Presentation by Kevin Tavin
Kevin's speech caused me to deeply contemplate "What kind of visualizing do we engage in private or public, and what even constitutes as public or private? What do we share? How does our behavior change in an audience versus one-on-one, or with a new person behind closed doors? What type of opinions, information, and reactions do we engage in publicly?" Anti-terrorism efforts such as TIPS: Marine Watch, Highway Watch, and Block Watch. These initiatives must have been the lesser-known news during the time of Bush's presidency. They recruited members of the public sphere, such as USPS mailmen, to become informants for anti-terrorism. Another piece of lesser-known news was the UN's cover-up of Picasso's Guernica for Colin Powell's address. Neither the United Nations nor our own country would agree to make visible an protest painting that inspired many to seek peace over war for years. It was seen as "too sensitive" while our Defense of...
I think all your pictures taken for this assignment were very well taken and definitely reflected the elements and principles that you chose for them. As I said in my own blog, so many principles and elements can be found in every artwork, sometimes they do focus on just a few but often the viewer can argue that they see more, which may not have been intentional by the artist. I think it was very creative that you took all your images in the same place, goes to show that you can find these elements and principles just about anywhere you look.
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