I actually saw this exhibit being made when coming to our class weeks ago. Seeing two men spraying the huge graffitti on the wall and wondering what kind of subject would that be involved with. After that I honestly never bothered looking back at it until we got assigned to do another blog about a Columbia spot. I was searching about 4 places around campus and when I really couldn't find anything this exhibit finally came around in my mind. F
ound inside of the 33 E. Congress Columbia Building first floor, which of course is our building w
e have our class session. Access Excess is the name of this student body of work.
Out of everything that has been shown at this current time, this exhibit I think is the one I would honestly stay away from. I was already not interested in it while it was being set up. Media entertainment and creativity isn't my most interest desire, this gallery has brought me to get interested. I do love going to concerts, however not the ones that have such huge mosh pits and insane fans that people would get hurt at, and this exhibit really seemed at first what that was all about. Now after taking the time to look through the displays and how Columbia Students presented their work, I see it as much more.
Main theme was music but not just that, its what people do to prepare, have to handle, the environment around them, their experiences and they found their own way to express it from their art and decide how to show it to others who aren't familiar with the subject or doesn't understand what is so great and exciting, what is the big deal of it all. This gallery gives you a chance to take a look at the artistic view and provide a better view of musical performances.
The whole exhibit really wa
s a very interesting set up, nothing like I've seen here at Columbia so far. Every wall as a orderly section of going to a concert both for the experience and/or preparing the expected to this occasion. It starts out with preparing, they had a suitcase displayed with objects inside showing what they'd bring to the tour. It instantly felt like a
museum exhibit display that I really find pretty amusing. I personally think they would definatly bring more than what they showed but it gave people a general idea.
Next to it on the wall is a Record shop selling band t-shirts, short shorts, hats, CD's etc. Reminded me one of the few concerts I ever been to when they sell a bunch of merchandise with their ridiculous expensive prices. This display though seemed pretty familiar.
The next parts were artistic designs created by students mostly graphic designers making very unique, hip looking posters for bands, flashy colors that light up, something really visual appealing to the eye. The set up was done nicely as they all lined up side by side together creating a collage of great work. Right next to it had a type of sculpture of different kind of records, some designed, some plan, all melted together creating this unique design. I thought of music and how many can mix with another. Some that sound the same can combine and even two completely different songs can somehow when mixed properly can even sound wonderful. The last parts were a huge collection of CD covers that looked like a story of pictures taken at different angles at a concert. The color scheme blended nicely together making the piece flow nicely.
This exhibit really stuck out a lot to me, this hobby is really something a lot of Columbia students take pride in. Its not just a crazy concert/band community like I always thought. It opened my eyes a little bit and realized that this is something that people have great passion for and its very entertaining on top of it. Sweat and tears were probably happening definatly more than once at concerts. People relate to the music, relate to others and share a common sense of appreciation. This gallery very well proved me wrong the most and I couldn't enjoy it any more.
Access Excess exhibit was created by Ayisha Jaffer, Arts Entertainment and Media Management and was held March 4th-April 23rd and sadly is gone by the time you read this.
Maria, there's a pretty good review hidden in here, but it's hard to get to because the editing and formatting of the piece is so haphazard. I wish after twelve weeks of class you were putting more effort into presenting your work effectively. Two weird line breaks in the first paragraph alone suggest you didn't really go back to fix anything after cutting and pasting.
ReplyDeleteThen there are sentences like this one: "Main theme was music but not just that, its what people do to prepare, have to handle, the environment around them, their experiences and they found their own way to express it from their art and decide how to show it to others who aren't familiar with the subject or doesn't understand what is so great and exciting, what is the big deal of it all." Whew! It's like a verbal mosh pit when you read it out loud. On the review essay, I need to see you putting a lot more care into the editing end of things--it undermines your credibility, even though I think you've learned a lot about the Big Picture issues surrounding reviewing.
One draft is not enough! Re-read and re-write before, during, and after you post the text to blogger.