Farewell

This is my last post I will be conducting on the blog address, and I just wanted to take the time to thank Peter Christenson, our DTC professor, for what an amazing class we had, and I have always enjoyed taking classes with Peter. Thanks for everything, teaching me a lot more about Adobe products, and most importantly, a lot more about myself as an artist. I remember the very first DTC class I ever taken at WSU I told myself, "I am not an artist" and now look where I am at creating my own websites and starring in my own videos. I have learned an incredible about of information from Peter through education and as a person, and I hope to continue to stay in touch with him as my future endeavors blossom. Thank you for everything Peter!

My best wishes,
James Garza

Website Critique

Last week on Thursday was the day we finished and uploaded our Dreamweaver Website projects and presented them quickly to the class. I was able to get mine uploaded on time, and get some critique from some of my peers in class on Thursday. A couple things that was recommended to me was changing the font to become visibly on my different website pages, as well as having a maybe more distinct home page button instead of it being at the bottom of the page. Those are two well given errors that can be easy fixes next time I conduct a project like this one. I really enjoyed doing this project and with being only my second time working with Dreamweaver, I have definitely learned a lot more on how to efficiently utilize Dreamweaver.

Galois Field

The Galois Field is a computer-controlled light and sound installation that was named for mathematician Evariste Galois. Being inspired by Galois was an amazing attribute to bring such a dynamic panel of relief structure composed of 1,024 light fields in 16 different colors. Vladimir Bonacic created this project from 1969 to 1971 with the help of three generators interacting with other generators to control light and sound from four loud speakers and the use of a remote to the viewer. The entire composition of this audio-visual piece is incredible, consisting of over a million different visual patterns, 64 sound oscillators playing over a duration of a full day. That is just amazing.

Signal Lumineux

This 1958 project was conducted by a man named, Panayiotis "Takis" Vassilakis in London not too long after he took up sculpting. This self-taught artist started a 'Signals' series which would become one of the most influential projects he ever did. Four years in the making, Takis would sculpt together some tall, wiry metal objects, combined with found metal objects, making them responsive to even the slightest change in the surround environment including, gust or winds. So in doing so, Takis would also sometimes add lights or vibrating rods to make chimes as these sculptures swayed back and forth. The 'Signals' series finished in 1958 and first exhibited in the Hanover Gallery in London. It was one of the first pieces of art to incorporate music into visual art.