There was only 1 actual class this week, as the other one was a field trip to an Art Museum. During the first class, we talked about things such as The Scarlet letter, and The Birthmark. When we broke up into groups to discuss The Birthmark, I thought it was a good way of analyzing the characters in the book, because it gave many other people's opinions.
The topic of robots reminded me of my one of my all-time favorite movies, Short Circuit 2. The premise of the movie is, a group of robots are electrocuted, and one of them becomes intelligent, and escapes. For anyone that is interested in robots and hasn't seen it yet, I really advise you to watch it.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Short_Circuit
http://www.popculturebuzz.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/7251.jpg
Well, anyway, reverting my tangent now to class Thursday. I liked the art museum that we went to Thursday. There were some showings that I didn't care too much for, like that weird squirrel in the stump contraption. There was one little robot in the corner, that would be able to move via source of light above it's solar panels. It was probably my favorite piece at the museum. Also, I thought that piece that was on the floor, with the mirror behind it, was interesting, yet annoying because of the noises that generated from it. I could not tell what they were supposed to be, I figured it sounded like a squirrel-robot hybrid of some sort, but what do I know. Well, that's it for now.
Monday, May 26, 2008
Sunday, May 18, 2008
Week 1
Class -- Week of May 12th
I found class to be quite interesting, based on the first two experiences I had last week. Many topics were introduced, and discussed, ranging from the Terminator, to Carl Jung, to William Burroughs.
I felt the discussion on the performance artist Orlan to be the most interesting. Probably because of the extreme nature of her art, physically changing her appearance through plastic surgery.
I thought that the scenes we watched in Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf were hard to pay attention too, partly because of how obnoxious their constant bickering was. But in the same light, that was what made it realistic.
I found class to be quite interesting, based on the first two experiences I had last week. Many topics were introduced, and discussed, ranging from the Terminator, to Carl Jung, to William Burroughs.
I felt the discussion on the performance artist Orlan to be the most interesting. Probably because of the extreme nature of her art, physically changing her appearance through plastic surgery.
I thought that the scenes we watched in Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf were hard to pay attention too, partly because of how obnoxious their constant bickering was. But in the same light, that was what made it realistic.
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