Monday, March 17, 2008

How does technology mediate the artist experience?

After being part of this module where I was able to experiment a combination of art with technology, I saw how technology affects the artist experience. Before doing the situational tour, I had done a lot of drawings by observation, but in this assignment, technology took a very important role. The camera allowed me to capture exact moments and to analyze and reflect on what I saw. Therefore, I realized that technology could mediate with the artist experience. It can give a deeper sense to ones art work and perspective.

A simple picture taken by a camera is worth a hundred words. With a camera, we are able to capture the moment, and to transmit that moment to someone else just by showing the image. By looking at the pictures I took in the situational tour, I was able to analyze what happened at that moment and to remember details I wouldn’t have remember if I would have drawn what I have seen or if I just observed it instead of having it in a picture.

Tuesday, March 4, 2008

Situational Tour: Poverty at El Salvador

Poverty, Hunger...




Loneliness, abandonment….




And behind this: a smile



Where do they get it from?



It’s Hope…





Hope that someone will think about them


Hope is what keeps them alive… I thought…




Where is your family? I asked a lonely boy…


He went abroad to find a job,


She is always fitting to get joy…



How do you feel little boy?


“What else would I want?” ….He said


“More than being alive?”



I thought I went to help,



but instead I received a great lesson:



“Appreciate what you have…”



“Things could always be worst than now…”



I continued to look around:



“How is everyone else doing?”…



Some walking to the houses,


Willing to give chances….


Giving them what they could give:
food, medicines, hope, a smile…




Some little kids were only playing around,


“Come and help!” That’s why we are here… Said their dad.



“We have to leave” …



From this place, I take a beautiful memory indeed…


Something in what I can always believe…