Journal Entry #13 April 7th

NON-ART OBJECT VS. ART

Storke tower can be considered as a military gun point unit, when it was first used a long time ago. Now Storke tower can be considered a piece of artwork for UCSB. Supposedly the tower was used to look over the military base when U

CSB campus was used only for military purposes. I had

no idea about this until earlier today, but now the students and faculty look at the tower as one of the tallest buildings in Santa Barbara and a beautiful piece of architecture.

Doug Aitken's "Wilderness," 2006 is a sculpture made of broken mirrors. This is a beautiful and intense piece of artwork, but also I see it as having a function other than just being aesthetically pleasing. When people walk by it they can see their reflection and sometimes it looks like it distorts their image of themselves. This can be humbling and also be helpful if you need to look at you reflection. Art and non-art objects can be more alike than one thinks.