Week #3 - Gavin Liu

For this past week, I was given the responsibility of taking the attendance and addressing late students. I was also given my first teaching opportunity. I believe I did a good job in teaching and instructing the class. All the students were paying attention and seemed to be quiet while I was instructing. I felt extremely comfortable and respected. I was also pleased with my delivery . Being a person with no construction or technology background, I was able to help students and also answer questions or any concerns that they had.  

I also learned that by using positive reinforcement, the classroom becomes a less chaotic environment. For example, there was one student who was misbehaving. The first thing I told the student was to sit down quietly and do their work. At first it worked, but then he kept bugging me and his classmates. I eventually ignored him . After the student completed his work, I complemented on how it was well done which in the end, created  a more peaceful environment since he was no longer bugging me and the other students and was actually quiet.. This was possible through the 3 step process in positive reinforcement. 

The only difficulty I had was trying to get the attention of certain students. Some students don't care about their work and only want to socialize. It seems no matter how many times you address the student, they end up socializing. 

This picture best represents praise. I feel that praise is one of the most important steps in positive reinforcement. In a classroom environment, praise allows the student to feel appreciated therefore a repetition of appropriate behavior will occur. Without praise, the student will continue to act inappropriately. 

The Amazing Spiderman !

As a big fan of Spiderman, I decided to do an animation about Spiderman. This video was possible through 200 still photos and a solid story line. In this video, Spiderman is climbing a large mountain trying to reach his home town Chicago. As he was climbing, he faced obstacles such as large falling rocks.

The Flintstones.

Created by Matthias Seifarth

In my opinion, this picture represents the tv show "The Flintstones" and how it's a really old show. As of today, The Flinstones doesn't air on tv on the regular basis.

Black Square Designs

The point of black squares is to develop a sense of order, increase, bold, congested, tension, and playful

2nd Critique

Fashion Poster

This poster was created for Father Michael Mcgivney Catholic Academy's Fashion program. The purpose of this poster is to promote the fashion program at the school. The fashion program provides skills that will  help you outside of school. For example designing an article of clothing. This program is extremely recommended for people who love to use their hands.

Sound Solution

SCREAM !

The purpose of this picture is to represent sound by considering the character of the sound, its tempo, volume, duration, context and colour.

The decision of being famous.

My photo montage represents the struggle of being a celebrity . Usually people think being famous is the best thing that can happen to you. When your famous you are able to earn a lot of money, and overall receive benefits that no other ordinary people can acquire. Even though being famous sounds like the ideal dream, celebrities can’t have  things that us ordinary people can have. One major thing is being able  to spend quality time with your children. To me spending time with your children is the most vital part in a child’s life. This sets an example of how your children should treat their children. On my photo montage, there is a road. There is a two way street sign in the middle of the road . One side says “Fame”, the other side says “Family”. There is a confused person in the middle of the road representing  the decision you have to make when your famous. You have to pick ether fame or family. The people on the fame side represent fans, and the two people on the family side represent quality time between a  parent and a child.

When Im Gone- Eminem

Have you ever loved someone so much

You'd give an arm for
Not the expression
No, literally give an arm for
When they know they're your heart
And you know you were their armor
And you will destroy anyone who would try to harm her
But what happens when karma
Turns right around to bite you
And everything you stand for turns on you despite you
What happens when you become the main source of her pain
"Daddy look what i made"
Dad's got to go catch a plane
"Daddy where's mommy?"
"I can't find mommy, where is she?"
"I don't know, go play, Hailey baby, your Daddy's busy"
"Daddy's writin' a song, the song ain't gon' write itself"
"I'll give you one underdog, and you got to swing by yourself"
Then turn right around in that song, and tell her you love her
And put hands on her mother who's a splittin' image of her
That's Slim Shady
Yeah baby Slim Shady's crazy
Shady made me
But tonight, Shady's rock-a-bye-baby, huh...

