Monday, April 7, 2008

Rolen



Rolen is my roomate's classmate. She is a 21year old graphic student in SVA. She came to my house last weekend and we hang out together. She has really nice personality and she's so funny~!She brought us a bar which was near NYU. She had a great time at that place. There are many live singers and they makes us sing together. It was a really fun experience.. I think that she is a really interesting person. I hope that we can hang out after when we have the time.
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American sculptor, Susan P. Cochran, has stirred up some interesting response here in Dubai with her giant ant(about 8 meters) colony that is digging around DIFC.
Susna explained her works' meaning.
"These ants have a social message, they work together to build a strong community just like people are doing here in Dubai," says Al Shroogi, a Dubai art supporter set to open a new gallery in May at DIFC. "This is so appropriate."


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Saturday, April 5, 2008

[NYT] A Boy Nameed Sue, and a Theory of Names


This article is about the name theory.
Writer asists who has weir name has a tendency to live bad life.
1. A child with an awful name might grow up to be a relatively normal adult.
2. The parent who inflicted the name does not deserve to be executed.

Studuies showed that children with odd name got worse grades and were less popular than other classmates in elementary school. In college they were more likely to flunk out or become "psychoneurotic." They were overrepresented among emotionally disturbed children and psychiatric patients.

Some of there mental problems might have been genetic.
who made their child name like a Hysteria Johnson, King Arthur, Infinity Hubbard, Please Cope, Major Slaughter, Helen Troy, several Satans,ima pigg, Ima muskrat, Ima nut and Ima Hooker.

The authors also interviewed adults today who had survived name like Cash guy, Mary Christmas, River Jordan and Rasp Berry. Those people were very proud of their names, almost overly proud," We asked if that was a reaction to getting pummeled when they were little, were there much ribbing They did ter a little tired of hearing the same jokes, but they liked having an unusual name because it made them stand out.

"Researchers have studied men with cross-gende names like Leslie" no psychological or social problems, but they have found one major positive factor: a better sense of self control.

However, when people were asked to rate the physical attractiveness and character of someone in a photograph, it didn't matter much if that someone was assigned an "undesirable"name. Once people could see a face, it doestn't matter.
"Names only have a significant influence when that is the only thing you know about person."
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Monday, March 31, 2008

designer's blog


This blog contains many interviews with artists and their works.
Actually, when I see one's works, I don't focus on the artist' purpose that much. I used to go exhibition and just I feel art pieces on my own way. However, I think it would be better way to understand the artist's thinking and purpose, because sometines art contains that artist's life. In this interview with Mel Kadel , he said he love to stay in his room and it kind of show in his wroks. His works gave me a kind of cosy feeling like staying in home.He draw many patches in his works.
This blog remindes me the importance of understanding aritsts, so this blos was impressed me.
Also, there bunch of good interviews here~take a look!!
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[NYT] Channeling Carrie


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This article is about well-kown TV series "Sex and the City".
In the aricle said that the carri cannot exist in New York, Manhatten in these days.
Because, the House rent fee has been rises up to $2,448( on the Upper East Side) this year from $1,542 in 1998. It is impossible to afford from the writer lower imcome. Also, in the Sexs and the sity, there is episode, carrie's boyfriend dumps her by leaving a Post-it on her computer. However, Ms Allison may be best known for her online breakup earlier this year with a boyfriend with whom she once shared a blog. hundreds commented, both on their blog and elswhere, as the relationship dissolved through a series of nasty posts.
It was really interestring article, becuase I agree with everything. Yes, mahatten is an attractive place to live, but it's too expensive and I think that recent, relationship is process in web. I think that this article reflects the present situation well, so I was really sympathize with it.

Monday, March 24, 2008

project2: "sound"




The second project is making a sound piece from your neighborhood.
I choose the neighborhood where is a greenwich villege,washington square park.
In there, I gathered sonds of people's coughing and yelling. Also, I recorded bird sounds and musical instruments. I tried to mixed them periodically.

A Smart art


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Sideways: A Smart Art Project” is definitely moving us forward with 240 pages of modern ideas about creative inroads for our environmental roadmap as well as progressive transportation alternatives.