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For my second visualization, I wanted to directly visualize and represent part of my experience visiting MoMA and relate it to the ideas of engagement of the viewer/visitor, and resources immediately available (two key points from my lit review). I found as I made the visualization, I began to consider how the colors I use can contribute to the imagery of data I put in. Next to each exhibit title, I included a colored line that is representative of my experience and feeling while in the exhibit itself (“Revolutionary Inside” was particularly overwhelming). Creating this visualization also made me have to look closer at how information was presented to the viewers and any times that visitors were either encouraged/discouraged from interacting with the art and how so. I think as I continue to visit MoMA and continue these types of observations, I will also be able to better compose the data.

I was really inspired by a project I recently found called Dear Data (interestingly enough, it was recently acquired for MoMA’s permanent collection). I thought it was interesting how the images from each post card came together as both an individual image, as well as a collection for data/observations. I am interested in further studying the way that the data that the two artists observed is transformed into imagery for my own observations at MoMA.

 

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As I worked on these collages this week, I wanted to try different approaches, whether it was directly layer image son top of each other or putting them side by side. I also found that the imagery I wanted to use changed slightly as a result of my upcoming trip to Japan. While I have been utilizing imagery from my last vacation to Colorado, I have found that I have been thinking more and more about Japan and decided to incorporate imagery from there form my previous trips I have taken there. Everyday I have been thinking non-stop about it and remembering all of the places I have been to before, and knowing that I will soon have the chance to go back there has honestly been what’s getting me through the week. In the final two images here, I used photos from a hike I took in Kyoto the last time I was there.

 

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I found with my transition into more collage-work, I wanted to find more artists that utilize collage. One artist in particular I was drawn to was Beth Hoeckel. In her work, she builds an image utilizing a variety of different layers and perspectives.  I was especially drawn to her statement about her work in which she says she wants a “balance between complexity and simplicity. Contrasts with harmony. Revealing something personal without revealing anything personal.”  In my own art-making, I have always been drawn to this idea of revealing a part of myself, but doing so in a more subtle way in which the viewer can interpret it in different ways. Hoeckel has also discussed how part of her process is very intuitive, which I am very interested in. Art created out of pure instinct can have a greater meaning that is not at first completely understood, but upon then looking back at what was created, I then can try to understand more about myself. Thus, besides utilizing collage as her medium of choice, these deeper questions that are created are the reason I chose Hoeckel as my mentor artist. Looking at her work as inspiration helps raise deeper questions about the art that I make and looking closer at finding balance, something that I consistently struggle with.

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This week I ended up focusing primarily on collaging images together and I’m really liking how they’re turning out. I’ve been finding with my painted photos that they can feel redundant and nothing new is really happening with it. To get out of that, I thought I might expand my methods in how I am making the images. The images I am collaging come from my everyday work life and Colorado. The images from Colorado are also further edited, seeming almost surreal/unreal, similar to how my own memory is perceiving that trip.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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So far, I have been looking primarily at the digital resources available from the museum and looking close at the approaches that museum takes through these resources. One resource in particular has been the online course Art & Inquiry: Museum Teaching Strategies for your Classroom (offered through Coursera). It not only gives me a direct experience of MoMA’s pedagogic approach/practice, but also provides me with numerous ways to consider utilizing such practices in my own pedagogical approach and how that may affect the way my students learn. I am planning after this course to look into another course about interactive strategies to engage with art.

I have also been particularly interested to see the lessons and slide show presentations that are offered by MoMA through their side-site, MoMA Learning. By looking carefully at how their lessons are designed, that right there is a direct indication of their pedagogic approach and makes for an interesting comparison to my own lessons. It serves as both inspiration for lesson ideas, but also makes me consider the approaches made by both myself and the museum.

I am planning on physically going to MoMA this weekend, and hopefully the next two weekends, to make direct physical observations and attend further exhibitions/events in person. I am really looking forward to really being able to explore the space and see what I am able to take away from the experiences I have at the museum itself.

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This week, I started with the idea of again combing the two places of my work and Colorado, but as the says went on, I found myself going back more to what I was doing before. I was ultimately inspired by the barred window study in my sketchbook to take that similar idea of the drips with some sort of barrier, but enlarge it (in this case, on a 16 in x 24 in canvas). This was also a good chance for me to experiment again with transferring images on a larger scale. Let me just say right now, rubbing off images that large takes a lot longer than I anticipated (like 2 hours per canvas). I also tried then working on top of the transferred image (unfortunately it was still damp when I did that so it turned out a bit splotchy)

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This past week I was in Colorado on vacation and also searching out possibly moving out there, looking at different towns, cities, and neighborhoods. Being away, I was not able to bring all of my materials with me- rather I only had my laptop with me, so my works this week are all digital. As I went around different parts of Colorado, I documented everything around me and consistently found myself comparing it to everything back in New York and also felt an escape from the everyday chaos I feel, whether it is at work, driving to/from work, or everyday life. While I may not be looking forward to actually going back to work this coming week, I really look forward to see what kind of artwork comes out of my feelings of being back and remembering the feeling of calm/peace I felt while I was away.

This first one was done on the plane ride to Colorado- I thought I was simply playing around with different Photoshop tools, but looking at it closer, it definitely tells the viewer how I feel about the place I currently am at.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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For this Visualuzation, I wanted to find specific connections currently between my own pedagogy and MoMA, whether it is through exhibits, events, or other educational opportunities. I found that doing a concept map gave me an opportunity to find connections between things I did not immediately consider to be related. I also coordinated the information  by color, with my own pedagogy practices in blue and MoMA resources/practices in red. The purple was then utilized to visually demonstrate the correlations between the two. I found looking more into resources and opportunities at MoMA to be extremely helpful and I already have specific exhibits/events I am interested in going to and possibly begin utilizing teaching practices from the museum into my own teaching.  I feel that this map is a good starting off point in beginning my research in visiting the museum. Ultimately, I want to expand the map further to get more details as I go to the museum and further analyze the actual teaching methods they utilize to visitors.

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With this one, I wanted to try the same type of broad paint strokes I did before (similar to ) but rather than do it on top of the image, I wanted to print the image on top of it  this was also a way for me to test out how well printed images can turn out on an acrylic painted surface.

 

Photo Transfers

Transfer on acrylic painted canvas

Transfer on raw canvas

Transfer on gessoed/primed canvas