Anita Kunz

Anita Kunz is a Canadian illustrator with nearly 40 years of experience who has worked for America’s most iconic magazines and advertising agencies. A renowned artist, her works have been praised worldwide. While she is an artist, she is better described as a social critic that uses art as her medium. Body 1 – Tri … Read more

Artistic work of Dora Maurer

I intend to closely observe and evaluate, how the artistic work of Dora Maurer exploring both spatial and bodily languages translated through photography can be reinterpreted within a contemporary context. As a starting point for my research, I used the work called Parallel Lines, Analyses 1977 by Dora Maurer – the work is currently on … Read more

Baroque Age

(Music) Why I chose this Topic? • I wanted to learn more about more music. BAROQUE MUSIC Baroque/Extravagant music is a style of Western workmanship music formed from around 1600 to 1750. This time took after the Renaissance and was followed thusly by the Classical period. “Baroque” originates from the Portuguese word barroco meaning distorted … Read more

An overview of Vietnamese literary history

II. THE FILMS AND ASSOCIATED LITERATURE: 1. An overview of Vietnamese literary history: a. From 10th to 19th century: From the 10th to the end of 19th century, Vietnamese literature was medieval. Historically, Vietnamese literature was established quite late in the compare with other literature all over the world. According to (Tân, 1998) and (Thin, … Read more

Racism in music

“It seems like we’re more concerned with being called racist; Than we actually are with racism”. A concept which artist Ben Haggerty, better known as Macklemore, illuminates in his piece “White Privilege II”. The white rapper uses his music to reach through aux chords and speakers and radio stations and grip his audience for a … Read more

David Bowie (1947 – 2016)

David Bowie, a popular rock musician in the recent modern era, originally went by David Jones. Born to Heywood Jones, who worked in charity, and Margaret Mary Jones, a waitress, Bowie had changed his name so people wouldn’t confuse him with Davy Jones from The Monkees. If you’ve ever noticed asymmetry in David Bowie’s pupils, … Read more

Pink Floyd

In the 2012 documentary titled “The Story of Wish You Were Here” Director John Edington provides insight into Syd Barret, the founding member of Pink Floyd and his ordeal with schizophrenia, most likely caused by his psychedelic drug use, leading all the way into his subsequent departure from the band. Pink Floyd was well known … Read more

Metallica Some Kind of Monster

After Metallica’s music was featured in Joe Berlinger and Bruce Sinofsky’s documentaries, the two directors decided they wanted to make a documentary of Metallica. The band was reevaluating their relationship and success. Common Sense Media states “This 2004 Metallica documentary lifted the heavy metal veil to reveal a band who was at their lowest point.” During this … Read more

Prince (music artist)

Introduction The case for this small field-analysis I chose to scope in on is a very interesting artist namely, the purple one, Prince. My rationale for doing so is, because there is a lot to tell or rather find of this subject and I could correlate this to a micro-sociological level. Because he did bring … Read more

UNUSUAL PARTNERSHIP: (DIS)ENGAGING ART EDUCATION AND HEGEMONIC PRAXIS)

ABSTRACT This paper address the contested domains of hegemonic praxis and art education; distinguished by opposition and argument between policy formulators and art education professionals which sometime result in frustrations and despairs. Though considerable progress has been made through policy innovation combined with professionals’ collaboration and consultations. The continuing interference of hegemonic practice complicates much … Read more

Does photography have an impact on our self-perception, and how does it effect society?

During this thesis I am going to be exploring notions and discussing valid elements of technological transformation and expansion, the vast growth in many social media platforms over recent periods and the surrounding impacts/influences that are so easy to absorb in to, and how certain elements surrounding the photographic industry and media have an impact … Read more

POP-UP BOOK ON TRANSFORMED SAEED AKHTAR ART WORK (TRANSFORMED CURIO)

Introduction: ‘I dream of painting and then I paint my dream.’ Vincent Van Gogh ‘Transformed Curio’ is designed to give tribute to Saeed Akhtar- a very renowned artist of Pakistan. The book has been designed to give information about eastern art in an interesting way. . The main concept of Transformed Curio has been conceived … Read more