How art gives shape to cultural change

Hello,

  I watched in internet this video: "How art gives shape to cultural change". I decided to watch this video without the sound at beginning to try to understand artworks by myself.

  I choose for you the artwork that we can see at 4.14. It’s two painting that I think work together to create the artwork. The first we can see black people in a small boat. People seem really exiting. They are dress with American revolutionary dress. In the second painting there are four blacks men. They seem to be in jail and to be dress with modern dress.

  I choose this artwork because, in first time I like this two painting I find that the first it’s like a cartoon. And in a second time this artwork shows me a truth. The American revolutionary was a sign of liberty. Blacks and whites were fighting together. But after there is a long time where the black were discriminating and still today like show the second painting, it’s a hold and sad story.

How do images work, according to Thelma Golden?

  When we see an image we try to find what the artist want to show us. We always try to find the meaning of an image, and for that we give to it our interpretation. People have always different interpretation and often not that the artist thought when he create the image. So image has the power to make us thinking about any subject without give us always what the artist were thinking.

Which questions does she raise about the role a museum plays in a society?

  A museum is a place where people can see a lot of artwork. An artwork is like image, it makes people thinking and sharing their ideas. So a museum is place of discussion, where artist expose their ideas, point of views of the world and people think, share it.

Golden says: “Think about artists, not as content providers,.... but again as real catalysts (for change).”

  I agree with her point of view of artist. Artists are really important in our society, they make us thinking about new subject.  To create a change or novelty we need to think of a new way. Artist in society have always been people who think of a new way. It’s a real motor for the development of a society

what is art ??

 I don't think we could find a worldwide definition now-a-day of art. Because art depend of the culture. An art is a cration of an human. This creation have to make us different where we becamme a spectator. It can be visual, sensitive or oral. But if we think that an creation isn't an art because we think it ugly withou any goal that not means that isn't art for another person. To really understand an art we need to know what do the artist and how he creat it, we could need to know the culture of the artist. It's why a definition of art is really difficult.      For example this two painting. The first is from Van gogh the other is from an unknown. For me the two are ugly. But it's my vision. However Van gogh is acknowledged as an artist. The second isn't acknowledged in the world. Van gogh is an artist because he is the first who create a new dimmension in the painting.

            

  My definition of art would be this:  art is subjective. An art is a creation that we can see, touch or hear. This creation has to give us feeling. This creation isn't something that we use in our life, he just here to make us better. An art cross ages if it is in advance of is time.

Craft: Origami Fortune Teller

In france all kids know this origami. It is a really simple and funny origami. Did you reconize it?

 I will explain you how to build it. You just need to have: a construction paper, scissors and a pen.

• Start by making a square piece of paper. To start making the square, fold one corner of a piece of paper over to the adjacent side.
• To finish making the square, cut off the small rectangle, forming a square.
• Fold the two opposite ends of the triangle together, forming a smaller triangle.
• Open the paper up.
• Fold a corner into the central point. Repeat with the opposite corner. Repeat with the other 2 corners. You'll end up with a square.
• Flip the paper over.
  Fold a corner over to the center. Repeat with the opposite corner.
  Fold over the 2 remaining corners. You'll end up with a smaller square
• Fold the square in half. Unfold and fold in half the other way.
• Unfold and pull the four ends together, making a diamond-like shape. Pick up each of the four square flaps, and put your fingers inside. You will be able to move the four parts around.
• Write any four colors on the four flaps.
  Flip it over, and write 8 numbers on the triangular flaps.
• Write 8 fortunes inside the flaps. For example: You will get an "A" on a test.

You can now be a fortune teller. Have a person choose one of the four colors. Spell that color out, while moving the fortune teller in and out. Then have the person choose one of the numbers that is showing. Move the fortune teller in and out the right number of times. When you finish, have the person choose one of the four visible numbers. Open up the flap they choose, and read their fortune.

have fun !!

sun valley

hello stranger !!

  if you are going to come in grenoble, I advise you to go to the sun valley. It's a really nice bar where you can drink a not expensive bier. There is 3 different room in this bar. One to see soccer or talk with friends. An another where you could dance if you like or meet girls/men. The last where you can drink with friends and smoke if you want to. Sometimes you could sing your favorite song in a giant screen.
  I find that this bar is particulary nice and cool. I hope to meet you someday and learn to know you.

bye

hey stranger

hello !!

 Welcome in my blog, I'm benjamin poimboeuf and i'm 21. I'm student in the phelma school in grenoble. Do you know ? It's a good school which learn me to be a good ingenier in nuclear, i hope.
  I'm not from Grenoble. I come from rennes in bretagne, and for stranger in France. I like a lot my country, the weather :) and the culture. Do you know "crepes" ? It's delicious !!
  I'm student so i like after classes go sometimes to a party or in a bar with friends. I like too watch movies, series or play game in my computer. But i'm not good to cook, i don't like cook so i eat a lot of pizza.
  What say again ! what do you want to know about me ? Let me a message and i will answer you as soon i can.

bye bye !!