Final Review of Class and Project

So for my final project my actual means of presentation changed a lot before the final product.  Working with the idea I had with my project, I began questioning how I would actually present it to the class.  Website?  Power point presentation?  Me just talk with images on the screen?  Then I saw Prof. Rothrock's blog and noticed she had emphasized letting the work speak for itself, I realized I probably needed a different way.

The cool thing is, days before I began working on the final piece I had an idea about a child's story about memories.  Since Dana passed away and left her son, I've been kind of struggling with the idea of how he will have to deal with everything that has happened.  When he went the funeral he wanted to move around and go play.  I'm almost certain as a four year old he had absolutely no idea what was happening and how final it was.  Weeks afterwards he was still asking when Dana would come home.  So I wanted to transmit the memory concept I had before in a way a child might be able to perceive it.  (Not sure if I succeeded, honestly I think I'd need children to look at it to know for sure.)  But I am happy with how it came out.

Also, I like the way I presented it for a story idea.  Using a basic website lets the user interact and choose the page they want to go to and take their time reading whats provided.  When I get better at websites, I could add in even more interactivity, letting viewers submit memories through a forum.  That's kind of what the box that I collected memories in was for.  I got caught on the 'no talking about your project rule' and the limited amount of time we had, so I didn't go into it.  (Also none of the other student asked so I guess they weren't too interested?  Or maybe they forgot?)

 FINAL EVALUATION OF THE CLASS
I extremely enjoyed this class.  Honestly I feel like I've grown a lot as an artist while taking it.  Between Contemporary Art History and Concepts, I've had to think, a lot, about what I'm doing and learn a lot about different artists and their means of doing things.  I don't think I necessarily sharpened any skill making skills like drawing, painting, etc, but I do feel like my steps to think BEFORE starting those processes has extremely changed and improved.  I'm really glad this class is required for art majors, it seems like an extremely important one.