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Cesar Tovar - Final Project

THREE DESIGNERS I ADMIRE THEIR WORK:

LE CORBUSIER (Switzerland 1887- France-1965)

Charles-Édouard Jeanneret, known as Le Corbusier was a Swiss-French architect, designer, painter, urban planner, writer, and one of the pioneers of what is now called modern architecture. He  he constructed buildings in Europe, Japan, India, and North and South America.

Le Corbusier was dedicated to providing better living conditions for the residents of crowded cities, like the master plan for the city of Chandigarh in India, and contributed specific designs for several buildings there.

He wrote different statements: "Space, light and order.  Those are the things that men need just as much as bread or a place to sleep"; "Modern decorative art has no decoration" ;"Why call bottles, chairs, baskets and objects decorative? They are useful tools….Decor is not necessary. Art is necessary." He declared that in the future the decorative arts industry would produce only "objects which are perfectly useful, convenient, and have a true luxury which pleases our spirit by their elegance and the purity of their execution, and the efficiency of their services."  He described the future of decoration in these terms: "The ideal is to go work in the superb office of a modern factory, rectangular and well-lit, painted in white Ripolin (a major French paint manufacturer); where healthy activity and laborious optimism reign." He concluded by repeating "Modern decoration has no decoration".

The piece I like:

Chaise Longue - LC4 is a chaise longue designed by the Swiss architect Le Corbusier and French architect Charlotte Perriand. (1927–28), with a covering of cowhide, which gave it a touch of exoticism.

It is built in a shape designed for relaxation. The designers put man at the centre of their design, taking the idea that form and function should be at the service of relaxation, creating a perfect balance between its geometric purity and its ergonomic intent. 

The stability of the frame – for any angle of inclination – is guaranteed by the friction through rubber tubes that cover the cross bar of the base.

I love:  

I find it beautiful and invites me to relax.  I love its shape, the materials still and cowhide, the style and most of all that is extremely confortable 

I don´t like that though he was very smart and creative, apparently he was also  "militant fascist", anti-Semitic and a fan of Hitler.

LEONARDO DA VINCI (1452-1519)

The piece I like:

STEVE JOBS (1452-1519)

The piece I like:

From the aesthetic point of you would be the iMac ´98

FROM THE TATE BRITAN I WAS TOUCHED BY:

CERITH WYN EVANS (WALES 1958)

Cerith Wyn Evan’s artistic practice focuses on how ideas can be communicated through form. His conceptual work incorporates a diverse range of media including installation, sculpture, photography, film and text.

Wyn Evans began his career as a filmmaker producing short, experimental films and collaborative works but since the 1990s has created artworks that focus on language and perception, with a precise clarity towards their manifestation in space. He employs strategies of exhibition making that are often site-specific, viewing exhibitions as a catalyst to produce a reservoir of possible meanings and discursive experiences.

Wyn Evans' work attempts to rupture existing systems of communication – either through the practice of subverting certain given material forms, disrupting spatial-temporal coordinates, or adopting a communal rather than singular authorial voice.

The piece I like:

"Forms in Space...by Light (in Time)

I love:

It is a piece of work that everybody sees and spends some time examinating it. Its structure in three parts that emerges from a single an simple neon ring tha focus the complex installation,  and in the central section are three discs, reminiscent if the diagrams opticians use for eye tests (Marcel Duchamp also included them in one sculpture).  I love the maze of complex lines that trace the trajectory of alignments, gestures, folds and orientations .

I don´t like that it is only for very special spaces and that it must consume a lot of energy. I also find it too complex to install.

WITH WHOM WOLD I SHERE AN EXHIBITION:

ANDY WARHOL

NORMAN ROCKWELL

Interesting links

Flow the secret to happiness

https://www.ted.com/talks/mihaly_csikszentmihalyi_on_flow

How people really make decisions

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lhiz8310174

The Creative Brain. How insight works

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xy9ag1

more on my research:

http://goldsmiths.academia.edu/AlexandraAntonopoulou

or feel to email me: a.antonopoulou@chelsea.arts.ac.uk

INSPIRATIONS

OS GÊMEOS - BRASIL
COLORFUL
3D
SOCIAL CRITICISM 
COLLABORATIVE

LYNETTE YIADOM-BOAKYE - LONDON 
CALM COLORS BUT MANY LIFE AND MOVIMENT
INTERACTION

ROYAL ACADEMY - SUMMER EXHIBITION 15
THIS SCULPTURE REPRESENTS THE HUMANS WITHOUT REAL LIFE 
REPRESENTS THE DIGITAL LIFE !

YOU DREAM , KNOWS , SEES BUT THINKS ONLY ABOUT YOURSELF.

REPRESENTS THE LIFE WITHOUT :
REAL EXPERIENCES
REAL CHANGES 
REAL SOCIALIZATION 

THE BALL IN THE NECK REPRESENT THE SICK GENERATION 
IF YOU DON'T LIVE
DON'T HAVE EXPERIENCES 
DON'T THINKS
DON'T CHANGE

Conclusion:

Do a interactive exhibition . The name is :

Changes the Earth

You need  to use your hands or help others .
One movement takes you to another art.

rules : 

After the exhibition let's do one book and documentary with all the arts made with the public.

Favourite object - The Pencil

The hardest part of this project was choosing the object! I felt uncomfortable making a quick decision as nothing immediately came to mind or felt right and I wished I'd had more time. Now I wonder if the actual object mattered that much. It would be interesting to do the exercise again with a different object to see what happens.

I chose the pencil because I have always loved drawing and writing, and I like using pencils so I can rub something out if I make a mistake! Considering how much I use the pencil as a tool to express myself, I've never really thought about it all that much. The pencil allows me to be detailed, careful and methodical, but also non committal - mistakes can always be erased!

The piece below shows my thoughts about moving from doodling (past) to structured and uncreative academic work (present) to confident, definite and creative drawing and writing (future).

I wanted to find out more about unlocking interests and strengths and in doing to I came across an interesting blog post: Find your passion. I particularly like the idea of "finding your tennis ball - the thing that pulls you".