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- Mariola Szenk
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Tired of hearing the word “art”?
Luke
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Art is not just a high class form of entertainment, it is an indication of change in society. With the growing acceptance of homosexuality and transsexuals, gender roles have been changing. where there were normally women gliding on stage, interacting with men in “romantic” dances, now there are men dancing with men, and more intimate dances. These are symbols of changing perceptions in society. Gender roles used to be strict, women had their place, and men had theirs. this was translated in to dance as well, where women had their roles and their choreography, and men had theirs.
Art deserves moe credit than it is given. People see art as a waste of time and money, but if you truly want to understand contemporary culture, want to see the canges we are going through, what is accepted and what is not, the best place to go is an art performance. Art has always been
on the leading edge of our ever-changing culture, and it will stay that way.
-Jacob S.
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On disfigurement, however, one point to make. If a tattoo isn’t properly cared for in the weeks following the inking, it can and will get infected, and that’s about the nastiest thing I can thing of. A recent news report linked four unlicensed tattoo artists in Georgia to an outbreak of staph, which led to more than a few cases of necrotizing fasciitis (flesh-eating disease). Turns out they weren’t giving very good instructions on upkeep as the work healed.
Mike C.
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My German host mother once told me that any type of piercing or tattoo is for the weak—that people use them as masks to cover up any kind of insecurities they might want to hide. As a 16 year old, I couldn’t understand what she was saying; I was still mystified by piercings and tattoos, and while I myself may not have necessarily wanted one, I didn’t think anything negative of them. Now, nearly four years and much life experience later, I understand what Ruth Ukena meant.
Tattooing seems to land on both sides of the “meaningful” spectrum (for lack of a better way to state this); there are people who devote themselves entirely to their tattoo, making it a reflection of all that is inside of themselves, and then there are people who, a year after getting a tattoo done (which is not very much time at all, as a tattoo is one hundred percent permanent) forget it’s meaning completely and try to keep it covered at all times. This kind of tattoo is what one of our interviewees, a tattoo artist of seven years on Saint Mark’s Place, refers to as a “trinket”, a tattoo with no real meaning to the wearer, a fad tattoo, something “cool”.
I think that in order to gain respect from people like myself who tend to doubt the genuineness of tattoos, feeling that the wearer is trying to suffice for a lack, either personally or emotionally, in their lives and just trying to be “cool”, one must devote themselves entirely to their tattoo, interweaving it into their sack that contains the soul. One must hold their tattoo in such reverence that it never ceases to provide a reminder to the outside world and the wearer just how much it signifies. An wonderful example we came across while roaming the East Village and Lower East Side for interviewees was a girl we met in a tattoo parlor on 1st Avenue. Of Belizean and Dominican descent, the girl (whose name we never caught) had her entire left upper arm tattooed in black with an image of the Mayan rain god Chac Mul, who is believed to hold the hearts of believers. Her tattoo not only is not only a representation of who she is ethnically, but who she is spiritually. Its connection to her Belizean roots and Belize’s Mayan forefathers, as well as its religious connection to the Mayan gods and perhaps her personal cosmological or religious beliefs make this tattoo, in my opinion, very worthwhile. It is her oldest tattoo, I think around six years old, and she will still proudly yank up her shirtsleeve to show it off.
To me, a tattoo such as this hold much greater meaning and purpose as a representation on the surface of the soul that lies within the body/underneath the skin than a “trinket” tattoo, which have unfortunately become the majority of what most tattoos are. Tattoo artists have therefore “sold out” to the industry, performing trinket tattoo after trinket tattoo to customers who have no connection to the image they are to wear and identify themselves with for the rest of their lives. However, whether the tattoo carry a great weight or serve as expression or not, every artist interviewed bluntly said “no matter what it is I tattoo, at the end of the day you gotta realize it pays the bills”.
-C Detrow
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However, as much as music has changed over the years, there are some things about it that have not changed in the way that things are perceived. When you listen to music, there are certain characteristics that change what emotions the music provokes. If you change the key f the music, you change the tone that it gives to the piece. If you make the notes shorter, or staccato, then the music id more dramatic and dynamic. If you make the notes longer, or lagato, then the piece is more emotional. A formada, or holding a note, can be a critical point in the piece, and different harmonies or themes going on at the same time can show different things, like conflict.
What we wanted to show was that music is similar to art in the way that it can be interpreted and has characteristics that affect how it is understood. Art has hues, saturation, styles, themes and other characteristics that determine how it is understood. Since we had learned about art in class, we figured we would try to use it to show the class how music is art as well. Art can never be interpreted in only one way. To show that music can provoke emotions and ideas, we used different music to bring out different ideas that were present in the paintings.
My favorite example was the first picture we had, of the one man being shot by soldiers. With the two different pieces of music, it was like hearing the two sides of the story of the events of that day. One piece of music was more like an arm march, very short notes and a lot of percussion (drums). This showed the side of the army, doing the right thing and killing the enemy. The other piece of music that we had was very emotional, like a funeral song. It had elongated notes, and the music was at a lower octave, more depressing. The key that the music was in was also more depressing than the first piece. It showed the side of the man being shot. It made him seem like he was a victim being shot by the evil army that had no reason to shoot him. I thought that the two pieces of music showing the two sides and how different the story could be really brought out our point that music can bring out different aspects and emotions, and can be interpreted or tell a story just like any of the forms of art that we learned about in class could.
~Dalya A.
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Matthew Bourne makes the viewers of his Swan Lake relive a classic play. Though cliché in sound, the experience is far from an ordinary remake. Bourne does not just modernize Swan Lake; through the reassigning of gender roles and integration of a new theme, Bourne transforms the ballet into a new experience that is to be enjoyed by an open, modern audience. Bourne’s work acts as more than just food for the eyes: it is a learning experience.
Bourne emphasizes through his work that all forms of art serve as forms of expression. With that, he also makes it known that it is not only the artist’s opinions, emotions, and thoughts that are being expressed. Those of the general population have a way of always making it into art as well. The art of ballet, like any other form of art, serves as a cultural encyclopedia and timeline; each is a guide to the social likes, woes, and acceptances of its time. Very explictly, Bourne attacks the social issues regarding homosexuality, in both our modern time and the time of the original Swan Lake. While Bourne critiques the treatment of homosexuals in older times through his Swan Lake, he also addresses the social acceptance of it in our time just through the presence of the critique. His art, like all other art, displays what society is willing to accept, or, often times, what society demands acceptance of. This revealing of ourselves through the work of artists speaks volumes to the importance of art in our culture. Its presence not only tracks, but influences, the growth of societies all over the world.
-Curtis
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- Shaziya
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