WEEKLY DOCUMENTATION
For my personal space project I was skunk girl. I sprayed areas around the Ucen that smelt like skunk and tried to invade other people's space.
Journal Entry #73 June 4th
URLS
Pun: http://chelseypeckart7a.blogspot.com/2011/04/journal-entry-6-march-31.html
Nexus: http://chelseypeckart7a.blogspot.com/2011/04/journal-entry-11-april-5th.html
Act of Kindness: http://chelseypeckart7a.blogspot.com/2011/04/journal-entry-23-april-22nd.html
Public Space: http://chelseypeckart7a.blogspot.com/2011/04/journal-entry10-april-6th.html
Confession: http://chelseypeckart7a.blogspot.com/2011/04/journal-entry-20-april-19th.html
Sequence: http://chelseypeckart7a.blogspot.com/2011/05/journal-entry-34-may-3rd.html
Alt. Identity: http://chelseypeckart7a.blogspot.com/2011/05/journal-entry-62-may-26th.html
Personal Space: http://chelseypeckart7a.blogspot.com/2011/06/hournal-entry-67-may-31st.html
Journal Entry #72 June 4th
FEARS AND CONCERNS FOR THE CLASS
http://chelseypeckart7a.blogspot.com/2011/03/journal-entry-2-march-29.html
One of my fears for this class was when Desiree said this would be one of the hardest classes that I would take in college. Actually it ended up being one of my favorite classes and yes I found it challenging but I really got a lot out of it. I also was concerned with how many assignments there were, but I think it was a great challenge and I ended up being able to do all my projects and assignments and I am really proud of all of them. I ended up getting along with everyone in class and I was really sad when it was over. I have never taken a class like this, meaning a class that incorporates art with real life issues. I think I ended up becoming more creative after this class and I think more out of the box now when I do my art. Desiree was a great TA very supportive and encouraging.
Journal Entry #71 June 3rd
ART SHOW
For this week art show I went to last Bean Night of the year. Again Bean Night is at the Rainbow house and it is usually every Monday. I have been going there as much as I can since I have found out about it, which was last quarter. I love going because now I have made some good friends there and usually the same people end up going. My friend Rufio's band performed again and they keep getting better and better. They performed Have You Ever Seen The Rain by CCR, one of my personal favorites. A lot of other people performed, there was plenty of other musicians but also a few comedy acts. One guy wrote a poem about Santa Barbara and recited it, actually it was really good because he added some comedy to it. As usual there were beans and rice for everyone. I tried to get there early so I could get a seat on the couch, but today so many people showed up I had to sit on the floor. It wasn't too bad because everyone that performed did a really good job.
Journal Entry #70 June 3rd
NEW ART COURSES
I read Desiree's proposals for three new art courses and I really liked them. They are very different than what is usually offered, and I like how each class somehow makes a difference in the community. The artist as activist one sounds really cool. I think I would be interested in taking a class like that, because I think art should not only be used to be aesthetically pleasing, but for a purpose. There are so many things that students in college can fight for and why not use your skills and talents to make it happen? The spectacle praxes sounds really fun too, it almost reminds me of the flash mobs we did this quarter. I think a whole class on performance art would be so interesting and I could get a lot from the course. I think sometimes art classes through performance art at you and not really go into enough depth about why they are so interesting and how to be successful in doing one. So I think all three of the ideas are very original and I am sure students would sign up for them!
Journal Entry #69 June 2nd
FAVORITE PERSONAL SPACE PROJECT
I really enjoyed all the personal space projects, I thought they were all very unique and fun. I can't just pick one because I have two favorite projects. The first one was the fortune tellers that were over by the bike paths. Their area was set up so well and looked really realistic, the girls even dressed for the part. It was really calming because they had burning sage and all the different kinds of oils that smelled really good. I even got my fortune told, and I thought that was really cool. I actually did not even want to leave their station, but I wanted to see everyone else's projects and I'm glad I did because I found Andrew's area. I got t dip my feet in magenta paint and run across a long canvas. He even had a bucket of water and towels to clean my feet of f when I was done. At first I was very hesitant, but I could not give up the opportunity to create art. I really hope more people were willing to participate because the canvas could turn out really cool if there are a whole bunch of different foot marks!
Journal Entry #68 June 1st
FREE FORM
This is another image I had been working on. This is a picture I took in Austria while studying abroad in Vienna.
Journal Entry #67 May 31st
SKUNK GIRL
For my personal space project I decided to be a skunk for those two hours. I bought a costume and my roommates took a theatre make-up class so they agreed to paint my face like a skunk for me. I also purchased a little spray bottle that was called Liquid Ass, and pretty much it smelled very bad like a skunk. I performed my personal space project right out front of the Ucen because I figured that would be a spot where I could find the most people at 9am. I thought it would be interesting to see peoples' reaction as a ran around hiding behind trash cans and on tables spraying my horrible stench. I predicted that people might either get really mad because I smelled or run away from. Instead I was pleasantly surprised, people either laughed at me or completely ignored because they did not want anything to do with me. It amazes me how much people try to so hard to ignore things that are obviously odd or they try to distance themselves and not communicate anything to you. Anyways I had a really good time and a lot of fun, except my costume was extremely hot and all the fur was shedding onto my body underneath the costume. Besides that the personal space project was interesting because you really did get to invade other people's space and try to get a reaction out of them was amusing.
Journal Entry #66 May 29th
ART SHOW
This week I went to another open mic night, this time downtown Santa Barbara at a pub called James Joyce. It goes on every Wednesday and it is really a lot of fun. It is not very big, but there is a pool time and big barrels of peanuts are at every quarter. This time my friend's band, Bien Canon, was able to play four songs! They sounded really good, everyone seemed to flow very nicely that night. They played two of Rufio's songs that he wrote and two cover songs, one was from The Doors and the other was from The Beatles. Also I was a little surprised when my friend Rachel showed up and she is also a musician and she went on that night also. The only thing that was missing were two of my best friends but they are not 21 yet, so they could not go. I love going to open mic nights, I think it is so much fun to listen to people that have a different sound and everyone is there on a positive note!
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