“For ethnology to live, its object must die.”—Jean Baudrillard “Simulation p13” It is such an irony that for this subject to continue, its object must be died or will going to be. Taking the subject out of its living context is like taking a whale out of the ocean and place it in aquarium. TheContinueContinue reading “Simulations 2”
Author Archives: Zhixuan Lyu
Simulations 1
While reading the section, I kept relating the text to my experience. Are the idols that I admire really who they are when presented on media, or else they are my inner fascinations? It is hardly able to find out. They are packaged perfectly by companies and polished by the media. Perhaps they are theContinueContinue reading “Simulations 1”
Final Project
My final project consists of some archive photos and rephotographs. I found all the old photographs online, and then made a “modern version” of them. https://flic.kr/s/aHsmM4As4j My goal is to help the viewers to see through time. It is easy for people to forget history and forget to give credits to what was new thenContinueContinue reading “Final Project”
William Wordsworth in The Medium is the Massage
It was hard to accurately describe the connection between these two people in a sentence. After I rewrote and reread for tons of times, dig deeper and deeper, I came up with this one: Wordsworth and McLuhan both think that seeing is not as important as the ability to feel, as everything coexists at theContinueContinue reading “William Wordsworth in The Medium is the Massage”
Something is Happening
Since I had experience on photography exhibition in my previous photograph class, I was pretty familiar with the whole procedure. I ordered a new art book in the premium magazine instead of the economy so that the cover and pages are harder and I can also edit some layouts that I didn’t like on theContinueContinue reading “Something is Happening”
Sound Sound Sound
I’d like you to listen to the piece first 👉 Soundcloud link When I heard about the prompt, I thought about a story I read long ago. A famous Chinese MC told the interviewer that he enjoys listening to “sounds”, like the sound of nature, ambient sound, and languages. He once had a recorder in hisContinueContinue reading “Sound Sound Sound”
Artist Talk Response 2
The speaker is Stephen Perkins, who was born in London, later moved to the U.S. to study art and recently settled in Wisconsin. He has done various kinds of art, including art therapy, photography, art publication, social activity related to art… Currently, I think he is continuing his photography career and doing all kindsContinueContinue reading “Artist Talk Response 2”
Something is happening
Environments are invisible…The poets, the artist, the sleuth–whoever sharpens our perception tends to be antisocial; rarely “well-adjusted,” he cannot go along with currents and trends.The medium is the massage McLuhan If you look at my old photographs, I had very limited experience with shooting people in public. But, street photography and photos with people atContinueContinue reading “Something is happening”
Artist Talk Response W20
At first, the speaker, Maeve Jackson, talked about her two screening films. They are all about the same place in Europe that she went. The first one is artistic film, but the second one, she wanted to challenge herself by combining art and film (especially documentary) genre to create something different. I think theContinueContinue reading “Artist Talk Response W20”
Marshell Mcluhan space&time experimental video
https://youtu.be/4HKq_k1OjTk “Unhappily, we confront this new situation with an enormous backlog of outdated mental and psychological responses.”Mcluhan the medium is the massage Lots of Mcluhan’s words are talking about new media. How it has effected/would affect our lives and how sticking to old-fashioned solutions would not work for today’s puzzles. Starting from that point, IContinueContinue reading “Marshell Mcluhan space&time experimental video”
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