(Chorus)

And when I'm gone, just carry on
Don't worry, rejoice
Everytime you hear the sound of my voice
Just know that, I'm lookin' down on you smilin'
And i didn't feel a thang
So baby don't feel no pain
Just smile back
And when I'm gone, just carry on
Don't worry, rejoice
Everytime you hear the sound of my voice
Just know that, I'm lookin' down on you smilin'
And i didn't feel a thang
So baby don't feel no pain
Just smile back...

(Verse 2)

I keep havin' this dream
I'm pushin' Hailey on the swings
She keeps screamin' she don't want me to sing
"You're makin' Mommy cry"
"Why? Why is Mommy cryin'?"
"Baby Daddy ain't leavin' no more"
"Daddy you're lyin'"
"You always say that, you always say this is the last time"
"But you ain't leavin' no more, Daddy you're mine"
She's pilin' boxes in front of the door
Tryin' to block it
"Daddy please, Daddy don't leave, Daddy, no stop it"
Goes in her pocket, pulls out a tiny necklace locket
Its got her picture
"This'll keep you safe, Daddy take it with ya"
I look up, it's just me standin' in the mirror
These **********' walls must be talkin'
Cause man I can hear 'em
They're sayin' you got one more chance to do right
And it's tonight
Now go out there and show 'em that you love 'em 'fore it's too late
And just as I go to walk out of my bedroom door
It turns to a stage
They're gone, and the spotlight is on
And I'm singin'

(Chorus)

(Verse 3)

Sixty thousand people
All jumpin' out their seat
The curtain closes
They throwin' roses at my feet
I take a bow
And thank you all for comin' out
They're screamin' so loud
I take one last look at the crowd
I glanced down
I don't believe what I'm seein'
"Daddy it's me, help Mommy, her wrists are bleedin'"
"But baby we're in Sweden"
"How did you get to Sweden?"
"I followed you Daddy, you told me that you weren't leavin'"
"You lied to me Dad, and now you made Mommy sad"
"And i bought you this coin, it says NUMBER ONE DAD"
"That's all i wanted, i just want to give you this coin"
"I get the point, fine, me and Mommy are goin'"
"But baby wait..."
"It's too late Dad, you made your choice"
"Now go out there and show 'em that you love 'em more than us"
"That's what they want, they want you Marshall they keep"
"Screamin' your name, it's no wonder you can't go to sleep"
"Just take another pill, yeah i bet you you will"
"You rap about it"
"Yeah, Word, K-K-Keep It Real"
I hear applause, all this time I couldn't see
How could it be, that the curtain is closin' on me?
I turn around, find a gun on the ground
Cock it, put it to my brain
Scream "Die Shady" and pop it
The sky darkens, my life flashes
The plane that i was supposed to be on crashes
And burns to ashes
That's when i wake up
Alarm clocks ringin'
There's birds singin'
It's spring and, Hailey's outside swingin'
I walk right up to Kim and kiss her
Tell her I miss her
Hailey just smiles and winks at her little sister
Almost as if to... say....

(Chorus)

