The value of art

From my point of view, this painting I feel is full of strong Mexican style. The colors are full of sharp contrasts and the characters are very clear. This is my first time to contact Mexican culture but I especially like their color style. The contrast of colors creates a sharp contrast and bold colors. I want to express my preferences and my blessings to her as my parther’s items.

1. What is your greatest fear?

I still remember that time, when I was in primary school. When I opened the door, the cold air and darkness of the room came over me. It was another night, and my parents were at work again. Open the cold refrigerator is cold, fortunately, this time is no longer dark, the refrigerator light in my face. I took out the frozen dishes and put them in the microwave. The light of the microwave seemed to be heating me and gave me some warmth. In the dark, I felt too weak to see hope

2. Which living person do you most admire?

I don’t know how you feel about your dad. Tall, handsome, these are not the words I used to describe my father. In my eyes, my father is hard-working, ambitious and modest. My father is my study target. He has been my guide. I think my father has been very successful at his age, but he is still learning and improving himself. Whenever I return home. No matter how busy he is, he always finds time to cook a meal for me, chat with me and analyze my problems from different perspectives. It made me feel like my father. This is what I admire.

3. What is the quality you most like in a man?

When you first see the person, the first impression is very important. Many of my friends have told me that they want to find a handsome boyfriend, so that they will not be angry as long as they look handsome when they quarrel. Now people, are too impetuous. The first glance is important, but I think self-discipline and filial piety are the most needed qualities for a boy. Self-discipline can see that he is on their own requirements are not casual people. Filial piety, in my opinion, must be good to their parents.

The critical design opposite is affirmative design: design that reinforces the status quote.

It is more of an attitude than anything else, a position rather than a method.

Use a lot of different ways to make people think. Between art and design.

People think is untrue is negative.

It’s also a tool can change.

Access to wider and ence.

provocation to think outside box.

impact of technology

Social change

political/social

After school, I took the subway home as usual. I was Listen to the music, my eyes started watching the door to observe people. There is a plastering foot that appeared in front of my eyes and came to my opposite position, a man wearing a black tight-fitting sweatshirt. And he wears a sporty Bluetooth headset on his ear, a black sports bag on his hand looks really heavy. From the tights, I can clearly see his eight fast abdominal muscles and Muscles on the arm. On such a cold day, he only wears a sweatshirt. It seems that his body is particularly good. The subway is on the station, although his foot is hurt, he still goes very fast.

From his body and clothes, I guess he may be is a Fitness coach. Because he is exercising in the gym every day, he has a very perfect body. The sports bag in his hand may contain fitness materials, protein powder to be used after fitness, and towels. But I also have another guess. How did he get to work when his feet were hurt? Can he teach the guests like this? So I guess he might be an ordinary white-collar worker. But he is very concerned about his body, so he is working out every day. Maybe he accidentally injured his foot in the gym today. Of course, these are my personal opinions and can’t be taken seriously.

When I read the article “Ways of seeing”  I really agree with these centers “The way we see things is affected by what we know or what we believe” This sentence made me resonate. For example, when I watched strangers on the subway, my thoughts and guesses were based on what I saw. There is an old saying in China called “seeing is believing” that’s mean all the thing we should see it then we can believe. This is just proved how seeing affected our believe. When we see one thing or one person In the first reaction, you will generate ideas in your mind based on what you see. People are always more willing to believe what they see in front of us.

list note: Foot injury／Sportswear／Sports backpack

To my “past” self:

Dear Olivia:

Hi, the little girl, when you see this letter, you will be particularly curious and surprised, who will write this letter to you. You certainly don’t believe that I am the one who knows you the most. I know all your little secret. I know right now you were fighting with your parents, you don’t want to come to America, you think you have all your friends in China, and your English is not really good you were so afraid to go to a new country. You can’t image how you are going to live in America; you think you will hate your parents. But trust me you will change your mind, and you will thank your parents to make you do this decision. Why? Because there are have a lot of different things and people in the world if you don’t go out to see you never going to grow up. You need to trust yourself even you going to go to the new country, you will make a lot of friends and everything will have a solution you are amazing.

To my “future” self:

Dear Olivia:

Hi the older me, I am the younger you. Don’t throw the letter; this is not Fraud confidence. I know when you were my age you want to be a fashion designer, and open your own company. Do you realize your dream now? Or you already change your dream? Nevermind I just want to you know that don’t be shy to ask other people to help you, Be sure to go home and see your parents. I understand that you are having a lot of pressures from school, friends and other stuff, and you might feel disappointed about yourself sometimes, but remember, your family will always be proud of you and support you whenever you need them. They love you as much as you love them. Trust yourself and don’t leave any regrets. Good luck!

When in difficult or unfamiliar situations/spaces I will be nervous, and I will drink a lot of water. If I want to share a memory, I will tell a story. This piece of work the water sound makes me feel calm, like when I nervous I will drink a lot of water.

Space/Materiality, Performative Object:

Time: During lunch time 12:30

Site: First floor in the University center

Relation: The new school student using Instagram a lot so when they see this Instagram board they can got some ideal from my work.

Title of your piece: Instagram board

Date: 12/12/2018

Approx. Dimensions of object:28 inch*22 inch

Materials List:Cardboard, Mirror paper, Wood,Thread

Date and duration of performance (total time you spent performing)

I spend 3min for performance.

Video link: https://youtu.be/caqOktDC2Gs

I hang the cardboard in front of me. I will take the initiative to go to people to show me my work and explain why I am doing this work.

Reflection:

My ecological issue is People are too addicted to themselves in social networks and forget their true self. Then I made an Instagram board. I put the mirror paper. People can see themselves, to help them realized without the photograph without social networks the real them are the best. I choose the First floor of the University Center. Because in the new school I believer that each student all have Instagram so my performance would catch people’s attention. And make them think about the intention under my object. When people get curious about the meaning of my object, I would explain to them that it is vital to focus more on the inside of yourself, your true self.We should not care too much about other people’s judges. Just be who you are, when you appreciate the real side of yourself, other people would like you as well. I carried the object on my body to make it as an extension of my body. My performance aimed to make people pay more attention to the real inside of me instead of my appearance. After doing this project, I start to observe if this problem has begun to be solved in the environment. I also start to care more about people’s responses to this problem. It is my first time performing in front of the public. I felt really awkward in the beginning. I was afraid to show people my project. I felt upset when some people refused to see my work and walked away. However, I did not give up, and some people became interested in my work and were willing to listen to my presentation, I felt pleased. I really hope my performance would catch people’s attention and make them think about the problem on themselves.