath, and A Little Argument by Jack Seizer and Lester Faigley. Most it was from the emotional attributes. The topic of my project really brought out a different side of me, of my ethnicity, and the fire that burns in me for respect for Asians. A lot of these emotional attributes were in Made to Stick, an example being “what’s in it for us”, us being Asians and everyone in the world suffering from the Coronavirus, also known as the 2020 pandemic. Also, rhetoric from the class also played a role in my project. The reason is because there had to be a lot of analyzing and some persuasion. There was also a mix of pathos, ethos, and logos in this project. Overall, there were quite a few number of elements from our coursework that I thought about while doing the assignment. 

I think the key interpretive elements of my creative elements were the use of aesthetic from graphics, and also emotional perspectives to improve my presentation. These were essential for the project, not just because it was a requirement, but it also gave a sort of boost for the aesthetic side of the project.

This project took a while, but I hope the results will be okay. I put work into it, and I hope I addressed certain communication principles.

 

Works Cited in Video Edit

 

Chang, Robert S. “(Racial) Profiles in Courage, or Can We Be Heroes Too?” Albany Law 

Review, vol. 66, no. 2, Gale Academic OneFile .Dec. 2002.  

https://suny-new.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01SUNY_NEW/f51bec/gale_legal102105758 Accessed 18. April. 2020

 

Chip, Dan and Heath. Made To Stick Random House, Inc. 2007

 

“How Coronavirus Racism Infected My High School | NYT Opinion” YouTube uploaded by The 

New York Times, 17. March, 2020 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f5ccbJcqlUo

 

Faigley, Lester and Selzer, Jack. A Little Argument Pearson Education, Inc. 2013.

 

Photo of Donald Trump. 2020. CNBC. 104466932-PE_Color.530×298.jpg Accessed 27. April . 

2020

 

Photo of Mike Pompeo . 2020.  

NPR.gettyimages-1198672189-e4c30a4b0ffb8a3585f2178dc3ce53ff73beae36-s800-c85.j

pg Accessed 27. April. 2020

 

Swell ft. Shiloh. “I’m Sorry”. There’s Still Us. Spotify. 2016

 

 Tavernise, Sabrina and Oppel Jr, Richard A. “Spit On, Yelled At, Attacked: Chinese-Americans 

Fear for Their Safety”. The New York Times. 10. April, 2020. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/23/us/chinese-coronavirus-racist-attacks.html

Accessed 20 . April , 2020

TSUKI ft. Shiloh Dynasty. “Who?” . Who? Ft. Shiloh Dynasty. Spotify. 2016