The Yellowism movement?

Recently a person known as Valdimir Umanets was arrested in his art movement that he has been trying to create. This movement is known as Yellowism, the act of defacing art to express yellowism. Valdimir Umanets had most recently defaced Mark Rothko's "Seagram" series. He was arrested eventually for this act but claims that he did not destroy the value of the piece. He states that, "I didn't decrease the value, I didn't destroy this picture, I put something new." which made me wonder if what he is actually doing is right?

Personally, this postmodern act bothers me because it seems as it is destroying something that held a value to the artist. Mark Rothko has passed away in 1970, which makes me feel like Valdimir did something disrespectful. It would be interesting to know what everybody thinks of this act.

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What's in a Game?

One of the biggest questions that people have with gaming is the factors within a game. I recently stumbled upon a project that is documenting a series known as "What's in a game" it helps us understand the making, design, and the technology of gaming. This documentary does not focus on just chronological order, but the technical aspects. In addition, this documentary looks for answers on "how design, technology, culture, and commerce cross pollinate to create the most peculiar medium in popular culture."

Content Overview:

00. Press Start: How a video series and social media can change games.

01. Points: Why do we play? What good can come of videogames?

02. Coin: How a single quarter became larger than all of Hollywood.

03. 2:P Does play strengthen relationships? Videogames as social activity.

04. Button: We talk to machines through controls, but how do they respond?

05. Pixel: As we approach photorealism, will we revolt against the Uncanny?

06. EXP: Can games help us grow? What can we learn from them?

07. Boss: Everyone loves a villain. Duality and competition in videogames.

08. Princess: Women in games. What a little diversity could bring to gaming.

09. Cake: Gaming narratives and the precocious rituals of the gamer.

10. World: Videogame's most unique asset. The power of mythmaking.

11. Continue?: What challenges face us today? What will tomorrow bring?

Debut Trailer: What's in a Game?:

Minecraft Art

After having read the section in gaming and technology as a form of digital art I wanted to talk about my thoughts of art in gaming. I believe that it is an important medium to consider in digital art because it gives the viewer a sense of being in a new world. I quickly thought of a recent and popular game called Minecraft. The purpose of this game is to create, in fact, users can go online and play with a community to build a city or a landscape. Most people think that it may hold no purpose but in actuality it appears more like a medium in art that allows a user to create something magnificent for others to view. The video that I have posted blow shows a project that a user had done, which shows how creative you can be with the game. The game is made up of blocks but the purpose of being able to build up is quite amazing. There are probably millions of other great composites that other users have done and I just decided to post this video because it captures a natural life cycle in the game. I thought it was rather creative and captivating for a game that builds on blocks.

The Study of Roots

Recently, scientist have created transparent soil to research plant growth of the roots. The study of rhizospheres is an important study because it means we will be able to understand the growth of roots and the factors that influence the change in growth of those roots. The soil, on the other hand, is composed of Nafion, which is the same synthetic composite that is used for generating power-generating fuel-cells. The soil requires the mixture of a special water based solution to actually turn transparent. The reason why I am posting about this interesting find is because it is related to the sciences. Personally, I also believed it appears aesthetically captivating yet very revolutionary in the fields of science.

http://phys.org/news/2012-10-transparent-soil-roots.html

Vector Images and The Letters

Here is my completed images of vector design on adobe illustrator. The letters that I chose to edit were the letter XII, the roman numeral letters. Roman numerals are probably my most favorite type of "word/number" to create. I then did plenty of adjustment to create my abstract piece. In the end, I finished of my piece by making it both a jpeg and a png because it was part of my compilations title. The title of my pieces is, "Transcendentalism". The reason I gave them that title is because I wanted to show a passage of abstract time change. I began with a white background and make my image dissolve into no background to show a change of time. Basically, my piece is transcending into change. The 3 images that I have within my final pieces show an abstract species that is changing from left to right. If you look from top to bottom, change in background occur. If you look from left to right, the change occurs in their form. Also, I only decided to change the background in each file because I wanted to keep the changed images from left to right the same to correspond to the project. If I decided to not have it in one plane I was going to have each "letter" creature changing backgrounds from top to bottom.

Another piece that I created was called nightmare. This piece was originally my first image that I worked with. The reason why I stopped at where it did is because I accidentally created this image. When the image below got to where it was, I continued modifying it until I lost the image that I have below. This was disappointing because I realized I should have kept it how it looked but I saved it when I altered it too much. Anyways, the image below represents an abstract nightmare with a insane staircase in the center that directs to the crazy world of nightmares. To the side, you can see two creatures that haunt the nightmares.

Strandbeest

When art, science and technology go together you create something outstanding. This leads me to my discussion of Theo Jansen's, Strandbeest. The Strandbeest is a "creature" created by PVC pipes and Jansen's knowledge of physics and art. The purpose for creating the Strandbeest is to create a new life forms that he one day hopes to release into the beach. The Strandbeest also uses bottles to help provide more motion in the movement. I believe Theo Jansen's, "Strandbeest", is an amazing animal and I recommend to check out his site and the video below.

The Strandbeest

Laser Gun... Out of the NES light gun

Technology is something that is created until it is innovative. Yet when hackers work with a piece of technology , they can go beyond what we ever thought was possible. The NES laser gun is something that proved that innovative technology is possible with older technology. The reason I say that is because a group of hackers just made the classic TV point in shoot toy gun into a real laser gun. I recommend you see the strength of this laser gun.

Laser Hack