Tuesday, May 19, 2015
Wednesday, April 22, 2015
Blog #4: MOMI
I really enjoyed the trip to the Museum of Moving Images. I learned
a lot but I also got an up close look at some of the things we learned in
class. It is one thing to learn something and see it presented to you as a
lecture. But it is another thing to see it up front and personal. The optical illusion
of the bird and the cage really stuck out to me because seeing something that
alters your perception or perspective of things is always cool and interesting.
Being able to make a flip book was probably the best part of the trip to the
museum. Before taking the class, when I first saw a flip book I thought it was
the coolest thing ever. Now being able to make one and see it when I’m older, I
am more interested in the way it works and how it is conceived, especially one
in video. It makes me think of the making of cartoons and other media aspects.
Another favorite part of the trip was the Mad Men exhibit. It was really
interesting how things were put together with such precision and detail.
Overall the museum was a great experience and I would attend again.
Blog #3: Relationships Between Shots
I chose a piece of media that I constructed myself. I
composed a documentary on natural hair. In this piece those interviewed were
people who have been natural their whole life or have chosen to transition.
What it means to have natural hair is for the hair to be free of chemically
altering substances that changes the texture of the hair. To transition means
at some point the hair contained chemicals but the use has discontinued and the
natural hair is growing out.
Within this piece editing was a huge factor, aside from the questions
for the documentary itself. The inclusion of a lot of b roll and actual styling
of hair was essential to the completion of the piece. The use of the song “I Am Not My Hair” by
India Aire was very important to the overall documentary. The lyrics to the
song described how confidence and hair are important and how this one part of a
human being does not define you. This is what I wanted to portray when I made
the piece. I wanted to show the importance of hair to woman but also the beauty
with and without it. The b roll within this piece shows people the different
textures and styles African American woman have. The timing and cuts of the
frames within the piece are synced with the questioned asked and even the
lyrics in the song.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gpP_QS9HtUY
Blog #2: What I hear
I live in Rego Park, Queens, a neighborhood that has been gentrified and is surrounded by brand new stores. The areas that have not been impacted yet are more residential this includes my home. I live in Lefrak City which is an apartment complex filled with different types of people, cultures and places.
For an hour I walked around my neighborhood and listened to
the sounds of my community. Depending on
the weather you can encounter many different types of people and different
amounts of people outside of local shops and on the streets hanging out with
one another. On this particular day, there were people outside the stores and
beauty salons. Each conversation was a loud blur but certain words stuck out to
me. Men and women were talking about their children and money or bills. In the
background I would hear the regularly scheduled Q38 bus making its stops and
men, woman and children being let on and off. The area in which I live is
rather dangerous so there is a lot of police presence. Occasionally I would
hear sirens and the sound of various walking patrolmen’s walkie-talkies. Every once in a while I would hear an airplane
flying above.
Wednesday, March 25, 2015
Sunday, February 1, 2015
Artist Statement
Throughout life, looking good and feeling great is something that I have always wanted for myself as well as others. There is just something that makes you happy and want to conquer any obstacle put in front of you once you're overall successful. Through clothing and jewelry of someone’s taste this is attainable. There has been a time in a person’s life where they didn’t feel their best in what they were wearing and no matter what combination of outfits and accessories put together, this was just unachievable.
Although clothing was created to cover and protect the body,
I believe your choice of clothing can be a great form of creativity and self
expression. Fashion styling is something that I have always wanted to do and
something that I have been following for many years. The job of a fashion
stylist is rewarding in a sense where you can make another person feel like their
best version and that is due to your creative outlook. They always
say that confidence is one of the sexiest traits anyone can hold and I believe that. Once
you are secure in whom you are and how you look, nothing and no one can get in between
that mindset or in front of you.
By fashion styling you are in a way changing a persons perspective for the better and if that means bringing out the best
in people why not do that.
Working with fashion has come in various different ways. From styling friends and blogging about the fashion that is present within the city, to actually working with designers and finding out what it is that inspires their work. I believe that each person has their own personal sense of style that explains who they are without them even having to speak.
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