FINAL BLOG: WRITING A BRIEF

THE USE OF TECHNOLOGIES WITHIN VISUAL ART
Some of the contemporary art and the new resources given by technology
By Sebastian Soto




INTRODUCTION

In the latest years - in the XX century - visual arts have been suffered many transformations and changes according the pass of time. The young emergent and the great consolidated artists are all involved in the use of new alternatives within art, they are more interested in mixing new technologies with the traditional resources of classic art, creating something interesting, with more visual diversity, somethig like a new a genre that encompasses artworks created with new media technologies, including digital art, computer graphics, computer animation, virtual art, Internet art, interactive art technologies, computer robotics, and art as biotechnology.

In terms of contemporary art, many art schools and Universities now offer majors in "New Genres" or "New Media" New art often involves interaction between artist and observer.

All this is derived from the big changes that the contemporary world has suffered - the globalization, being specific, and this kind of works come from the telecommunications, mass media and digital modes of artworks, with practices ranging from conceptual to virtual art, performance to installation.

Basically, the mixing of technologies with some specialities of art, consist in make a contrast between two different kind of techniques - for example a piece of work that mix painting with video.


BODY

In our art school, this kind of works is very well used. Even thought many teachers in school, are more comfortable working and studying the classic techniques of art. Many of them like to study the classic history periods like the Renaissance, the Barroque or the Romanticism. But some other teachers they prefer to introduce new alternatives in the creation of a piece of art, making a study program that work with something more conceptual that involves more personal interpretations.

Of course, the process of making a piece of art in this cases, sometimes becomes very hard. And we, as students, must try to think over and over and over again, until find the answer to the question of the propose or the objective. And that is one of the most important things in this kind of artwork; something called "the speech", and basically is your thesis, is the theorical part that explain all about your piece of work, why did you do that, why did you use that skill, or why did you put that thing there and no in other place, for example...

The introduction of new technologies in the artworks, is not easy. You have to create something from abstract forms, you have to start with a logic and coherent idea, sometimes you may expose a problem, or a basic thesis; then, you start drawing, taking pictures, writing and continue developing your main idea in some specific ideas. From there you can experiment with different kind of materials, technologies, techniques. The process is very important, and is nice to registrate the process of creation; in some artworks of more conceptual artist is more relevant the process than the piece of work, itself!

There is a lot of posibilities with the use of technologies, and there is a very big range with you can work. You can make something just visual and bidimensional, make an "installation", in which, the place around the object or the objetcs, take an important role and is part of the art. Or put things to antoher place and make something like a performance, in which, your body is a tool.

Anyway, you have a diversity of techniques that you can use for any proposes. You just need to make the correct question, and find the answer to that.


CONCLUSION

The world is giving many things, the human being is becoming a digital being, and the Art is not excluded of this process. Technologies are all around us, since we wake up in the morning until we fall asleep at night.

Art is giving new technologies too, and new posibilities of create an artwork. The tools are out in the table, and we must use it, but in the correct way.



That's all..

Nex elections

Well, in Chile talk about politic is something very difficult, not because of your politic thinking, but because of the bad politic done here. Politicians they are always making promises, they are always talking and talking and talking, and it seems that is the only thing they can do, because people don't see the actions, and because of that nobody confide in politicians.

About next elections in Chile, I'm not registred to vote, I would, I was going to registred by myself but people and specially my grandma told me that it was something unnecessary for me, because we will have to work, we will have to study as we are doing now, and she says that we won't have a change because of a new president, she thinks that things will be as just like they are now. And well, she insist in that.

I think that now the candidates are taking care more of very superficial things; I don't know, the people who is following them, about their popularity, about the publicity in streets, more than about their plans about the country and changes, about the things that they will do in a eventual winning.

I don't have a political inclination, but I think that we need a real change in Chile, politically talking. Things are getting worse in some aspects in our society; education, health, justice, job. And solutions don't appear! We need someone who make action, and take charge of their actions too. Not a pretty face only

That's all...

Madagascar's lemurs in danger

The world need a change, a real change... now!
What are we waiting for?
That's the question... but there's no aswer

(...)

The lemur is a primate that symbolises Madagascar's unique biodiversity, but now is endangered by the deforestation in the island, and by people who think that this animal is a bussiness thing, or something you can collect as coins, or just eat like a bread, but it's not like this! People must open their eyes to the real thing that is happening nowadays with the environment.

"Lemurs' natural habitat is under threat from the accelerating deforestation. In addition, the endangered animals are being hunted for bushmeat, either to be eaten by drought-afflicted local populations or sold as a roasted delicacy in city restaurants."

What are we doing? why are we acting like this? Is this the way to find a solution? People is always talking about the problems, crisis, society, politic, economy, education, but what about the environment, and I'm specific: what about animals?

Sometimes it seems that world it's like a vicious circle. Everything is burning. It's always like that. They burn, they cut, they destroy, they steal, the kill. And if they don't stop now I'm afraid that some species will become extinct. And all because of our bad behaviour for the environment.

"This year an estimated $100m worth of hardwood has been cut down and sold, mostly to China to be turned into furniture."

What a sadness =(



New taken from www.guardian.co.uk

Correcting the classmate's blog

I chose the Camila Lampert's blog to correct and check:

Blog 3:

Well, It's really difficult FOR me to decide just one place, because I would love to visit every single part of this world, and maybe some OTHER worlds too... I think that whoever has done this world, It was made for see it. It's really important to know how other people live, to see ANOTHER cultures, so that's why I always watch this tv shows about traveling...I can't help it.

But, If someone says to me "tell me one place and I will send you there", I think I would probably choose somewhere in Latin America, somewhere like Brazil. I like it because It's a huge country with a lot to see. In some aspects I think It's very similar to our country, but, at the same time, It's very different. I would like to visit it because I think It's one of the most interesting place in South America.
I would like to know people, maybe learn some of their language, to see their traditions, the Carnival, their beaches. Also I would like to know the "favelas", to KNOW how they live, what they do for living... I know It's very dangerous, but I would go there with a lot of respect, because I imagine that they don't trust in people who COME from other countries. Although, I think that what happens in the "favelas" is not that much different FROM what happens in some "poblaciones" here in Santiago.
Also, I think I would like to know the Amazon jungle, but not so DEEPLY, because some insects and animals make me nervous, actually a lot of insects make me nervous.
I really would like to travel all the country, It's very big, so I suppose I would stay there like a month or maybe two so I can have the time to know the entire country.




Well, I agree with Camila in what she said; I would like to know some other worlds too. And yes, there's a lot of places to see and enjoy- every single part of this world is done to see. And Brazil is a very interesting country, with a lot of culture, traditions, and many things to see. People is lovely, and the country is lovely too.