Extra Credit:Student View Reception

! Extra Credit / Poetry@Tech make-up event. Student View & Poetry Posters – Art Gallery Reception. (Part of the TechArts Festival). Ferst Center for the Arts. Georgia Tech student artwork and screening of student videos. Free. Receive up to 5 points (based on quality of work) for attending the event and writing a review on your blog. Include a photo of yourself at the event as a “virtual check-in.” Include photos and captions for the work you describe in your review. BLOG ENTRY: (Title: “Extra Credit: Student View Reception”). Write a review of the event (400+ words). Back up your ideas with specific examples.

This event was a nice, organized reception. It wasn't too large and crowded so it gave me a more intimate experience. I was really impressed with the moving pictures made. The quality of art was impressive. I have taken a media arts class in the past and created a motion picture out of numerous drawings, and I remember that being a very difficult process!
 I also think that the motion pictures greatly supplemented the poems. I enjoyed having a multimodal experience, where I could see, hear, and read the poem (rather than only reading the words) when listening to the pieces.
The last clip of the Langston Hughes video of his poem "Life is Fine", was my favorite. I have read that poem in the past, but hearing and seeing a movie illustration of it made the poem so much clearer to me. I also liked the shorter video clips that alternated moods-- sometimes humorous and sometimes thought-provoking.
Aside from the movie clips, the still art projects were also impressive. One that caught my attention was the canvas of "My Papa's Waltz" because we just finished reading that one in class. Visually he kept the layout of the poem's text neat and easy to read, yet still displayed the poem in a fitting way with the jumbled dancing shoes and adding the subtle crooked z at the end of "Waltz", and his crooked name.

My Papa's Waltz display

I also enjoyed the illustration for the poem "Evening Conversation" by Allan Johnston. It was clever and suiting for there to be clocks falling fast out of a box as if a person was desperately searching for the time that has past. 

Evening Conversation display

The Vanishing of the Bees film poster also grabbed my attention. I had never heard of the film, Vanishing of the Bees, but once I read the description, I saw the intentional planning behind the design of the poster. I think that the mirror image of the bee that looks so similar to the plane, was enough of an attention grabber for me to want to read the description and find out the meaning behind this piece. Once I read the information and learned that the film was about how bees are vanishing due to pollution and other environmental damage, I was even more interested because the health of our environment is a cause that is very important to me.

Vanishing of the Bees film poster

I was impressed by the professionalism in all of the pieces that were on display. Now after seeing these pieces of work, I am eager to see how my future projects will turn out!