On Friday, October 2nd, I visited the Wittliff art collection at Texas State University. I was very excited at how much art I was going to see as I made my way to the 7th floor of the Alkek Library, which is where the Wittliff art collection is located in. Sadly, with all of the artwork that was displayed, I was having trouble deciding on which art pieces to write this critique on. However, two certain 2-D pieces caught my eye. Out of all of the displays in the art collection, I ended up choosing Keith Carter’s photograph and Kate Breakey’s painted photograph.
This trial is on Walt Disney Studios vs. Faden on the work Professor faden made to inform people on copyright, fair use and infringement. They are battling over copyright and fair use on this video. Walt Disney Studios claims that Faden’s work is copyrighted and is suing for infringement. But Professor Faden claims that he followed all the rules on copyright and he thinks it is fair use. “ Defendence you make take your stands,”The judge says in an assertive voice.
Throughout Jessica Walden’s writing in Chasing Loons, she argues that the locals in Rhineland, Wisconsin are careless and inconsiderate when it comes to sustaining the remaining population of the loons. She does this by explaining the condition in which the endangered birds, the loons, are living in. She describes the shores to be filled with beefy jerky wrappers and Mountain Dew cans, the trees to be filled with the loon’s natural predator, the eagle, and the slips of the docks surrounding the lakes to be littered with faded lifejackets and tackle. Walden writes about how the lakes that many of the birds live in are also inhabited by frequent lake goes who are not always courteous to the loons. Walden tells about one particular loon she finds
Harrison Bergeron was a book written in 1961 that portrayed an abnormal child defying the dystopian government; in 2009 a movie was made, based off of it called 2081 that changed the character both physically and morally. The differences in how Harrison Bergeron, the main character, appears in each story changes how the audience perceives his morality. These changes are easily highlighted in Harrison’s age, dialogue, and appearance. The tone of the story is also changed, resulting in similar changes to what the audience interprets. As both stories continue these differences become more and more apparent and by the end, there is a clear split in what the audience ‘takes away’.
Its A Beautiful day In The Neighborhood “Knowing that we can be loved exactly as we are gives us all the best opportunity for growing into the healthiest of people (Fred Rogers). Frederick Mcfeely Rogers is an accomplished author, television personality, puppeteer, and much more. Mr.rogers has helped make public educational television what it is today. The symbol for childhood in America is Fred Rogers.
Born in San Francisco, California, Tim Hawkinson, 55, is a sculptural artist who currently works and resides in Los Angeles, California. Interestingly, there exists no single medium in particular that Tim employs in his works; rather, with a widely diverse variety of found, purchased, or created materials and components, each creation he builds is its own unique statement, each one a separate experiment in material study and fabrication. There are, however, several common themes that run through the majority of his pieces, in addition to the splash of flavor that is his own unique style and artistic methods. Often, Tim’s works are somewhat anatomical in nature; that is, a reflection of not simply the human body but also the essence of human
Jeff Koons was born in 1955 in York, Pennsylvania to Henry and Gloria Koons. His father an interior decorator instilled an early sense of art into his early life and childhood. He trained as an artist at the Maryland Institute College of Art in Baltimore and at the Art institute of Chicago from 1972 to 1976. Following college, he moved to join the New York art scene and initially found a job at the Museum of Modern Art. During his time in New York, he began creating art but began to find his endeavors to be overly expensive, in order to fund his creative projects he began to work in Wall Street as a broker.
“Harrison Bergeron” Discussion Questions: Question Two: What is the significance of the dance that Harrison performs with the ballerina? How does the style in which the story is written change in this passage? The significance of the dance that Harrison performs with the ballerina is to represent the way the world would be like if they were allowed to express themselves and show the world their beauty, intelligence, and any other physical attributes. According to page 4, it says “Harrison and his Empress merely listened to the music for a while-listened gravely, as though synchronizing their heartbeats with it…
In today’s society the general attitude towards an individual is conform or be an outcast. It is seen in schools where people who do not fit into specific cliques become outcasts, the weird people. It is seen in the work place as well. People have conformed to standards set by society simply because society has said to do so. Society asks people to change themselves to fit in.
One of these cases is Patterson V. Colorado. Patterson published comics and articles about the Colorado Supreme Court. These comics criticized the judges of that court, and questioned many of their motives. Afterwards, Patterson was charged with contempt. He quickly moved to void the information by citing local law, the Colorado Constitution, and the Fourteenth Amendment of the constitution.
A primitive society with an undercover government may seem like a story in the past; it is still seen in some parts of the modern world. In how the pressure affects individuals, a certain pattern interrelated to one another emerges. Pyongyang by Guy Delisle, is a narration of the author’s stay in North Korea- a country suppressed under the government. “Harrison Bergeron” by Kurt Vonnegut Jr. and “The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson, are fictional stories that both illustrate people’s behaviour under pressure- whether from the society and the government. All these sources demonstrates pressure from the government and society can limit individual’s thoughts and ability to become independent.
In Basil Davidson’s video, “Different but Equal”, Davidson examines ancient Africa, and how Africans were perceived in ancient and modern times. Davidson discusses pre-colonized Africa and its history, and how racism prevailed in the past and in modern day. By discussing early civilizations, as well as modern day perspectives, Davidson allows the viewer to have expansive information on how individuals view Africans and their culture. In Davidson’s video, he discusses how people in the past have viewed Africa and African culture, and how that relates to our perception of Africa in modern times.
The novel Schooled by Gordon Korman is a fantastically fabulous story. The main character is named Capricorn Anderson or Cap for short. He is a flower child,or hippie, and to his luck,Cap gets dropped in the real world at a real school for the first time because his grandmother, Rain,broke her hip. This caused Cap to drive her to the hospital where they said that Cap couldn’t go back to Garland,( The alternative farm commune that Rain has owned since the 60’s to keep the ways of the hippies alive for all this time.)Cap is very different from the other students at C Average because he practices tai chi, a kind martial arts,hadn’t heard of most modern technologies,or wedgies,and is filled with hippie wisdom,causing him to be like an alien compared to the other students. Fortunately, like anyone in a new area,he adapts and changes even in his two month stay.
(Title) S.E. Hinton is a tower of literature. She was a very well-known inspirational author during the 1960s, and still is today, she was very talented due to the wonderful novels that she has written. Even though S.E. Hinton was a great author, she was still presented with many challenges, such as people not having faith in her writing abilities because of the fact that she was a female, but she overcame those negative comments to proceed into the path of greatness. S.E. Hinton was the most inspirational female author during the 1960s, because she was passionate about her career, she has won numerous awards for her outstanding novels, and she has set the expectations for what female writers can accomplish.
On the other hand, Jeff Koons is a renowned artist who came across Rogers’ shot. He then used that as a reference to create a set of statues. He profited from that exhibit. Rogers sued Koons under the copyright law. The court rejected Koon’s defence, saying it was a fair form of parody.
