http://notifbutwhen.com/projects/copia/retail/#i18
When I look at this image I see of course milk spilled in an aisle not being tended to. I see, soda being sold very cheap by the pack, a very unhealthy substance. I see easy living. To the side being refrigerated is milk, which probably came from unkempt cows. The walls are wooden, light brown and the floors are tile.
I think the artist uses great lightening in this photo, to get some point across. The lighting is nice but it is a dim kind of nice. Its not pure light, so the mood comes off a little uneasy.
I feel like the spilled milk could represent, carelessness. Food is no longer as difficult to get as it used to be, with this easy leisureliness comes carelessness. Milk is spilled on the floor and no one is tending to it. Maybe they will later but that's not the point. People no longer cry over spilled milk when they should. We have lost value for almost every food idem there is in a typical grocery store. Why would we care, I mean its right there for us. Ready to be bought. We have created a system, to make life easier for ourselves. We don't care how we get the milk so much as when and how good it tastes.
Wednesday, February 29, 2012
Picture
http://notifbutwhen.com/projects/copia/retail/#i4
This image shows us the cashiers of a huge supermarket (target), it has more than 31 cashiers, which represents the need for faster lines, since the demand is so big in those types of stores.. Although the picture is representing the amount of lines needed, there's not much people in the store, we can see three people shopping and five cashiers open.
The red is definitely a predominant colour, specially because it's the representation of target brand, the perspective of the pictures makes it look even bigger, and never ending hallway of lines available and it's very geometrical.
I feel like the artist with this picture represents how American Supermarkets look, there's a huge demand since the population is so big, there's a big need for more line so we can hurry up our shopping, everyone is always in a hurry, the faster the better, there's an efficiency looking of all of that.. But at the same time, maybe the exaggeration of cashiers since there's not much people in the store. The artist represents the "go big or go home" statement of america..
The red is definitely a predominant colour, specially because it's the representation of target brand, the perspective of the pictures makes it look even bigger, and never ending hallway of lines available and it's very geometrical.
I feel like the artist with this picture represents how American Supermarkets look, there's a huge demand since the population is so big, there's a big need for more line so we can hurry up our shopping, everyone is always in a hurry, the faster the better, there's an efficiency looking of all of that.. But at the same time, maybe the exaggeration of cashiers since there's not much people in the store. The artist represents the "go big or go home" statement of america..
Life isn't always a Disney fairytale
Describe- This photo is of a little girl who seems to be in a Disney Store. There are Disney stuffed animals stocked on the shelves along with other Disney merchandize. There is a main television screen in the center of the photo made up of 4 different screens, the image in on the screen is of the castle in the Magic Kingdom at Disney World.
Analyze- I feel like the photographer chose this particular setting and situation to display innocence and childhood. You see a little girl surrounded by Disney characters and everything seems happy and bright. Most childhoods are remembered to be bright, fun, sweet, and overall pure innocence and in my opinion that’s what genuine innocent of childhood I see in this photograph.
Interpret- I feel that the artist created this work to show how innocent we all were once. I think that this photo looks the way it does to showcase how much childhood has effected us all in one way or another. Also to display how much we grow up to see things differently and once we look back at childhood and our innocence, we see that life isn’t always a Disney fairytale.
Trash or treasure?
2. The shiny metal background of the garage brings The audiences attention to Britney Spears. The wood planks that are affixed on the shiny metal background also directs our attention towards the centerpiece, which is Britney. The debris on the ground keeps making our attention shift fr Britney back to the garbage and then back to Britney again. The color of the debris is mostly dull colors with a few pops of baby blue and bright pink. The image of Britney Spears is also oddly shaped, it isn't just rectangle or square shape but rather some awkward rectangle with a cut out on either side. This sense of abnormality makes us study the overview photo deeply because something so slight is just off.
I think the artist, Brian Ulrich, chose to create this work because of the irony behind it. Placing America's sweetheart and pop sensation in a barren, blank room next to random trash is quite ironic. I also think that the trash is symbolic of Britney's past career. Up to when Britney shaved her head in 2007, her career was in shambles and her personal life wasn't so personal when the entire world knew every detail. The image of Britney pinned up during the hay day of her career in the early 2000's when everyone loved her. I'm also going to throw out another idea, online some people dramatize that Britney Spears shaved her head in 2007 for our sins. The way the image of Britney is hung up is very similar to the crucifixion of Jesus, who, "died for our sins." So there might be a connection between the two sacrificing for others sins.