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One Year of AZT critique

Title: One Year Of AZT
Photographer: General Idea
Date: 1991


My first impression of this piece of art work was that it was very unrealistic. To me this photo was unrealistic because in life, medicine pills aren’t that big. When I first viewed this photo, I figured this photo presented a strong message about a type of disease that exists in our world. This photo is very simple because it presents only one focus which is the pills. I see a bunch of pills on the walls and larger pills placed in the centre of the room.
There are many principles and designs in this photo. Some elements include line, texture, space and form. There is a geometric line in this photo. The geometric line is present when you view the small tablets that are closest to you and then create a straight, hard edge line that leads toward the doors. When you feel the tablets, it is very smooth. Even from just looking at the tablets you can tell that the surface of it is smooth, therefore there is a mixture of actual texture and illusory texture in this photo. If you look at both walls that are filled with tablets, you can see that there is a equal amount of space in between them which creates space in the photograph. The pills are in a 3D form since there is a extra dimension of depth added. The principles of designs present in this photo are balance, emphasis, and contrast. If you view this photo, you notice when you split the picture in half it creates a symmetrical balance because, the parts of the picture are equal. The larger pills in the middle also create emphasis. I believe he made bigger pills in the middle to show that even though we think taking those pills everyday isn’t a problem because of their small size, to people who have to take those pills everyday, it feels like trying to take one of those big pills. The photo holds the viewers attention because of the different size of the pills. This makes the viewer wonder why the artist did such a thing, therefore contrast is added in this piece of artwork.
The theme of my artwork is about AIDS ( acquired immune deficiency syndrome ). AIDS is a world wide disease caused by HIV ( human immuodeficiency virus ). This disease effects the immune system and increases the chances of people developing tumours and nasty infections. To be able to get AIDS, a person’s bloodstream has to come in contact with another person’s bodily fluid ( blood, semen , breast milk etc ) containing HIV. The most common way for people to get AIDS today is by oral sex. This artwork is about the amount of AZT ( The Pills ) someone with HIV has to take a year to delay the process of AIDS. I believe this piece of artwork was created to show how hard it is for someone with HIV . Someone with HIV has to take these pills every four hours or prescribed by your doctor otherwise each and everyday. It also may include some side effects as well. Having to do that everyday causes a lot of pain and stress because the pills tend to cause muscle aches and sometimes liver and blood problems. Also the constant reminder of taking the pill every 4 hours is very annoying as well. This photo communicates a emotion of sadness because of what people who have HIV have to go through. I think the artist views the world as a sad and miserable place. I think this photo presenting the idea of people having AIDS is just an example of why they think this world is a sad and a miserable place. Other examples of why they may think the world is sad and miserable is because of violence, child abuse, war, murder etc. General Idea created " One Year Of AZT" to address the AIDS crisis that was happening between 1987 - 1994.
The artists created this piece of work to inform people about AIDS. During the 1987, AIDS wasn’t really big disease and not many people thought too much of it so between 1987 - 1994 , General Idea created many art work including One Year Of AZT to inform the public that its becoming a problem. Sure enough AIDS is a big problem in our society today. My thoughts and feelings for this picture after understanding the artist’s original intent hasn’t changed. The artist intent and my prediction about this photo is very similar. My interpret of the image hasn’t changed as well. From this photo, I learned that having HIV and possibly developing AIDS is very unpleasant judging from the amount of pills you have to take a year and the pain I have to go through of taking them is equivalent to taking one of those big pills. This artwork also taught me to remain abstinent until marriage and not take part in any sexual activity with random people as well. Those people might contain HIV that I am not aware of and I may catch it as well. By catching it, I could be living a really difficult life. This artwork also inspired me to create my artwork in a meaning full way. For example, creating a piece of art that addresses a world issue.


Works Cited


Marsh, James. General Idea. The Canadian Encyclopedia, September 15, 2010
http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/
Safra , Jacob. AZT. Encyclopaedia Britannica, September 15, 2010

70 U.S board certified physicians. ZIDOVUDINE. Medicine Net, 1996

Galerie de l’UQAM .General Idea. Science In Art, 2007

Less Is More

As you can see, the main focus in this art piece is a sun flower. For my first panel, you will see a full size  sunflower. The second panel still shows my sunflower, but slightly zoomed in. This crops out the stem but the flower itself is still present. For the third panel, it is zoomed in again. This time the flower is cropped out so that the seeds are only present. From panels 1-3, as you can see the seeds are white and the pollen are black. For panel 4, it becomes reverse meaning the seeds turns black and the pollen turns white. For panel 5, one addiontal colour is added , and for panel 6 full colour is added .

" The Less Is More design helps capture one's attention. It creates a situation where the viewing audience interacts with artwork by mentally completing the implied image. " - Visual Literacy by Richard Wilde and Judith Wilde