My goal to relieve stress

One thing I would do to relieve stress is to get more sleep. I don't have a problem sleeping early since I do it most of the time. Although, the issue that I'm facing right now is waking up too early. From time to time, I would get up around 2:50 am and stay until 4. However, due to this, I wake up late, which means I have less time to do things. For instance, making breakfast for my siblings and cleaning up. For me to relieve stress, my goal is to get at least 7-8 hours so I have more time to get ready in the morning as well as having the motivation to do my work at school. 

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Summation/Conclusion

What connections can you make between the two Artists Kaupapa and uses of the grid?

Kaupapa: Tracey Tawhiao's Kaupapa is about her Maori culture. She shows this by painting subversive Maori symbols in newspapers and leaving out text she wants to convey to the viewer. Unlike Tawhiao, De Chirico Kaupapa is around “infinity, loneliness, time, mystery and enigma, deserted streets, silent squares dominated by equestrian monuments as if a shadow had been cast on them, statues that embody suspense and waiting, omens, clairvoyant eyes, and figures cloaked in black looking thoughtfully towards the horizon” (translated from “De Chirico”, Giunti, Florence, 1988). 

Source from: Italian Ways

Uses of the grid: For Tawhiao's artwork, she uses newspapers. Since it has thin grids along with it, she uses it to separate parts of her work. On top of them, she outlines its surroundings to make the grids more visible. De Chirico, an Italian artist, also uses grids(but it's less visible ) but also focuses on perspectival shifts.

Artwork's name: "Amazon"

This is an example of Tracey Tawhiao's Artwork using grids from the newspaper as well as outlining each part with different colours: red, blue, indigo, pink and grey.

Artwork's name: "Piazza d'Italia"

This is an example of De Chirico's Artwork using grids and perspective.

Series and Sequences

In Art, we have been focusing on planning out our portfolio boards. To help us out, our teacher gave us a past (excellence) portfolio and we had to label the things that make it relate to the folio as a whole. 

Photography

In art, we have been looking at different photographers and their styles of work. The artist I have chosen is Rinko Kawauchi. Her style of work contains scenery and daily life moments. During one lesson, I took some photos and edited them using photoshop. I tried to replicate her style as I edited them, but I also mixed it with mine. 

These are some of her photographs

These are mine that I took and edited

(With editing, I didn't do much because I wanted to keep the originality of the photo. I only edited a few things such as their contrast, clarity and highlights.)

Theme: Environment/nature

Instead of just taking literal pictures of the environment(to link with my kaupapa), I used 

the idea of the sun causing a shadow, which is why I took this picture.

Film Aspects DLO

What and how are we learning?

WALT: Analyse how film aspects over-the-shoulder, POV, dutch angle, and insert shot show meaning. 
Success Criteria: I can explain why and how over-the-shoulder, dutch angle, establishing, and insert shot are used to show meaning in film.

Why are we learning it?

To develop more knowledge and to help us understand their purpose in the film.

How did it go?

It went quite well and I was able to learn more film aspects that I didn't know before.

Work in Film Aspects by Faith Pavia

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Surrealist Techniques: Subversive Realism 

Locate one artwork - Quick thumbnail label everything.

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Yves Tanguy, Mama! Papa is wounded!, 1927, oil on canvas

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Describe the artwork

This artwork has a flat grey-ish colour(gloomy desert background) along with a bit of blue on top as an exposure of the sky. In the foreground, a strange "shaggy" stick stands bending a bit to the right. Behind it, a big dark cloud looms over. On its lowest section, there are two small-scaled blue clouds. In between these clouds, a T-like letter with rounded corners stands with its shadow.

In the rest of the painting, the repetition of beans floating can be seen, along with their shadows on the surface. One is located on the dark cloud behind the shaggy stick and the other is located bottom midway of the painting. The repetition of grey short-stroke figures can also be perceived with a web-like line connecting them all together. This line then leads to a cactus. On the cactus' side, two strange white forms can be detected: one floating and the other lying down. Above the cactus, three bean-shaped objects are attached while hovering in the sky. 

Two strange objects stand next to each other on the far rear side of the painting: one is a white squiggly line and the other is shaped like the top part of a cotton bud. If you take a closer at the white squiggly object, little particles can be seen flying away from it.

Explain how subversion is demonstrated in this artwork's subject. 

Statement from The Artist

'Several interpretations of the painting were made and some of it made references to the violence of First World War and highlighted the scary and anxiety mood. The Papa was represented by the standing figure of yellow color while the Mama was represented by the cactus. The child of the Mama and Papa was represented by the amorphous mass.'

- According to the quote I have used above, there were many interpretations of the painting, some of which alluded to the violence of the First World War. The objects that were used represents family members - Cactus(mother), Yellow figure(father), and amorphous figurine(child). From my own understanding, subversion is demonstrated through the representation of the objects undermining the effect of war on families - their separation. This explains why all the subjects used in the painting are separated in an unidentified way.

Giorgio de Chirico, The Mystery, and Melancholy of a street, 1914, oil on canvas (Private Collection)

Explain how subversion is demonstrated in the space and paint application used by De Chirico.

The narrow space in the painting shows subversion to feature the girl running in the bright light. The bold colours used in this piece illustrate the two divided zones: the lightness from the left side and the darkness from the right—to highlight the idea he's trying to express. 

What similarities can you list between Tawhiao and De Chirico's work?

One of the similarities between Tawhiao and De Chirico's work is the use of grids. However, De Chirico's grid is less visible and he combines it with the use of perspective. Another similarity between the two artists is the use of certain figures to emphasize their ideas. Tawhiao uses patterns whereas De Chirico uses statues and other unique things. 

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Subversion through recolonising? 

Sofia Minson -  listen, read the transcript and/or close captions, take notes, link the video.

- Sofia Minson's artworks are about myths, legends, and cosmology.

- She combines different cultures in her artwork.

- Her artworks are named after gods and goddesses such as Queen of Raa and Mother Mary.

- She wants people in her portrait to be seen as ancestors and deities speaking to the viewers.

Locate one artwork -Quick thumbnail label everything. 

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Describe the artwork?

This artwork shows a waka(canoe) resting upon an empty shore. It has a gloomy background with a light shining in the middle.  

Does Minson's work show subversion? If so how? If not, why?

Minson's work does show subversion. This is shown through the message behind the artwork. According to its description, this artwork is about a lonely waka resting upon the shores of Aotearoa after a long journey. Minson is trying to bring the fact that Kupe and the Matahorua's crew's presence should be felt after they've abandoned their waka to explore a new land. If they didn't discover it in the first place, they wouldn't be able to come upon the unidentified place - referring to the discovery of New Zealand.

How does she use what exists already to 4 ideas?

"It's mainly the myths, the legends, the cosmology, of—that I get from my Maori Culture that really comes through. Then I sort of find links with Hinduism and Christianity and with Egyptian mythology and sort of love—you know, combining all those different cultures." -Sofia Minson(Interview)

- My understanding from this is that the things she uses that already exist (different cultures) help her create ideas for her artworks by combining and finding links in between them.  

What differences can you list between Minson and Tawhiao's work?

- Tawhiao uses text and Minson doesn't.

- Tawhiao uses grids to separate her work whereas Minson uses objects or patterns.

- Minson uses multiple cultures in her work, but Tawhiao only focuses on one (Maori culture).

- Tawhiao's work is mostly patterns. Unlike Tawhiao, Minson's work is about animals, nature, and landscape.

- Minson uses canvas for her artwork, but Tawhiao uses newspaper.