Hi everyone, I had such a fantastic quarter with you all. I hope everyone has a wonderful summer!

Here is my final project.

death during life + life after death.pdf

I thought this week's art installation was so informative and diverse. The piece that touched me the most was one I nearly missed altogether. I was admiring an installation resembling blinds made of crystalized zucchini. As I made my way out of that portion of the exhibit I noticed an innocuous fridge-like structure. I am usually not a person to physically explore a piece of art but I was curious so I opened the door to the fridge. To my delight, I found a small metal book within, frigid to the touch. I took out the book, forged in metal, and bound with metal circles.

I thought this week's art installation was so informative and diverse. The piece that touched me the most was one I nearly missed altogether. I was admiring an installation resembling blinds made of crystalized zucchini. As I made my way out of that portion of the exhibit I noticed an innocuous fridge-like structure. I am usually not a person to physically explore a piece of art but I was curious so I opened the door to the fridge. To my delight, I found a small metal book within, frigid to the touch. I took out the book, forged in metal, and bound with metal circles.

I thought it was really interesting how our lecture transitioned from contemplation on dust in our daily environments and its effect on our personal ecology, to a dive into the production of saffron and its effect on the market of spices, to a mesmerizing sound and sight experience at the Observatory with Santiago Torres. The saffron video encouraged me to think harder about the foods in our lives that seem so common that they become innocuous, but they may in fact not be what they are advertising at all.

Here is my midterm presentation. 

I wanted to visualize one of the specialties of my Major which is Forensic Anthropology. Forensic Anthropologists deal with death so much that I wanted to honor the remains we handle and give them a sense of beauty and peace. 

This event was really beautiful and it made me think about what art could be. It asked me to analyze what I know about “newness” using a fresh perspective. The artists posed the argument that we as a society are obsessed with new things, new ideas, just the mere concept of something “new” is appealing to us which can be a problem. 

I thought our discussion on Chinese Zodiacs was really fun and informative. The fortune cookie was really tasty and I was lucky enough to get my sign; the snake.

Accumulation:

I will be the first to admit that I am not a fan of mushrooms in my food. They are strange foodstuffs and I avoid them when I can. That is not to say I hate mushrooms as a person because I find their ingenuity and negotiation skills quite impressive.