Title of Event: Krystal Rodriguez & Jefreid Lotti, Convivir
Date & Time: Tuesday, April 25th, 12:30 pm
Location of Event: Holmes 103
Type of Event: Art Exhibit
Title of Event: Krystal Rodriguez & Jefreid Lotti, Convivir
Date & Time: Tuesday, April 25th, 12:30 pm
Location of Event: Holmes 103
Type of Event: Art Exhibit
Title of Event: Krystal Rodriguez & Jefreid Lotti, Convivir
Date & Time: April 3rd 2023 @ 5:00 pm
Location of Event: Holmes Hislop
Type of Event: Art Lecture
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This sculpture is called the Head of Saint John the Baptist on a Platter. What it literally depicts is the model of Saint John the Baptist’s head sitting on top of a platter. What this sculpture denotes is the symbolic story of Saint John the Baptist’s murder. According to the Bible, John is taken as a prisoner in Machaerus, where he condemned the king’s marriage to his wife as illegal, because she was married to the king’s brother previously. Later on, the king’s wife’s daughter requested that John’s head be placed on a platter. The piece is really a personification of their desire to kill Saint John the Baptist, specifically the queen’s daughter. It definitely carries a biblical meaning at its face value but also has connotation to the saying “head on a platter”. In terms of what I could do to distort this sculpture, my immediate thought would be to change his facial expression to something more extreme such as a large grin. I thought that this could potentially change its sinister meaning a bit. In addition, I thought of creating horns protruding from his head as a reference to the devil since it is a biblical piece. To distort his smile I would have to select the endpoints of his mouth and bend it upward and for the horns, it would have to be a protrusion coming from his head.
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Immediate Response:
My initial thought was whether the teapot itself was a rendered model or a physical piece. After reading the description for the work, I found out that it was modeled first in Rhino, created with a 3D printer, and then cast after that. I also wondered about the reasoning for creating seemingly such a simple object and what inspired the artist to create this piece. I found it to be a visually pleasing teapot, however, I did not understand the underlying meaning of its purpose. Additionally, I found the piece to be a bit of a different style of work in terms of the artist’s other works.
Objective Description:
The teapot itself is a bronzed-colored metal and is sleek and subtle with its detail. Its exterior appears to be a bit rougher, with what appears to be veining from when the cast was being poured, but that part gives it character and a stylistic look to it. The only part that looks polished is the handle on top of the teapot which you would grab to open the lid. Overall, the piece looks like a more traditional and simple teapot however, its simpleness also gives the piece an elegant look that makes it appealing to the eye.
Technical Decisions:
The main idea that the artist was attempting to get across to the viewers is the process of creation, Frankie Flood, created first a model of this piece in Rhino, then 3D printed the piece, and lastly created a cast of the teapot from the 3D print. This whole process was supposed to display this ‘new’ style of art that he called the ‘digital craft’. The actual teapot was created before at the University of Utah and was used as an example by a professor. Flood wanted to take this teapot which only lived as a rendering and using today’s technology create a physical version to combine both new technology as well as an old craft.
The Work in the World:
The object itself being a teapot obviously relates to other types of teapots that have been created, however, this one, created as a piece of art, was made to show the dichotomy and combination of new and different types of crafts for artists. So being able to show this simple and mundane teapot as something that originally was just a model created in a program had an entire transformation process depicts the picture of change and a constantly evolving world. I think what the artist is trying to get across is the process of creating the object and less about the object itself. They want to show that there is no right way to create things and that there are always new and innovative ways to achieve a goal you want to.
The Story it Tells:
This piece while it may seem insignificant, shows the dynamics of a constantly changing society. Additionally, it makes you question the idea of what art is now and how people are able to create it in this day and age. Are there new bounds that need to be placed on what we can consider art versus not? And how does this integration of technology into the art world change how artists choose to create their pieces? This piece shows us as viewers that anything can be art, and we are able to take seemingly normal objects without meaning and give meaning to them based on the way we create them and what thought and emotion goes into our comprehension of the object.
Event Title: Anthony Cervino – Six Second Delay
Date & Time: January 26th, 4:30 – 6:30pm
Location: Holmes Hall, 116
Type of Event: Guest Artist Lecture & Exhibit
Piecemaker/Peacemaker by Frankie Flood
Immediate Response:
When I first look at this piece, I think of it more in practical terms. Functionally, as a pizza cutter, it seems quite extreme. The most eye-catching part about this piece is that the handle is a revolver pistol. The way in which Frankie Flood bent the barrel to attach the blade for the pizza cutter also intrigues me and is a cool feature. The statement about making the handle a gun is interesting and makes me want to think of cowboys and the western frontier. Additionally, the detail in the handle brings the piece to life more as it depicts a person standing.
Objective Description
The piece is all silver in color, except for the bronze-colored cylinder of the pistol. The pistol which is the handle of the pizza cutter has a portrait of a man shirtless and depicts most of his body on the pistol grip. The hammer of the pistol appears to be partially cocked. The barrel of the revolver, however, is bent close to a 45-degree angle downwards to connect to the front support for the cutter. The front support has a piece of metal that touches the ground and on either side are pieces of metal that are shaped like a v extended to its left and right. Then connected by the front support as well as an additional support connected to the top of the barrel is the pizza cutter, which acts as the
Technical Decision
Design Orientation Towards the Viewer:
The artist presents the piece in multiple orientations. However, I believe that it is still inviting the viewer to make assumptions about it and to question why a revolver was made into a pizza cutter. The piece wants the viewer to question the similarities between the two parts, the revolver, and the pizza cutter. Why would anyone make a revolver a pizza cutter? It takes two seemingly unrelated ideas, violence, and food, and turns them into one.
The Work in the World
This piece of artwork shows multiple things, the revolver, with a portrait of a man on the handle representing strength and power, additionally the type of weapon being a revolver reminds me more of the western frontier and the exploration of America. Additionally, the front support, which connects to the blade, reminds me of boot spurs. The thing that brings this piece into the future is the functional part of it, the pizza cutter. It makes the perception of the piece that seems to be related to guns less obvious and obscures the point the artist is trying to make.
The Story it Tells
After reading through some comments made by the artist, the main idea surrounding this piece is his experience with guns from his childhood. He claimed to have worked with them quite a lot in his father’s shop learning how to repair them. This gives more insight into his perception of firearms as a child. The portrait of the man on the handle could potentially be representative of the association that the artist had about his father and how he provided for his family. Additionally, the artist alludes to a passage from the Bible, in which it mentions those who were “rebuked by God” and them turning their “swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning hooks”. This passage enables us as a viewer to understand the true reason for turning this revolver into a pizza cutter. For the artist, it’s a piece representing personal change and growth. It also provides an outlet to think more broadly about the impacts that weapons and firearms have on our society today.
My name is Robbie Cammarano
I am a computer science major
I enjoy golfing, and surfing. I live at the Jersey Shore so most summers I spend at the beach.
I am taking this class because I am interested in 3D modeling and think that it can translate well to help me further build my computer science skills as well as learn new ones.