Hello my name is Fernanda, I am a second year student in studio art. I really love animation and have a animation chenal on youtube. I am originaly from Brazil and been living in canada around 7year.
1 km asingmet
Project firts ideas and why they didn’t work
1)Make a rope out of dandelions by braiding them together using the same process as for making a dandelion flower crown, and make it 1 km long.
Visula exenplo found on the internet of how a flower crow is made:
- wasn’t able to find a lot dandelions there were very few of then.
- Collecting and braiding enough dandelions for 1 km would be extremely time-consuming.
- Dandelions wilt quickly after being picked, the rope would lose shape and strength within hours.
2) Make a rope using leaves, flowers, and sticks. I would arrange the leaves sideways and thread a sewing string through the leaves and flowers to hold them in place, then tie the sticks in the empty spaces along the thread.
- The leaves constantly fell off because they became crumbly as they dried out, making the rope too heavy.
- The flowers broke easily when I tried to thread them onto the line.
- The only part that worked was tying on the sticks, but since the leaves and flowers were unstable, the overall idea failed.
This led to the changes that can be seen in the final piece.
1km final pice:“Changing leaves”
description:
For this assignment, I decided to represent one kilometre by actually going on a one-kilometre walk. Instead of just measuring the distance, I collected objects I found along the way like leaves, sticks, and flowers to create a visual representation of that walk.
How it was made:
Firt I use google maps to create a round that wuld be exacle 1km, then during the walk I wuld look for stuff that usally cath my attetion like coler of the leave.
To build this rope, I sewed leaves together and then arranged and glued flowers and sticks on top spread out to not make the rope to have and break easily.
Why did I chose to make it this way?:
I chose to line the leaves beside each other and arrange them by color and size because it made them look as if they were changing color and size from one end to the other, almost like a little animation.
Along with the leaves lying flat beside each other, this made the rope more stable and easier to sew together in a way that wouldn’t break easily. I also placed the smaller leaves at the ends of the rope so the weight would be distributed more evenly.
How might it work in the gallery or other context?:
If I were to display my piece in a gallery, I would either place it against a white or black wall so the colors would stand out more, and secure both ends of the leaf rope with tape. Another option would be to hang it in the middle of the room like a clothesline, allowing people to walk under and around it to see both the front and the back.
The third opition that I though wuld be to displaying the pice on the ground and making a spirilying shpae whit it.
Marina Abramovic’s reflrction questions
- What are some of your first impressions of Marina Abramovic’s performance works, based on the documentary?
The first impression I got from Marina Abramovic’s performance was that her work focuses a lot on the body and showcases unique and shocking situations that the human body is put through in her performances, including things that you wouldn’t expect to see which makes her work really unic.
Another impression that I got is how deeply personal and important her work is to her, as is shown by how much thought she puts into it and how persistent she is in carrying on the performance even when told by the people who work with her that there is a risk to her safety. This dedication also comes through in how she decided, for the first time, to let someone else perform and put a group of young artists into training to perfo
2.What have you learned about features of performance art based on Abramovic’s work?
I learned that the main goal of performance art is to make a statement and send a message to the viewer by bringing something or an experience to really think about through performance. Along with this, it also makes the audience part of that experience by being present in that moment or interacting with the performance itself.
The quote “When you perform, it is a knife and your blood, when you act, it is a fake knife and ketchup” gives me the understanding that everything in the performance, like the emotion and the performer’s actions, is really happening and not something that is being acted out like in movies. This really separates performance from acting, and I didn’t know there was a difference between the two before watching the documentary. Before, I thought they were just two words for the same thing.
NYT article
1. Describe the work discussed in the article and the unique challenges – as well as the unique gifts- that come with attempting to archive personal movements?
Katja Heitmann, observes moviment from habits,tick, an uncosio routine and distinctive gait
2. Discuss one or two examples of movements in the article – what strikes you about them?
3. Describe the habitual movements/unconscious gestures, tics, etc. of 3 people you know well. How do individual body parts move, and how does the whole body interact? What about facial expressions, and emotional valence of the movement? How does body type inform the movement? What do these examples of small movements mean and imply?
Gallery fild trip
Lucy Angoyuaq Tundra,1997 wool duffel and cotton embroidery floss
Saul william life Stream,1986 acrylic on cavas
1.Describing and responding to two artworks.
Lucy Angoyuaq: have a black fabric background that makes the many beautiful embroidered colors stand out and appear shiny. The embroidered lines form a swirling “X” pattern, along whit a flowery desines.
Saul william life Stream: darkish bluish background that help the colors of the tree and waterfalls pop out, It depict the Niagara Falls lighting up at night with silhouettes of a small group of people watching it. The fall colors have a sunset and pastel palette, with the parts that are not lighted up being a dark navy blue.
2.How are these works relevant to your own research interests and practice?
I chose these two pieces because color is one of the main things that interests me in an artwork, and I also try to incorporate that into my own work as well. Both of the artworks that I chose for this blog post have many colors and really grab my attention because of it.
I chose the embroidered one also because of the color, and because I like when sewing is incorporated into art. But it’s mostly because of the swirling colors that give the illusion of being in motion.
3. What did you notice, learn, or take away from the experience of the works in the gallery?
Something that I noticed and really liked was the variety of artworks, each one being very unique and different from one another. I really liked how every work in the gallery was made with different materials, art styles, and messages.
Glenn Gear Nalliunet. Season,2025 mixed median installation
I also really liked the first-floor exhibition, as I got to learn more about Indigenous culture and their relationship to the land. I especially liked how some of the pieces could be touched and had audio recordings telling the story that was embroidered on the piece.
Michelle Wilson incollaboration whit Robert Grandjambe sr. and Quill Smallboy Robert, 2025
This also made me think about the many other ways art can be experienced besides looking, along with trying to use a greater variety of materials when making art.
Michelle Wilson Warden’s Watch, 2025