a trip to the walker: Q&As

Artwork in the Walker, or any other gallery, is not always crystal clear as to its intent. It is difficult sometimes to just guess the purpose of a piece.  A lot of the time the title of the piece does not reveal answers and it is rare to see an artist statement.  What was the point of exposing people to artwork in a gallery if there is no understanding between the gallery patron and the work itself? It was like the Walker Art Center was saying, "this artwork is important because we say it is". This frustrated me. 

 

Then I stumbled upon the Dolphin Oracle II. The Dolphin Oracle II is a interactive multimedia project that combines artificial intelligence and 3D-animation. The interactive nature of this project fulfill the inquisitive part of me.  The Dolphin invited me to ask the it questions directly. Soon after typing in my question I would get a response from the all-knowing oracle. Although I received answers, they were always vague and never fully answered the question I was posing. 

This innovative piece by Richard Shelton and Piotr Szyhalski, just like life, still maintains a level of mystery in terms of its questions. But that was it's message, you can't always be given an answer. Answers come from individual discoveries.

zee foot

I was gone the day that the class did this so I will do my best to comply with the assignment.

I received instructions from a classmate.

1.) Although I may have a biased view of my drawing, I feel that this is a fair representation of a foot. I did not have the bone or muscle structure as a  reference, so I did the best I could with defining the shape using cross contour lines.

2.) The way the foot was positioned helped create the 3d illusion in this drawing. What I mean is that I did not draw a profile of the foot on purpose.  I needed to show dimension, therefore I used two planes of the foot to communicate the shape of the foot.  In retrospect, showing three planes would have made for a better approach to showing 3 dimensions.

3.) I have not learned any of these landmarks yet. I will speak with you in class next time to become more aquatinted with the foot.

4.) The line thickness does not play a substantial part in showing dimension in this drawing. The illusion is relying heavily on the cross contours. The line is communicates best in the bridge of the foot. The lines become a bit confusing between the transition from the ball of the heal to the side plane underneath the ankle.