Diatribe of Saint Vitus with a theme...

Diatribe of Saint Vitus with a theme song far far away from Arnaldo Roman on Vimeo. This is a re-mediation on Theme Song by Vito Acconci. As i was visualizing it it was not a moment on intimacy or a...

Winter Presentation 09

Media: Video-Art Net-Art Photography Design performance Painting. Process: At this point there is no  main media for me to choose and work, but I am in the process of editing 4 new videos and some ambient...

Fall Presentation 08

At this point I am exploring different medias like Video-Art, Net-Art, Photography, Design and Painting. The main concept behind all these kind of works or what will consequently tied them together will be that of consuming culture in Puerto Rico and the influence the global market have in our culture. Most of my work will be presented on the internet as video art and net art relying on coding as the vehicle of presentation. I am still on the process of decontextualizing images and content from institutional media like television, newspaper, magazines and making a new story on what they present. My studio project will be composed of many sources and many projects that may consequently make a full statement and a comment on identity and how consumerism shape it, supplanting the real with a copy that becomes what we see, what we live and what we believe. Problems I am having? At this moment the main situation I have to resolve is how to find a browser redirection technique that suit what i want in may work, mostly because some of my projects requires a movie type presentation but not using a movie media like Quicktime or Mpg but code, Just HTML and Javascript without affecting the visibility of the media.

Group Effort with Geoff Cox

Faculty: Geoff Cox Description:

Radical changes in the nature of work have lead to the current tendency to regard curatorial, artistic and cultural work as indicative of the ways in which all work is increasingly (forced to be) creative, flexible and precarious - making artists exemplary contemporary workers. Through selected projects of contemporary artists and groups we will explore the increased sharing of skills and expertise as well as the rising importance of communicative interconnections in what the autonomists call the 'social factory'.

Goals:

• To introduce concepts and examples of contemporary interdisciplinary arts praxis.
• To develop strategies for research and future creative production that is informed by historical and theoretical references.

Reading Diary: Group Effort

With the introduction of computer as a labor process the work has radically transform. What was driven by the labor workforce in terms of ability and exclusively communal labor is now more intensively automatized and machine related. Labor is no more conditioned by workload and force standards but how the machine should do the tasks. The machine as a generator of economy and subsequently as a producer of goods that increase and duplicate the Capital necessary to continue the process.

Collections, Obsessions, and the Dis...

Faculty: Mary Ting Description:

The collection, documentation, study and display of other creatures, cultures, and objects dates back to earliest civilizations. This tradition continues today in an updated interactive look. Within contemporary art, the critique of the institution both as content and form has become a well-established trend.

The workshop will combine presentations of historical and contemporary models with daily hands on activities suitable for all art forms. Historical models such as wonder cabinets, medical libraries, natural history museums will be examined for their cultural and political significance and the ongoing obsessive desire for the consumption of other cultures and life forms. Contemporary examples that mimic, comment, subvert and utilize these systems and display methods will also be presented. Students will discuss and examine these models, systems, research, and create a work specific to their medium and interests.

Goals:

Via examination of historical models and contemporary examples, participants will develop their own inventory and angle of inquiry.