The Tenniscoats - Baibaba Bimba

I absolutely love watching bands who have the ability to adapt to any surroundings around them and utilize those sounds and incorpoarte them into beautiful songs.

Menomena, one of my favorite bands!

You're walking around in the middle of the day minding your business when all of a sudden your favorite artist is performing live, right in front of you..... It didn't happen to me but wishful thinking may come true.  I absolutely love this performance and to see the childrens reaction to this melody reminds me that music is the lifeblood of our soul.  It feeds us with enormous amounts of ecstasy and makes life worth living. 

Typo on website!

Luckily when I reviewing my website today to make sure everything was working properly I found some typos in my artist statement page. I laughed so much when read the statement, I accidentaly typed the word "a**es" instead of the word "assess."  LOL, that made my day!

50th post! Yay!

While in class critiquing my classmates website, I notice that one of them inserted a Sigur Ros song into their website. It reminded me of this stunning live performance by Sigur Ros I had seen a while ago that I thought I would like to share with everyone.

WEBSITE IS FINALLY IMPROVED!

Yay!!! I finally fixed all the errors in my website and improved its functionallity.  I worked meticulously the entire weekend on this website so please check it out at: http://www.csulb.edu/~pkang2/   If you notice any problems or want to comment on it, please leave a comment on this post. Thank you and have a great Summer! :) 

Website is up!

Yay! class is over, but I'm a little sad that its over. It was a great class that I would definately recommend other students to take.  My website is up at www.csulb.edu/~pkang2/ if you wanna take a look!  However I definately wanna make some adjustments to make it better. I was impressed by my classmates' website and wanna incorporate some techniques they used and apply to my own website.  To my classmates, it was a pleasure to have you guys and girls in class. Thank you Kyle for teaching an awesome class.  Hope to see yah all around campus next semester. Have a great summer!  Peace! :)

Website project

Well I'm almost done with my website, I tried to keep it simple as possible but at the same time make it look professional.  I tried not to make it look too graphic because most of the artworks I've done is very simple and not very graphic oriented except the projects I did for this class.  I didn't want to website to look all decked out and the images of the artwork looks plain and ordinary.  It will totally contradict each other.  I wanted the website to feel harmonious with the images it contained and I feel that I was very sucessful in achieving that.  I know Kyle is gonna look at my website say how come it doesn't look very cool or hipsterish?! LOL!!!!!   I just know hes gonna say that in class Tuesday, hahaha.  OMG!!! if really he says that in class I'm gonna laugh my a** off!  This project wasn't easy, it took awhile to understand how dreamweaver works and theres so many things that can go wrong.  There some much coding and one wrong letter can completely mess up your entire website.      

The Semester is Almost Over!!! :)

Wow! It’s been an incredible journey, I just transferred here this spring and it feels like I just started going to school yesterday.  I can't believe it went by so fast!!! Well it was pleasure having you guys and girls in class. You are very talented and I was very impressed with all of your creativity.  Hope to work with you all again someday and I'll see yah around campus! :)  PS: I wanted to share one of my favorite movies of all time that I feel everyone would enjoy, if you can spare two 1/2 hours of your time.  I know!! lol it seems like a really long movie but you’ll love it from beginning to end.  It’s a Japanese movie that emphases that we should all just slow down and make time to closely examine how weird and wonderful life is.  The title of the film is called "The Taste of Tea" by Katsuhito Ishii.  It’s not a religious movie, just an appreciation of a short time we spent here on earth.  Here’s the trailer of the film.  Please! If you get a chance try to find it at your local video store or rent it on Netflix or something.  I think that’s all I have to say. Good Luck in all your futures and I’ll see yah around someday! :)

The Creators Project!

I don't know if your guys have ever hear of the creators project, but they're amazing visual artists.  I saw this live at Coachella 2011 and it blew me away.  Please watch the entire video!  Its so visually striking and innovative! :)

Street Art: Inflatable bag monsters

This is a really interesting street artist I found, his work is very innovative and creative :)

New Guide Book: How to be a Hipster

I was disappointed with how my first guide book came out so I decided to redo everything.  So far I like this version better than the first. It should be ready by tomorrow, can't wait to see the final product! :) 

Guide book project

I'm very unhappy with how my guide book project turn out.  After hearing helpful comments from my classmates and the professor I've decided to redo the entire booklet and turn it in for a better grade.  Non stop working this weekend!

Still reminiscing about Coachella 2011!

Its been a week and half since Coachella 2011 and I'm still floored seeing this performance in person. Check out Arcade Fire if you get a chance. You won't regret it a single moment! :)

Hipster Short Documentary!!!

A brief history about hipsters, not as funny as the videos I posted before, but more like a standard historical documentation about them  :)

Coachella 2011 artwork!!! :)

Amazing artwork at Coachella 2011, sorry I didn't take more pictures. There were a lot more artwork installation there you can check out at their website. http://www.coachella.com/

Guide Project: "How to be a Hipster"

This is the cover of my guide project, wadda yah think?

Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival

 Photographed this beautiful view of the sunset during the Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival.  BEST WEEKEND OF MY LIFE!!!  :)

Spike Jonze's: "I'm Here"

Spike Jonze's short film: "I'm Here," was absolutely stunning. WOW!!! I was just blown away. If you some how get a chance to see this film, recommend it to everyone you know! Its about a portrayal of the real working class individuals and their lives. Check it out on youtube before they take it down:
Part 1: http://www.youtube.com/v/DfVgc-U_ZMc
Part 2: http://www.youtube.com/v/MzSJ20jZVqg
Part 3: http://www.youtube.com/v/hZ0I02wnluQ

Project guide: "How to be a Hipster" Part 2

LOL!!! ...This is another funny video I found about Hipsters.

Project guide: "How to be a Hipster"

For my project I choose to design a small guide on "How to be a Hipster."  I found this hilarious video on youtube about hipsters. This video will be one of my references about hipsters and their lifestyle.

Underground art show: Finished sculpture

Caught a quick glimpse of the finished sculpture just before I left.  Sorry the video quality isn't good when I uploaded to the website. I don't know whats up with this website video quality. The image was MUCH better on my laptop and camera.

Underground art show

This is a continuation of the underground art show I filmed. This is a more better view of the sculpture being created.

Private Art show

I was at a private small underground art show. Found it very interesting so I started filming it. Apparently these artists are called burners. They mold and shape metal objects onto one another to create a newly formed sculture. Also using the contrast of light and shadow to create a surrealistic image on the wall. Sorry I didn't catch the names of the artists.

Joshua Tree Art Festival!!!! April 1, 2 and 3rd, 2011

Hi Everybody Happy Spring Break! For those of you who don't know know I will be attending the Joshua Tree National Park Art Festival. If you're near the area, come and check this event out, and maybe camp out and go hiking at night afterwards. The stars and moon are soo big bright at night, really a worth while experience. Its Art in the Park 2011! 

Eighteenth Annual Joshua Tree National Park Art Festival

April 1, 2 & 3, 2011

(9:00 am to 5:00 pm each day)

Joshua Tree National Park Visitor Center

74485 National Park Drive, Twentynine Palms, CA 92277

(760) 367-5500

Come visit the Nineteenth Annual Art Festival at the Joshua Tree National Park’s visitor center in Twentynine Palms on April 1, 2, and 3, 2011,  9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. You’ll have the pleasure of seeing the work of more than twenty artists. A love and respect for the Joshua Tree National Park is the common bond between these artists and you can’t escape the feelings of camaraderie that exist at this festival!! Each artist will have work for sale and enjoy sharing their very personal interpretation of the Joshua Tree National Park with you.

Painting, sculpture, photography, ceramics, and jewelry are some of the media included in this year’s Art Festival.

Joshua Tree National Park Association, sponsor of the Art Festival, is a nonprofit organization that provides support and assistance to the Park’s interpretive, educational and scientific programs. Open to the public, there is no fee to attend the Art Festival.

"Untitled"

This is one of my "untitled" paintings, it was a cropped view of one of my earlier piece.

Tyke Witnes AWR

Really cool graffiti artist!!! He does a monster masterpiece in Amsterdam.

Go Sanda!!!!

Yay I finished my Hybrid project!!! I workerd very hard on this. Its a satellite panda which I renamed "Sanda." Please comment! :)

Hybrid project - "Sanda"

This is a draft of my hybrid project. Its a satellite panda but I like to call it "Sanda" short for satellite panda :)

Artwalk in Long Beach

On Saturday I went to an artshow in Long Beach. It was pretty cool, it reminded me of the art shows back in my hometown :)

Hybrid sketch

Panda Satellite!!!! LOL, TAKE ME TO YOUR LEADER!!!!!!! :)

Pandas!!!

Panda's are so awesome, so I decided to draw them. I wanna meet one in person! :)

Toyota Logo!!!

Finished the Toyota logo, now gotta finish facebook :)

Apple Logo!!!

I KNOW!!! Its a little bit off, but hey its my first time using illustrator! :)

Pepsi logo!!! :)

YAY!!! I did the Pepsi logo. Wow! Illustrator is fun, way better than photoshop! :)

Critique

       I was really impressed with everybodys work today. I can tell some people were graphic design majors :)  I would like to comment on some of the works, sorry I couldn't come up with some interesting to say during actual critique, but I'll say it now. The one with the ballerina dancer was really well done, the color and lighting effects blew me away. The only thing that I had a problem with was I didn't get how the ballerina dancers fit into this dream like world that usually created by bjork's song. Was the ballerina intended to give off a flowy feel to it? Sort of slow graceful movement?...... Ok another one I would like to comment the one with the woman's face in the middle and there are objects in her flowy hair. I thought that was sooo well done and the small images were well intergrated. Maybe you can tell me how did you learn that technique or where did you find the tutorials for that technique. GREAT JOB!!! with the images, the picture were really crisp and sharp.  Ok I don't want to take up too much time, I'll do one last one. Sorry I couldn't get to everyone else. Umm I think this one's Mark, the one with African tribal psychedelic drum circle going on :)  I though that one was really cool and it was really well intergrated into the song. I got the same feeling about that song, I felt like I entered a sort of psychedelic dream world. One suggestion is that I though the mountain background could've had more rhythm to it.  When I was listening to the song I pictured this mountain landscape moving kind of like trees blowing in the wind. Make them look that they're dancing also  :)

