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For my performance piece, I decided to stand in various locations of Chicago, holding a cardboard sign that said, "Listening Ear - Tell Me Anything- No Judgement Here." I wanted to see if people would even be receptive to someone holding a cardboard sign. Heavily associated with the request of money, cardboard signs are often ignored on the streets of Chicago in hopes of avoiding confrontation with those who need help or support. Additionally, I wanted to see if those who did read my sign, would be willing to take time to talk to a stranger. Many people said nothing and at first I barely even got any glances. I said nothing to the people who passed by and kept my scarf over my mouth. Much like the performance of Marina Abramovic at Moma, I felt that without me speaking, I could connect more with everyone around me. She sat for hours in silence, only talking to people through her expressions and that inspired me. I tried to smile a little so that my cheeks would come...

Marina Abramovic, Charlotte Moorman, and the Guerrilla Girls are all very different, but fundamentally have something big in common that make them my favorite performance artists. They all are women who are pushing people's expectations of female artists, and allowing other women to break into the field. I love how much each of them contributed to this movement but in their own unique way. The Guerrilla Girls brought up the facts and directed them at their audience through posters, appearances, and other forms of advertisement, while Marina and Charlotte were representing women as the artists. Eventually the Guerrilla Girls' forms of activism were presented as art works in galleries and they contributed in the same way that Abramovic and Moorman's art had. Marina Abramovic's work has broken attendance records at Moma and revolutionized a male dominated field. Her focus wasn't on her gender, but her work as a female artist has helped to define woman's imprint on ...

My project is inspired by art and technology because it uses the printed copies as a direct contrast to the painting. I really enjoyed painting over the pictures and trying to blend the colors into something do defined and concrete. My intent was to show how sometimes technology is limiting and too concrete. The left portrait is straight forward and almost practical in the way the anatomy is lined up, while on the other hand, the right side is a little more wild and surreal with the strokes, the hair, and anatomy; however, the technological aspect is still binding them to that shape and form. That is what they both have in common. You can be creative with the technology and paint on it to make it art, but in some way to me, it will always be restrictive.

I made my 30 X 30 grid project with macrame chord and plastic beads. I chose Flik because the colors were very distinct, and I wanted to do something that was recognizable even when pixelated. I pixelated the photo on Photoshop into a 30 X 38 grid and then I found beads in color palettes that match with scheme of the photo and took each column one by one and wrapped them on the stick I found outside. The only problems I came across was making sure that the number of beads were the same, and trying to match each color to make sure it reflects what the photo looks like.