Brian Ulrich photograph
http://notifbutwhen.com/projects/copia/dark-stores/#i13
It looks like the main, middle section of a mall. There are two or three levels but they extend wicked far back and curve. The store fronts seem to have iron fences and most of them are closed, but the emphasis of the photo is on this middle geometrically designed sculpture randomly hanging in the middle of the building under the light. It's turquoise and looks like six sides of a die were angled and overlapped and hung. The light above is dome like and has a diamond/ triangle circular design on it. There are a lot of patterns going on in this photo; the steps in a circle, the red velvet gate thing that makes rows in the lobby of a bank or a movie theater. The repetition of columns and black gates, they're all patterns. They seem to revolve around this circular lounge area in the mall. The artist uses pattern and repetition, so at a first glance it looks like there's a lot going on but really the only non drab color is turquoise. The rest is beige, white, black, brown, grey. The black design on the light and sculpture piece stands out. It looks kind of fruitless and banal in the room, elegant in sort of a tragic way. Perhaps more obviously Brian Ulrich is candidly photographing the banal, mundane aspects of consumerism and capitalism that we've become so immune to. He makes it look shocking, which is shocking to us because we've become used to it. We tend to overlook the intricacies of retail, thrift stores and shopping malls. The workers are invisible to us, the children in other countries manufacturing everything, none of that factors in. It's truthful, his body of work, and it's making a bold statement about how we live our lives: excessively. We're selfish. We're a NEED NEED NEED country. Our society is pretty unsettling to think about so we don't and just buy more stuff. In terms of art history it seems like he's got some photo journalist influences, but I don't know, photography isn't really my area of expertise. It's definitely inanely clear something's wrong with the lessons we're teaching our kids and the way things are at this moment in time.
It looks like the main, middle section of a mall. There are two or three levels but they extend wicked far back and curve. The store fronts seem to have iron fences and most of them are closed, but the emphasis of the photo is on this middle geometrically designed sculpture randomly hanging in the middle of the building under the light. It's turquoise and looks like six sides of a die were angled and overlapped and hung. The light above is dome like and has a diamond/ triangle circular design on it. There are a lot of patterns going on in this photo; the steps in a circle, the red velvet gate thing that makes rows in the lobby of a bank or a movie theater. The repetition of columns and black gates, they're all patterns. They seem to revolve around this circular lounge area in the mall. The artist uses pattern and repetition, so at a first glance it looks like there's a lot going on but really the only non drab color is turquoise. The rest is beige, white, black, brown, grey. The black design on the light and sculpture piece stands out. It looks kind of fruitless and banal in the room, elegant in sort of a tragic way. Perhaps more obviously Brian Ulrich is candidly photographing the banal, mundane aspects of consumerism and capitalism that we've become so immune to. He makes it look shocking, which is shocking to us because we've become used to it. We tend to overlook the intricacies of retail, thrift stores and shopping malls. The workers are invisible to us, the children in other countries manufacturing everything, none of that factors in. It's truthful, his body of work, and it's making a bold statement about how we live our lives: excessively. We're selfish. We're a NEED NEED NEED country. Our society is pretty unsettling to think about so we don't and just buy more stuff. In terms of art history it seems like he's got some photo journalist influences, but I don't know, photography isn't really my area of expertise. It's definitely inanely clear something's wrong with the lessons we're teaching our kids and the way things are at this moment in time.
mutilated
http://notifbutwhen.com/projects/copia/thrift/#i16
The photo I examined contains a sewing machine. This machine is attached to a table, where other objects are set and pushed against the wall. THe sewing machine itself says Singer and has a sign which says MUTILATED and points downward with an arrow. a series of other arrows are placed on the machine in red arrow stickers. It is rusting and the text holds a faded appearance. in the fore ground there are red scissors and purple clippers. the front edge of the table contains a ruler. Directly behind the machine are thread, a coffee creamer container, and a boom box. On the wall above there is a Mi Tierra restaurant poster and to the left of it a pile of different items. The condition of the sewing machine and the rest of the environment lead me to assume that they are aged and mistreated. The machine is most likely broken or incomplete as indicated by the "mutilated" sign. The fact that there are used objects in the photo suggest that this is a secondhand store and the copious amount of objects placed on the table suggest that the sewing machine is never really expected to be sold. I feel that Ulrich in his "thrift" section of Copia wanted to show the large amount of objects we have in our culture. There are so much objects here hey need to be stacked upon each other. Ulrich might've also wanted to show that what could be someone else's garbage might be useful to someone else. He might've used this photo as a representation of the lower class, as the downwards arrows may suggest.
