Moving to Blogger…

In the next two weeks, I will no longer be updating this blog- because I moved it to BLOGGER, beyatches!

so update yourselves to http://art-rogue.blogspot.com, for soon this won’t be used at all….

[oooooooo....spoooooky abaaaaaaandomeeeent!]

*shakes the dust off*

Well, it has been quite a while. I see that a lot of my DIVA 200 classmates have also ceased the update of their art blogs- which does make sense, since the purpose of this was indeed an assignment.

but I liked blogging about my various art endeavours both out of school and in, so I’m resolved to pick things back up!

So, expect the following updates from me very soon:

1- an upload of my Illustration assignment from the Spring semester at ECU
2- some videos of my best animations from the Intro to Animation Course I took in the Summer
3- my tales or art from back home in the islands
4- and what I’m doing now! [aside from enjoying my brand new laptop <3]

'til later, grasshoppers

a tiny bit of shameless self-promotion…

…but if you are on Facebook, FIND ME!!  I’d love to keep in contact with everyone now that classes are essentially done with!

You can find me here- I promise I don’t bite

DIVA 200 Final Assignments List

It’s very weird for me to be finished with my first semester here at Emily Carr.  I’m really gonna miss everyone I’ve met so far in my various classes!

Anyway, I decided for ease, I’d compile a list of all my assignments and link/show them accordingly, starting with DIVA 200.  Links will be added once they’re finalized and/or located.

Assignment 1- this blog!

Assignment 2- my *glisten)HIVE internship [this links into my review of the installation plus my experience]

Assignment 3- Suzi’s audio project

Assignment 4- Urban Intervention

Assignment 5- Video

i just remembered!

Michaela’s video assignment and her source materials reminded me about t.A.T.u.’s music video for “Prostie Dvizheniya” which translates roughly into “Simple Movements”, and I forgot to post the link up here.  so here you go!  it’s one of my fave songs from the duo, video notwithstanding

Video Assignment- “sip-sip”- now with fortified subtitles!!

Click Here, Click Here!

So after a lot of headaches with software [the Mac vs PC debate has officially ended as far as I'm concerned- iMovie saw to it that I'll work in Audacity on my crap computer may times over before I touch a gorgeous Mac and use iMovie again!!!] and other computer-related woes, Im releved to introduce my video assignment for my DIVA 200 class- “sip-sip”  I hope you guys enjoy my little slice of home

exciting prospects

there’s a chance that my Transforming Spaces entry will be heading to Freeport, Grand Bahama along with the other entries in “A Sudden and Violent Change”- not to mention i have a potential buyer for the painting.

all i can say is WHOOOHOO!

*shakes the dust off this thing* UPDATED

…sorry!

i guess the proverbial ‘crunch-time’ has finally hit me, like it seems to have all my fellow ECU peers.  i’ve heard horror stories of term papers, grad film reels being pulled, and all the homework piling up to where there’s no air to breathe.  i can’t say i’m in THAT situation yet… but i am starting to feel that pinch.

at the same time i can’t believe it’s been 3 months since i moved here and that my first semester is very quickly coming to an end.  even more alarming is that i may actually be able to start my third year studies by fall, if my summer plans work out the way they should.  i just have to pace myself and stay on top of everything, and my heavy workload should decrease soon enough.

that being said, i had to re-do my Urban Intervention piece because the humour that i was going for was totally misconceived as unintentional malice, so that was a slight bust.  but after taking the advice of my peers [and a little bit of digigng through EMC financial statements, i was still able to salvage my initial idea, modify it, and print out some banging stickers- 7 in total, actually.  the pictures will come in a little while- according to Zoe they are pretty damn huge.

..this last video project has me worried, though- and that's mainly for the state of my slowly-dying laptop.  it can barely handle a simple news clip, let alone video-editing.  but i think my concept is pretty solid.  no sharing yet, though- that comes tomorrow once i learn all the technical stuff.

UPDATE:

here's some of the photos of my installation around campus, 5 out of 7 of the chosen locations.

Assignment #4 [or is it #5...?]: “Where Your Money Goes”

Coming from a small liberal arts college in the Bahamas, I see anything that eliminate the need to walk across vast stretches of unused land a blessing.  So imagine what a lovely surprise I get when I find out that Emily Carr has an ELEVATOR.  It’s pretty nifty, right?  A small school such as this, has provided an elevator for its students/faculty/guests can use to get to the second floor.  A perfect thing for the heavily-burdened or slight lazy amongst us.

Imagine my horror, though, when I see the interior of this elevator.  In short, it looks horrid.  For the purpose of carrying largepieces of delecate work, the padding on the elevator walls makes sense.  It’s smart.  Visually, though?  It’s REPULSIVE!  And THIS is what was up when the focus of the Cultural Olympiad shone upon the school?  Is that what our guests saw venturing upstairs?

We really don’t have enough money to make sure aesthetics and functionality can get along??

COMPLETE! My “Transforming Spaces” Entry

so if you were paying attention a few posts back, you would remember i talked about being asked to participate in the Transforming Spaces exhibition by a friend of mine back in the Bahamas.  well folks, after a week of constant work [even with me being too sick to think straight at times] and about $200 down the drain in both materials and shipping posts [oye my heart!!], i’m pleased to show off the final piece!  check it out below, and leave comments!

Based on poems by Xan-Xi Bethel