Lindsay Brown
Notes on Presentations from Class
Presentation #1: When Video Game Worlds Collide
Sid Meyer
Is known as the father of computer gaming. He was the founding father of the “strategy” computer game. Still producing video games. His games lack a main character, but have a theme throughout the complete computer game. He is very big into American history. Works with simulation games. All of his games have to do with management. The railroad game has to do with the strategy of designing and managing a railroad.
Shigeru Miyamoto
Is known as the pioneer of a video game development. Made a lot of Nintendo popular games such as: The Legend of Zelda, Donkey Kong, Super Mario 64, Super Smash Brothers and also Super Smash Brothers Brawl. The Legend of Zelda was the difference of arcade game, and home video game. Super Mario 64 introduced a refined way to play 3-D games, included a third person point of view, with a camera that you can adjust. Shigeru Miyamoto focused on having a main character(s) for his games. Has a fan base, his fans will buy his games, and focus on only his games.
Presentation #2: Landscapes of the Mind
Florian Maier-Aichen
He likes to Take a computer, and use it as a tool to enhance his photography skills. HE often starts with another photographic image as the inspiration to make his own photograph and then enhance it. Works with black and white photography, to create a painterly feel. His composition is also important; the tanker is placed at the exact vanishing point of the scene. Many of his images look more like paintings than photographs. A lot of his works of artists are entitled “Untitled” because he doesn’t want to give out a lot of information to just the viewer. His works of art are BIG.
George Grie
He currently works for IBM. He created neo-surrealistic images that are a result of his past, the thoughts in his mind, and the creative abilities of digital programs such a Photoshop, and 3-D max. His work shows a magical, dreamlike world. He has been doing digital art since 1996. Works in a smaller range of size. But it is viewed in difference sizes because it is on the web. The colors that he uses in his pieces of work are more dull colors. He has dramatic lighting in his works of art.
Oliver Wasow
Current occupation is a teacher. He created his photographs by altering and distorting them. He uses a lot of bright, intense color to support his imaginative and fantasy-like landscapes, based on his rural upbringing. Works commercially, also in fine arts. Works in a smaller range of size. Makes unrealistic images look real. Wants his works of art to be more of a mystery to the viewer. Influenced by where he grew up, out in Wisconsin. Considered a master of Adobe Photoshop.
Presentation #3: Reality, Virtuality, and Digital Synergy
Rafael Lozano-Hemmer
Does works of art mainly for the public. He puts things up on websites that will be easily accusable to the public to see online. The creation of his artwork is free to manipulate online, or his exhibitions.
Masaki Fujihita
Works in digital video imaging. He studies interaction between the people interacting within the spaces that he creates with his art. He examines the possibilities for communication between the artists.
Presentation #4
Paul Smith
Paul Smith was born in 1969. Has himself in all of his pictures. Uses himself as the subject to show the meaning of all of his pictures.
Feng Mengbo
Feng Mengbo was born in 1966. Shows himself in the video games, so people can play the game as him. Works with video. Incorporates icons from China in his works of art.
Presentation #5
Annea Lockwood
Has a bachelor of music degree. She studied composition throughout Europe. Works with sounds, to bring it into music. World Rhythms done in 1975, was a sound installation, live mix of ten channel tapes, a large tam-tam, and it played for the duration of 60 minutes (1 hour). Concept of the piece was to capture the sounds of geographical figures.
Petri Kuljuntausta
Born in Finland. Has done work throughout countries such as: Europe, The United States of America, Australia, and Mexico. His exhibits are shown worldwide. He works with found sounds. The result is a series of sounds, which seem simultaneously familiar to their source and distorted by the extreme emphasis. He takes the sound, and stretches it out for a long amount of time to make the sound one that is unique.
Hildegard Westerkamp
Hildegard Westerkamp was born in Germany. She joined World Soundscape Project director by R.Murray. Work deals with the acoustic environment. They are urban, rural, or wilderness soundscapes (voices, noise, silence, music, and media). Likes to capture the meaning that the environmental sounds hold for us. Work comments on existing cultural, and social situations.
My Collaborative Presentation Explanation
Title of Exhibit: The Expression of Color
Name of Artists and Theme: This main idea of our presentation was to bring together the three artists: Peter Jaworowski, Neil Duerden, and Joe McNally. The intention our presentation was to explore the similarity, and differences between their works. We thought that it was important to note that all three artists use vibrant colors in their artwork to express their idea to portray life within each individual works. While the artists are similar, there is one important aspect that makes them different. The aspect is the different mediums that they work in. Peter Jawarowski works in photoshop, Joe McNally works with photography, and Neil Duerden works in both photoshop, and with photography. All three of the artists have worked in the commercial fields, being hired by very popular companies. For example, Peter Jaworowski: Coca-cola, Converse, Bacardi, Martini, and Nike. Joe McNally: FedEx, Nike, Sony, Adidas, and Nikon. Neil Duerden: Adidas, Nokia, Powerade, Honda, Nickelodeon, and Ben & Jerry’s.
Peter Jaworowski is an artist who manipulates pictures, or sketches from his clients by using photoshop. He changes the background mostly to correspond with the picture, but he also will re-touch the photo to go with his idea.
Joe McNally is a photographer who simply focuses on taking the pictures. His interest is to capture a special moment in his photographs, and he uses the bright/vibrant colors to show how important the subject really is.
Neil Duerden first uses a photograph, and then alters the picture in photoshop to make it his own.
WEBSITES: Peter Jaworowski = http://www.arsthanea.com/
Neil Duerden = http://www.neilduerden.co.uk/
Joe McNally = http://portfolio.joemcnally.com/
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