The photo I examined contains a sewing machine. This machine is attached to a table, where other objects are set and pushed against the wall. THe sewing machine itself says Singer and has a sign which says MUTILATED and points downward with an arrow. a series of other arrows are placed on the machine in red arrow stickers. It is rusting and the text holds a faded appearance. in the fore ground there are red scissors and purple clippers. the front edge of the table contains a ruler. Directly behind the machine are thread, a coffee creamer container, and a boom box. On the wall above there is a Mi Tierra restaurant poster and to the left of it a pile of different items. The condition of the sewing machine and the rest of the environment lead me to assume that they are aged and mistreated. The machine is most likely broken or incomplete as indicated by the "mutilated" sign. The fact that there are used objects in the photo suggest that this is a secondhand store and the copious amount of objects placed on the table suggest that the sewing machine is never really expected to be sold. I feel that Ulrich in his "thrift" section of Copia wanted to show the large amount of objects we have in our culture. There are so much objects here hey need to be stacked upon each other. Ulrich might've also wanted to show that what could be someone else's garbage might be useful to someone else. He might've used this photo as a representation of the lower class, as the downwards arrows may suggest.
Tuesday, February 28, 2012
Cheap Crucifiction
Description: I see a photo. Interior of a store There are plastic figurines of Jesus being crucified being sold for 9.99. They are facing what you assume to be the viewer. There are brightly colored teddy bears and other animals in the back to the side of the crucifixes. There are several baskets of toys and candy on the ground; they are wrapped in plastic. One of the boxed crucifixes is face down on the tile floor of the store. The tile floor is a boring white hue. In the background, there are air freshener products.
Analysis: The crucifixes are in the foreground facing towards the viewer so they stick out somewhat, but since there are the neon teddy bears in the back, they don't really stick out. The lines of the shelves kind of go off of each other in the foreground and background. When I first looked at the photo, my eyes went to the crucifixes first and then went left to the teddy bears. The next thing I noticed were the items on the ground, the crucifix and the baskets. Lastly I saw the air care products. Every thing in the photo seems to be pretty angular.
Interpreted: It is Easter at K-mart and so it's time to cash in on the fools who feel like they need to have a crucifix in their home during this 'special time'. From my point of view, the photographer is making a statement that corporate America has made the christian idol into a common plastic toy. Jesus Christ is now among Care Bears and monster trucks! One of the figurines is face down on the ground and I think this means that the photographers thinks that this idea of commercializing Jesus is going to collapse soon.
Or
The photographer is taking the stance that Christians are out to make money off of their product, which is Jesus Christ. They have even stooped as low as placing the Idol among commonplace plastic toys to try to make money. The face down crucifix still implies the same thing.
Photo:
http://notifbutwhen.com/projects/copia/retail/#i47
-Matthew
Analysis: The crucifixes are in the foreground facing towards the viewer so they stick out somewhat, but since there are the neon teddy bears in the back, they don't really stick out. The lines of the shelves kind of go off of each other in the foreground and background. When I first looked at the photo, my eyes went to the crucifixes first and then went left to the teddy bears. The next thing I noticed were the items on the ground, the crucifix and the baskets. Lastly I saw the air care products. Every thing in the photo seems to be pretty angular.
Interpreted: It is Easter at K-mart and so it's time to cash in on the fools who feel like they need to have a crucifix in their home during this 'special time'. From my point of view, the photographer is making a statement that corporate America has made the christian idol into a common plastic toy. Jesus Christ is now among Care Bears and monster trucks! One of the figurines is face down on the ground and I think this means that the photographers thinks that this idea of commercializing Jesus is going to collapse soon.
Or
The photographer is taking the stance that Christians are out to make money off of their product, which is Jesus Christ. They have even stooped as low as placing the Idol among commonplace plastic toys to try to make money. The face down crucifix still implies the same thing.
Photo:
http://notifbutwhen.com/projects/copia/retail/#i47
-Matthew
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