How Many Images Do You See?
This is a picture of a 1500 piece puzzle. You could answer this question by saying that there are 1500 images, some lined up next to each other, some lying scattered on the floor. But even with the puzzle half finished, the human brain perceives one central image – a path running through a pink and white forest. It doesn’t matter that the image is broken up by a hundred different squiggly… Read More
Semiotics in the Digital Sphere: Stephen & Annie
We have created three different versions of our project on digital semiotics in order to stress the ways in which signs are unique to each medium and to present the difficulties/impossibilities that arise in the translation of them from one form to another without losing content, significance, or structure. “The Physical Sphere” Images of our creation made digitally but distributed and consumed physically “Digitized” A PDF of our creation mimicking Hall’s This Means This, This… Read More
Partner Project: The Lady of Shalott
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Reclaiming the Gaze
Drawing Parallels through Close Reading Picasso’s 1907 masterpiece, Les Demoiselles d’Avignon features five prostitutes from the red light district of Barcelona contorting their bodies: two of the women raise their arms to expose their breasts while another one of the prostitutes spreads her legs apart wide. The women are eroticised and exoticised. The women’s faces, especially the ones on the right side of the painting, were modeled after African and Oceanic masks,… Read More
American Artists of the Afterlife – Featuring William Carlos Williams and Charles Demuth
By Luke Boliek and Aly Dove William Carlos Williams: Good evening and welcome to American Artists of the Afterlife, the podcast where dead American authors, artists, and dramatists are revived in order to speak about their work. I’m your host, William Carlos Williams, and for the interview portion of today’s show, a close friend of mine will be joining us. Please welcome, artist, Charles Demuth. Good evening Charles! Charles Demuth: Hello Bill!… Read More
An Indifferent Buchenwald: How Do Words from the Present Affect an Image from the Past?
Beech Forest, Gustav Klimt. 1902. Nude, Gustav Klimt. 1917. “Although what glitters on the trees, row after perfect row, is merely the injustice of the world…” – “Two Paintings by Gustav Klimt” by Jorie Graham [Setting: On a big, fluffy white cloud in the sky.] Graham: Oh my gosh — is that Gustav Klimt? Mr. Klimt, hello! I have to say, I’m a huge fan. Actually, I once wrote a poem about you! It… Read More
What emotions do these represent?
CHAPTER SIX: MATTERS OF INTERPRETATION By India Kline and Jane McGehee Emoji resemble a concept or idea without relying on any language; however, these images are not always as universal and understandable as intended. The first two emoji, in the first grey and blue texts, are exactly the same except for their eyes. The first face, titled “Neutral Face,” conveys no strong feelings or movement. It is a calm, uninvolved expression. The… Read More
An Unwanted Encounter: The Duke and his last Duchess
A creative take on Robert Browning’s “My Last Duchess” DUKE (speaks to himself): Ah, how pleasing it is to take a walk alone through my art collection. DUCHESS (interrupts): Are you sure you’re alone? DUKE: How are you speaking to me? You’re not real. You’re simply paint on canvas. DUCHESS: Oh but I am so much more. Your descriptions of me, dear husband, always fail to do me justice. DUKE: From my perspective,… Read More
Where would you find this picture?
Post by Ela and Matthew This image was shared over snapchat, a social media platform and app that allows users to send “snaps” – photos that disappear after a set number of seconds – to friends. According to creator Evan Spiegel, “Snapchat isn’t about capturing the traditional Kodak moment. It’s about communicating with the full range of human emotion […] [Snapchat is] a photo app that doesn’t conform to unrealistic notions of… Read More