Author Archives: Amelia Aviles
Response to “Will There Be Condominiums in Data Space?”
A concentrated exploration on the changing field of video production and art, as well as a thoughtful exploration of time, this article by Bill Viola brought up many interesting points for me (some of which spawned new ideas for my own work). There is a lot of information in this article and quite frankly, at [...]
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Lawrence King
Recently I began working on an art mapping project that would focus on a transgender issue. At first I was thinking of mapping trans deaths as the result of hate crimes, but I eventually decided to focus solely on the story of Lawrence King’s murder. The project is still in progress, but let me share [...]
I’ve Got a Lesbian Magazine in My Basket
This is from January 2008, as I was beginning to maneuver through my own coming out process. I cringe at how scared I was, but am so glad I wrote it. If you yourself are going through the coming out process, my heart goes out to you! In my experience though, with time all of [...]
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New Blog: Sexuality & Gender
I’m starting over. Well, more like reshaping. This recession has helped me to strip down to my barest essentials. It’s been sucky and it’s been a blessing. So, I’m starting this new blog to get to my point and share. Exploring sexuality and gender identity personally, academically and artistically has been my main interest for [...]
Art of Participation at SFMOMA
At the beginning of the semester, I went to the Art of Participation exhibit at the SFMOMA. It was filled with conceptual works by artists such as Lynn Hershman Leeson, John Cage and Hans Haacke. My favorite work was a video piece created by Marina Abromovic and Ulay entitled “Imponderabilia.” This piece is a single-channel [...]
Response to Vannevar Bush Article
“Consider a future device for individual use, which is a sort of mechanized private file and library. It needs a name, and, to coin one at random, “memex” will do. A memex is a device in which an individual stores all his books, records, and communications, and which is mechanized so that it may be [...]
Response to Sol Lewitt
“If the artist changes his mind midway through the execution of the piece he compromises the result and repeats past results.” This statement, written by Sol Lewitt (sentence #6 in “Sentences on Conceptual Art”), really got my attention as I usually work with room for flow and change from start to finish. At first I [...]
LGBTTIQQGFPSUA & LGBFPSUTGTIQQA Pride Flags – A Jam of Sexual Culture
The LGBTTIQQGFPSUA & LGBFPSUTGTIQQA flags above are my responses to the Culture Jamming assignment. For those who need some clarification on the acronym within the flag, the letters stand for: Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Transsexual, Intersex, Queer, Questioning, GenderQueer, Fluid, Pansexual, Straight, Unlabeled, Allies. The top flag begins with LGBT just to be familiar and [...]
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Chance Collage #5
“…sweetheart, how I miss your…” Artist: Devotchka Album: How It Ends Track: #8, Too Tired Time: 0 min. 23 sec.
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