Title of Event: Odette England Exhibition
Date and Time: December 3, 1:00 PM
Location: 103 Holmes Hall
Type of Event: Exhibition
by Katie Pombar
Title of Event: Odette England Exhibition
Date and Time: December 3, 1:00 PM
Location: 103 Holmes Hall
Type of Event: Exhibition
by Katie Pombar
by Katie Pombar
by Katie Pombar
Response to learning about animal intelligence: I watched a couple of videos and articles focusing on dogs and their intelligence in relation to humans. The first video I watched was on dogs telling time and how they are a lot more aware and knowledgeable about our schedules. One example from the video that stood out to me was how everyday around 4 pm the dog knew the mom comes home then, and the dog knew the dad comes home around 5. So around 4:40, 20 mins before the dad was coming home the dog would look out the window and wait and he knew it was the dad at 5 because the dog picked up on the scent. To change this pattern, on the moms way home she now went to put on the dads t-shirts and spread them around the room, making the dog think he was already home. The dog believed this and now at 4:40 the dog doesn’t look at the window and stays dozing because he got tricked into thinking the dad was already home. Overall I learned a lot about dogs and another video compared the oxytocin released in both dogs and humans and looked deeper into brain scans. (update) Following this I also did research on butterflies and their ability to navigate their way through the world.
thesis option: Animals just along the side of humans have the ability to grow and navigate through this world with room for growth and improvement. Before getting here we need to adapt into a secure and working body through the process of evolution and growth. Along with this we need the ability to navigate ourselves into future directions that will lead us to experiencing new things in life.
by Katie Pombar
by Katie Pombar
by Katie Pombar
by Katie Pombar
Throughout my four years of high school, I would weekly attend a local non-profit organization helping children who are less fortunate and who needed help with either homework or reading, etc. When I was a freshman I first decided to do this because it was something I was interested in and wanted to make a priority in the next four years of high school. I wanted to do this because I liked helping people and want to continue to do something similar for my future job. Being in this environment allowed me to feel useful, helpful, powerful, and kind. These children either did not have a lot of money, or did not have a good education, so being there alongside them, helping them to read or do their math problems, helped them a lot. They would also be joyful and excited when I would come back every Tuesday because they liked working with me. Another great aspect of going here often, was the relationships I built with employees and workers there. There was one specific lady who I would continuously go back to and we grew a close relationship talking about our lives very often. She made me feel comforted, connected, and welcome in an environment that she had been used to for years.
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by Katie Pombar
Olafur Eliasson –The Weather Project
Immediate Response:
After discovering Olafur Eliasson’s, The Weather Project, my first reaction reminded me of a sunset and the evening time when the sun usually goes down. The bright yellow circle representing a “sun” in the top of the picture and then the orange all around it makes it feel very “warm”. It affects me in a very calm and peaceful manner. My eyes immediately went to the sun in the middle and then slowly spread down the image to look at some of the wandering people who are laying down observing the scenery above them focusing all their attention on this sun.
Objective Description
This image consists of a bold yellow circle, representing a sun, in the top/center of the image. It is a very strong yellow and it almost illuminates the rest of the picture as the shadows and “fog” from it spread out. Behind it, is a white wall with different textures and shelving, and on the sides almost looks like bookshelves, however they are empty. As you wander towards the bottom, there are about twenty people scattered on the floor either lying or standing, facing the yellow sun, yet it remains indoors. The ceilings are very tall, as it seems to be in this open and spacious hall, intentionally for the purpose of this hanging/floating sun.
Technical Decisions
Eliasson constructed this piece with simple, yet very few, materials. There are really only a few objects involved in this piece, yet the combination of them together creates a tranquil tone for the viewer. The presentation and placement of the objects seems very particular, as the sun is drawn to grab the most attention, and the people below are all embracing their focus towards it. The composition seems very at rest and still, as there is no movement or chaos distracting the viewer. The orientation towards the viewer seems very direct as they are a part of the work giving them a calm and relaxed mindset.
The Work in the World
As taken away just by the title of his piece, The Weather Project depicts the vastness of the sun and the amount of power it can take over in this image itself, and also in the real world. It embraces the power of weather and how it unifies people. The intensity of this sun might make people feel overwhelmed and blinded as it holds that ability to be in control of the world. This image seeks to convey the power the sun holds and how in the real-world people are deeply interconnected with weather, global warming, and the power they have on us.
The Story it Tells
The message behind this project seems to be straightforward and simple depicting that; weather and the power weather has, interconnects and can take control over humans. The simplicity of the sun being the main and dominant factor in this image, with all the attention drawn to it, expands towards the real world and how it has a similar effect on people. Bringing awareness to this and even climate change, represented in Olafur’s other pieces of work, allows us to expand our knowledge and realize the impact of both weather and humans have on our society.
by Katie Pombar
This film talked a lot about radiolarians and their discovery and existence of them. Prior to this I did not really know what they were so this educated me a lot about them and how Haeckel and other historians developed and researched them. During his educational years his father wanted him to finish school and at 25 he was full of discoveries. When he first met poets and artists, he discovered a love for landscape painting and learned a lot about himself. He considered abandoning science for art which was very surprising. He did a lot of studying with shells, and he devoted himself for 10 years toward a task chasing ancestries and had identified more than three thousand new species. All art, history, and science do relate a lot and have developed and discovered many things within each other. One thing that I found the most interesting was his interest in painting landscapes and his obsession with painting rocks. I think based on his drawings and looping this into his discoveries, what can be drawn from creating these sculptures are the specifics in graphic precision and shading and the number of details in some of them are very crucial.