Eat More Media

      UPLOAD      For my last project, I decided to focus on sound and visuals. I went around downloading various videos from the internet that I thought would make sense when connected together. First, there's a JPEGMafia clip, arguably my favorite artist, and one of the most successful underground artists in the last decade. I really resonate with a lot of the messages that JPEGMafia is putting forth in his music. I wanted this entire project to feel very glitchy, and I wanted the viewer to feel somewhat trapped in this never-ending distortion.      I used Ableton again for all of the beats that I created. For these beats, I made sure to keep it at a pretty cohesive tempo. The global village has become an endless world of everything. In a way, things fight to not be recognized. In this new world, we have become completely attached to each other. McLuhan says that "All media are extensions of some human faculty- psychic or psy...

      This might have been my favorite project this year! I really enjoyed the process of magazine-making, especially because I've been wanting to do it for a while. Ever since I learned about street-wear and the underground house music of the 80s and 90s in Detroit, I've wanted to participate in some of the graphic design aspects of it. A lot of the underground scene moved on "good taste" and niche design, so I felt appropriately challenged to find my pocket in that process.      Blurb was not that difficult. Though, the app definitely has a bit of a learning curve, not too big, but there is a bit of jolt, it was easy to navigate through it, and it was decently easy to place and align my images too. I found myself playing with different text sizes and positions since I had decided to keep the same font for the entire magazine. Overall, blurb was just an awesome and fun place to explore.    ...

  Gina Adams explores the harrowing, and often blurry, history of broken treaties in the United States. Through her art, Adams embodies the voices of her ancestors; She becomes a specialist exposing the language that erased and destroyed a large portion of Indigenous history. In essence, Gina Adams has rearranged the meaning of this complicated language. By purposely altering colors and using certain schemes, Adams is directly tinkering with a weapon of mass destruction, and she vehemently understands the power of this instrument.  By placing these treaties on the quilt, Adams creates a juxtaposition of hostility and peace. On one hand, you have the US and their genocidal tactics against the indigenous people of North America, and on the other, you have the indigenous people who have been ignored and oppressed for the sole fact that they exist. Gina Adams becomes a pivotal peace to the liberation of the indigenous peoples.  In connection to McLuhan, “The living room ha...

  Nam June Paik For this report, I focused on Nam June Paik. More specifically though, I focused on the way that his art facilitates human interaction, and how this interaction creates a ripple effect that allows for an honest discussion about the cultures that surround us.  Nam June Paik was an artist who was intrigued by the idea of breaking down the status quo that, to him, held the modern art world back. In order to prove himself, Paik, first, had to destroy revered symbols of germanic society.  To Paik, these symbols held more than they really showed. Paik understood that behind everything in the world there was a possibility for art. He also understood that there was no need for meaning in these art pieces; they were art for one reason, that he'd decided they were art.  After that, it was up to the viewer to interpret the "meaning" that surrounds the piece. I think it's important for the viewer to remain part of the...