Thursday, June 9, 2011

Artist Review 1

This art review covers the artist Krist Wood and the art work entitled “Inivichrys (2011)”. This a piece of digital media art with a science fiction theme. From my browsing of her website I can see that she is not new to digital media art and has made many pieces, however this is one of the few works of art featuring space.

The first photo in this piece shows a view from what appears to be a space station or ship. The object that is the focus of this piece seems to be a manmade object projecting the Earth’s surface. I believe that it may be a space elevator. Surrounding the base of the object is a mass of clouds obscuring the Earth’s surface and drawing the eye’s focus towards the object. The second photograph is a close-up of the base of the object. The third picture shows what appears to be a space station anchoring the object and may be where the view of the first picture is from.

This piece uses excellent use of color, especially in the last picture. The lenses flare in the last picture also adds to the color. The author also does a great job at incorporating the many colors into the picture in a realistic way. The horizon of the first picture shows a great comparison of the colorful world and the empty black space. The clouds in the second picture are arranged in such a way that you can almost see them swirling around the object and is a good way to show the chaotic nature of the world.

Overall, I believe that this an interesting piece. It shows a great juxtaposition of nature and technology that really adds to the picture.

Monday, June 6, 2011

Possible Ideas for Collaborative Final Project

A wiki for St. Mary's College of Maryland. It would be a place to record the history and traditions of the college, students, and the surrounding environment.

A fake news site possibly similar to The Onion.

A fictitious wiki site such as Uncyclopedia.

A tourism website for a fictitious place similar to San Serriffe.

A website to display all of the digital art created either for this class or by other students at the college.

Purpose of Blog

This the the blog for my Introduction to Digital Media class (ART 214) at St. Mary's College of Maryland for the Summer 2011 session. This blog will be used to post completed homework assignments and projects. The blog will also contain posts about digital media artists and reviews critiquing their work.

Main Class Blog
http://summerdigital.blogspot.com/