The art of art.
For this first Lumiere Thursday, I want to talk about a project that started a few weeks ago.
Sarah Urist Green, John Green’s wife, started a youtube channel called The Art Assignment.
Art isn’t always paintings in the walls or drawings or old sculptures. Sometimes something simple as taking photos to people walking on the street can be art if you put passion and imagination to it. The Art Assignment show us different kinds of art that we aren’t use to and that we haven’t see (or at least me). For the first assignment, they showed us how meet with someone can be considered as art. The art of meeting people, share ideas, enjoy the view of the place where you decided to meet and also the trip you made and sharing with your partner, is the most incredible way of art that I’ve seen. Human interaction is a way of art, if you know how to show it. Record it, take a picture, tell a story. The way people understand it is also a way of art.
The second episode of Art Assignment show us what I was looking for for showing in this section. Taking consciousness of what is around you, what is happening in the world, and showing different ways of see light is exactly what I want to post every Thursday. This second episode showed us how a simple experiment and taking pictures (or recording) of the human interaction with a random object, i a very unique way of art. Not only watching them from the distant, but also taking notes of details. What did they do. Did they react the way you were expecting? What were thy wearing? And post it in you own way. On a journal or maybe on your wall with a bunch of pictures, drawings, and post-its. Transform yourself into an investigator and notice what people do everyday. Also, notice that you also can change your way of view with this. You start notice more things that happens around you. You can start taking a moment while you drink coffee and watch what’s going on around you instead of what’s going on on your phone. Enjoying colors, smells, reactions and sharing this with other.
The Art Assignment has two episodes by now, and they’ll be posting more. Also they give us the possibility of doing the second assignment and post it on the internet. It could be seen in the next episode. Check the episodes in their youtube channel and also subscribe for more.
