Drawing/Imaging: Places + Things
Throughout the first half of the semester, I have been feeling a little confused about the requirements of the professor regarding each assignment. Even though I paid attention to the instructions given each time, I noticed huge differences between my work and the others’ every time we have a critique. I believe that it is related to my lack of training in drawing in high school. Compared to my classmates, I am a lot less familiar with the terminology and formal techniques. I am planning to improve myself by reading more about related topics and trying to practise more frequently out of class. Despite the confusion that I have been having, I am happy about the quality of my work for this class.
Time: Frame
This is the class that I think that I have been most actively participating in. Since the professor covered a lot of topics of film and photography, also genres that I am very interested in, I am very intrigued by this class and I often try to share my thoughts. I am really happy with how I am able to engage with the class discussions and produce works that I feel confident about. To improve, I would like to try familiarizing myself with digital softwares for filmmaking and editing artworks by practising.
Integrative Studio 1: Memory
This class has been inspiring me a lot when I create my own works. Through group discussions and critiques, I am able to understand the creative progress of my classmates and give me ideas on how to expand on my own thoughts to effectively communicate through art. I am also able to try working with media that I was less familiar with, such as installation and audio. What I found quite challenging at first was working with other people. I started of being a little worried about working with others who have a very different artistic style from mine, or someone who works in a completely different pattern as me. However, after a lot of discussions, I feel that I am able to collaborate with people from distinctive backgrounds, and bring out incorporated ideas that are even more advanced.
Integrative Seminar 1: Memory
Like my studio class, my classmates also inspire me a lot in our seminar class. Although we shift from discussing visual arts to literature, the critical thinking and positive attitude of my classmates encourage me to also share my ideas, this developing a more sophisticated way of thinking when examining texts or even artworks. I am also really happy about the quality of work that I submit for this class, and I would like to keep up and also improve by reading more and thinking about different ways to express my own ideas.
Objects as History: Prehistory to Industrialization
This is a relatively challenging class for me. Even though I took history in high school, I am not familiar of the periods in history that the syllabus covers. Besides, since time is very limited for this class, I have to spend a lot of time doing readings before class to help myself prepare. I realized that reading ahead have been effectively helping me to understand the materials we go over in class, and I will try to keep it up through the semester to improve my performance in this class.