Group Presentation Responses

Landscapes of the Mind

Florian Maier-Aichen, Oliver Wascow, and George Grie

I found the Landscapes of the world to be a very thorough presentation. Maier-Aichen’s work was very interesting due to his very painting-esque photographs. The subtlety in his work was very successful.

George Grie was also very interesting. His neo-surrealistic images are strikingly beautiful. Lastly, Oliver Wascow introduced very interesting images that held a lot of narrative with them. They were alluding to utopian/dystopian worlds and had a very apocalyptic feel to them. Overall, I think that this was a well put together exhibit comparing three similar yet different in small subtle ways.

Reality, Virtuality and Digital Synergy

I found the interactive Installations to be very interesting.

The entire usage of computers were presented in such a different way then any other digital artist I have seen before.

Expressions of Color

I found the comparison of several famous graphic designers to be very interesting. Perhaps the most interesting part though is the inclusion of Joe McNally. McNally is strictly a photographer and does not alter his images using any such editing programs. This makes his media the camera itself and setting up certain compositions when taking the stills. Overall, I thought that this was a successful comparison of the three artists.

Feng Meng Bo and Paul M. Smith

Feng Meng Bo’s work was very interesting due to the inclusion of the audience into the work. His alteration of Quake was very interesting and different as far as digital artists go. The comparison with Paul M Smith was interesting also because both artists seemed to have incorporated themselves into their work in very interesting ways. Paul M. Smith incorporated himself multiple times in such a subtle way that at a quick glance, his images look like they’re a picture of a group of people. Overall, I found the comparison to be very successful.

Synthesizing Nature, Digital Art is Music

I found the comparison of digital music artists to be very interesting. This medium is relatively new to the art world. Thus, the comparison opened my eyes to a different medium that I have never been accustomed to.

The different sounds that these artists produced were weird and different yet beautiful in its own way. Overall, I found the comparison to be successful and different.