Intro to Conceptual:

Conceptual art is art in which the idea presented by the artist is considered more important than the finished product if there is one. “Art for art sake”, it was an opportunity to create something abstract and untraditional, open to interpretation.

This left me with the question “How can I use unconventional forms to express myself?”

This project emphasizes creative risk-taking through poetry, music, art, animations, experimental film, and web production, challenging students to express their opinions through a distinct personal aesthetic. That why I really value this unit, Film gave me a chance to put my ideas in motion and bring them to life, English taught me how to show with words even more than images, and as for digital media, it taught me how to build amazing things like this website.

 

Photo Haiku

This was our first ever poetry assignment, simple and open-ended we had to write a haiku that meant something to us.

 

A line across the center of the photo divides black asphalt from bright grey cement
Photo Haiku: Casey Snell
photo haiku image in production, the photo is open in an adobe editing software program
Behind the scenes of the photo haiku
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I really valued this project because it was my first opportunity to make art like this, it means a lot more than you think. I wanted to create something that would mean more to me than anybody else.

 

Poetry Unit

The first poem is a free verse poem I wrote when I kept having panic attacks in the middle of the night, it would help me calm down. The second in a response to a price of art that I had connected to a specific memory in my past.

I want to make art but i’m numb to it by now. Said the anesthesiologist School is a game. Guitar hero, no the rock band Wii rock band 2 2008 You’re getting off track i want to get off track i want to stare at these things mounted on my walls Like my wii rock band 2 2008 guitar the dust falls The hourglass analogy counting the nights and the friends the don’t call Not until tomorrow only five minutes away But i’ll stay I’ll stay in my bed but not still here i lay because school is a game It’s a game that i don’t want to play Because the levels are hard Like uno without a draw four card A game without a shard of my wii rock band 2 2008 guitar ...Stretching rhymes to be appealing isn't that hard Learning a g chord is a start Learning to use strings pulling around your heart Learn about yourself That’s what school is about put your books back on the shelf Because there’s drama the the acting 1 class, what a tragedy This class looks like the end of macbeth, the pacer test, PE My science lab group had superlative chemistry It wasn't anything Niche didn’t already teach me that's just high school philosophy It’s a board game and i’m a rockstar Who’s nothing impressive without his wii rock band 2 2008 guitar.
Free verse poem
Pixel art with themes of blue and brown. The poem reads as follows: Stains Stains And color run outside the grid remains The golden yellow floats, the blue it drains A shelf of crimson red a burning cold A deep emotion, happy is too old FUCK! … I put gummy worms in the microwave, I tried to take them out but i burned my hands, I couldn’t get it off, the gummy lava sticking to my fingers, I still have scars from that, It was colorful, It looked exactly like this.
Ekphrastic Poem

Exquisite Corpse Poem

This was an interesting project, essentially we sat in a group of people and each wrote one line on a poem only being able to see what the line before us said.

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Exquisite corpse poem open in Adobe After Affects
behind the scenes magic

This a cool project because it gave the whole class an opportunity to work together to make something great.

Blend Modes

Blending photos is a way to add color or dimensions but putting multiple layers of a photo on top of themselves with slight variations.

Used multiply blend modes to darken the image used screen blending a color brushing to make the image more dramatic, such as adding red tint to the eyes used multiply blend modes to enhance the image and give it more color used overlay blend modes in order to draw the viewers attention to certain parts of the image used screen blend modes to make the image brighter used screen blend modes to make the image brighter 2 used multiply blend modes to make the image darker 2This blending modes project was an important one to me because this is a skill that will be very useful though not only my freestyle career but through my whole life. It taught me how to properly improve my photos and showed me how different camera settings (ISO, aperture, shutter speed) can affect the final product.

 

Experimental Film

The experimental film was our big film project for the conceptual unit and probably the best representation of what the conceptual unit is all about. It took more than a month to make, it is definitely the thing I’m most proud of.