Monday, October 15, 2012

Art 21 x 2 (Art 42?)

Uncovering Works of Art
by Joe Fosaro
September 12th, 2012
blog.art21.org



This article is all about how different people see the same artwork differently. It's basically a transcript of an online chat about a work of art as more information becomes available about the specific piece. I was drawn to it because I'm interested as to how people view the same thing differently. It's a fascinating subject, and I think it's intriguing how people can draw different conclusions from the same thing.

Monday, October 1, 2012

Conscientious Round Two

Why Carolina Miranda is OK with photos of the dead
September 26, 2012
Joerg Colberg
jmcolberg.com

The title of this article really intrigued me. What Colberg is saying here, is why pictures of dead people in the news can be powerful, and, at times, necessary. Censoring certain things, like dead bodies after a natural disaster or terrorist attack, can be and is detrimental to the harsh truth of reality. Though there is a bit of contradiction here; it's OK to show dead foreigners, but not dead Americans. There is a difference in the news we have and the news we want.