Tom Waits - The Earth Died Screaming

The song I chose for my song project. To me this song symbolizes man's destructive impact on the world. However, man often desires to remain blissful and ignorant in times of chaos. We often don’t look at the problems of the world thinking it doesn’t effect us, but it does. For example you buy a soccer ball at the store, it says it was made in China or India, but who sewed that soccer ball together so you can play with it? 450 million children working in inhumane black market factories? Feel better now? I know I don’t. I absolutely love this song and encourage you to listen to some of his other songs. Look for the lyrics, you’ll be amazing about what he write about.

(_________________) <--- insert here! :)

LOL, dont really have a name for this, Its one of my paintings. Wish it was kinda of bigger.

Song Project

Its coming together. What do you think?

Disaster!!!!!!!!!!!!

OMG!!! Major disaster! one of the images I used had a virus on it. Totally affected my laptop. Ahhhhhh! Why google images?! Why?! :-(

Pasadena Chalk Festival 2010

I took these photos at the Pasadena Chalk Festival in 2010. All these artworks were done in pastels which I absolutely love working with. These are among my favorite images that I took at the festival.

Andy Warhol

Andy Warhol’s art is very popular these days. Most of his artwork derives from pop culture which is widely praised among today youth. However, I find his artwork very repetitive and dull.  His work is based manufacturability, destroying one of the key aspects to great artworks, originality.  One of the reasons I believe that most people find his artwork so pleasing is because of his color selections in the artwork.  Notice that he tends to use a lot of complementary colors which is very pleasing to the human eyes. The use of color intermesh with today’s pop culture icons will appeal to people more than other artworks.      

http://www.warhol.org/

Banksy

I know I’ve already blogged about him, but I really like this piece.  It’s a voice calling out for a new structure in our society, that the status quo is not acceptable.  We need reform!

Michael Kirby

Another artist I recently found is Michael Kirby, he is a street painter. His work often depicts an arial view of different subjects on the pavement. His work can also be found on walls of historic buildings.   

Alfonso Ossorio

When I walked into LACMA in Los Angeles, this was the most shockly memorable artwork I'd ever seen.  I absolutely love this piece and its symbloic meaning, that one day humans will enter the period of extinction like so many other animals in the world.

Homework from another class

Working with positive and negative space to create an illusionary picture. I used leaves from my backyard to as a stencil. Sorry I couldn't turn off the light on my camera. Please comment!

Psychedelic!!!

For Fun!!!

Countries bombed by the US since 1950-2011

This is one of my experimental artworks that is in progress. Please tell me what you think?

El Chivo

Another street artist I found is El Chivo, I found this particular piece very interesting in that we often forget about the past. This reminded me of one of Bruce Mau's Incomplete Manifesto for Growth:

42. Remember.Growth is only possible as a product of history. Without memory, innovation is merely novelty. History gives growth a direction. But a memory is never perfect. Every memory is a degraded or composite image of a previous moment or event. That’s what makes us aware of its quality as a past and not a present. It means that every memory is new, a partial construct different from its source, and, as such, a potential for growth itself.

Bruce Mau's Incomplete Manifesto for Growth

40. Avoid fields.
Jump fences. Disciplinary boundaries and regulatory regimes are attempts to control the wilding of creative life. They are often understandable efforts to order what are manifold, complex, evolutionary processes. Our job is to jump the fences and cross the fields.

A prof. gave me a scenario today of what would I do in this situation. Lets say I was to holding an art galley that had pictures of erotic materials. Some pictures were posted on the gallery windows. A congress woman walks by and is utterly offended, she calls up her "friends" to have the art show shut down. What would you do in that situation? I said call up city hall and protest. People are always going to be offended and try to take you down. You got to be able to fight back, because if you don't protect your art, nobody will. If you really believe in free speech, you better defend it!

Invader

Another street artist I found interesting is "Invader". Inspired by the game Space Invaders he decided to recreate the characters using small colored tiles to forms mosaics. He also incorporates some popular video game characters known for having a pixel like image similar to space invader. His artwork can be found all around the world, check out his website: http://www.space-invaders.com/

Bruce Mau's Incomplete Manifesto for growth

32. Listen carefully.
Every collaborator who enters our orbit brings with him or her a world more strange and complex than any we could ever hope to imagine. By listening to the details and the subtlety of their needs, desires, or ambitions, we fold their world onto our own. Neither party will ever be the same.


I find this most interesting because when people interact with one another, we become a little bit different than we were before. Sharing ideas and thoughts allow us evolve into something new.

Banksy

An artist that I deeply admire is a street artist name Banksy. His art is mostly geared towards anti-establishment. Some of his works criticizes inhumane treatment of one another and mocks the conventional ways of society. Check out his website http://www.banksy.co.uk/