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Performance Art Final

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Modern Day Animation

Modern day animation has taken fantasy worlds and brought them to life before our eyes. Pixar has been one of the most successful companies in its time because of their ability to create stories that are interesting to the viewer. they also do an incredible job of animating and creating these fantasy worlds through art. Unlike the production of Snow White Pixar has the power of computer animation at their finger tips. It is ignorant to say that production has become easier since the introduction of computers however. It is still a painstaking process. This time it's behind a mouse instead of a pencil.

Check it out: Pixars Creation of Monsters University

Snow White Production

Before the introduction of computer technology to animate for us producers spent significantly more time working on cartoon movies. Not only were they responsible for the script and storyboarding there were people in charge of drawing each scene. The scenes were created frame by frame. From there the scenes were placed together. Finally the audio and editing the film to final form. This short youtube video gives a new appreciation for the painstaking process. Snow white took over 30,000 frames!

Check it out: Snow White Production

Children Toys Turned Art Form

Anyone born in the late 80's to recent years knows about LEGO's. LEGOs are a small brick building toy that can be used to express the imagination in block form. LEGO has even opened a theme park dedicated to their little colored bricks. Nathan Sawaya is an artist who has taken the LEGO to the next level. With exhibits all over the world Sawaya has taken his creativity ad built some impressive pieces. The projects really speak to the kid in all of us. He isn't in to following the instructions in the box. Do you think you could one up his work?

The Fall of FM Radio

When I think of a warm summer night I picture myself cruising in my car down a back road twisting the dial on my radio to find my favorite FM country station. What if in the future we no had FM radio? This reality may not be to far off. In an article Published by Gizmodo (Norway to Remove FM Radio by 2017) Norway announced that they will be removing the use of FM radio. Instead they are going to move to digital radio. They believe that they can offer higher quality audio and a wider range of stations to their listeners. 90% of americans still use FM radio at least once a week but we could follow suit soon. It is not to uncommon for one to see others using pandora or Sirius Radio more than FM radio each month in America. Is FM radio dying? Norway thinks so.

Minecraft and the Art of Video Games

One of the most popular video games in recent years is Minecraft. Minecraft is a massive sandbox style game that allows users to explore and build in an 8 bit block based world. It is not uncommon for users to recreate their favorite real world buildings in Minecraft. There are multiple remakes of the Eiffel Tower, The colosseum, the space needle and even the game of thrones world. In fact a group of builders spent over a year to create the game of thrones world. Spending 20 to 30 hours a week the builders created the popular fantasy world from only blocks. The developers believe the map is about the same size as the city of LA. Wow!

Check it out: Game of Thrones Minecraft Edition

Ithaca Towers

As we near the end of the year it is easy to look ahead to New Year celebrations. Many of us spend time with friends and family as we watch the ball drop on television. The displays we see are art in their own right. Ithaca College is a small school in upstate New York. On campus they have two towers that can be seen from the town of Ithaca. In 1965 the maintenance workers began making lit displays during the winter season. At first the displays were of a Christmas tree and a cross. In recent years the workers have started to make displays that show the year. Even year on New Years at midnight the workers coordinate a light switch that changes the display of the numbers to the corresponding year. Another interesting use of technology to create art.

Check it out: Ithaca Towers