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          The work of McDermott and McGough is based on themes of  Time  and  Nostalgia , how time is fleeting, and this relates to Simulations in that their work reflects a hyper reality, an imaginary life. During the 80s and 90s, they lived the style and wore clothing of mid-19th to mid 20th century, immersing themselves in the period of the Victorian era. They were so immersed that they even converted a townhouse to its authentic mid-19th century ideal, devoid of all modern conveniences. This later became part of their life style, converting homes and studios to fit such ideals, and they even went as far as having a "continued, lived performance." Most of the work they created were the result of such performances. An important note is that the two identified as homosexual and were in a relationship, but with the time period and still to this day homophobia exists, changing modes and tactics showing that it is still as strong as ever. With relations to  Simulations , there

          Although there are artists who work with themes or issues that are very disturbing for others, I find that the experience and flow of thoughts that come from them is important to understand. Of course, I would never force or expose anyone to undergo such themes or issues, such as those present in Thelma Jiménez-Anglada’s work. Out of respect, I will avoid going into detail to avoid disturbing or offending anyone.           The topic that Jiménez-Anglada’s work touches on is one  I’ve been exposed to previously. I’ve researched a few articles and locations along the border, heard descriptions through close connections, observed photographs, and through other means have been exposed to this. It is truly a disturbing topic, but one thing to remember is that it is reality and there have been means of masking this reality on the US side of the border. It is truly sad as the on the opposite side, the migrants are exposed to many difficulties, tragedies, and sadly, many deaths. This

          With how things were unfolding for the short film, I’ve decided to work on creating inkjet prints from digital photographs. This came about due to my interests aligning back to photography rather than exploring creating short films. The idea is similar, focusing on this connection between the body and medication. I took a few photographs using long exposure; shutter speed set at 4-6 seconds, ISO set to 100, and the aperture set at f5.6-f8.            These reflect the side effects I have recently been experiencing from my medication that have become worse. There are effects such as dizziness, nausea, and exhaustion. In addition, it has become difficult to distinguish experiences from my dreams and reality. This reminded me of that first section that was assigned from Simulations in which phases of the image is discussed. The reality, the masking of reality, hinting at a possible reality, or having no relation to reality.           I took a total of 30 photographs out of which

          Working with fine art comes characteristics that make the work "aesthetically pleasing" and are "high art" or "significant art." The idea of fine art was one of few that stuck to me during the talk as Andrew Norris mentioned that while working on some "fine art" pieces, his professor would become frustrated due to the "uniqueness" of his work that his professor might not have seen as fine art. I found this fascinating, the confliction of ideas in what is considered "fine art" and what isn’t. The work he displayed during the talk is his honest work. It is influenced by photographs taken by photographer’s and classic landscape paintings, but it is his own ideas, honesty, and self reflected onto paintings. Most of his influence also taken from post-graduation and his own struggles that followed. What is more impressive is how young he is as an artist and how much ground he has gained from just these works.          What

      From my last progress update, I’ve made further progress in understanding and working with Adobe Premiere. I managed to create the first scenes of the short video for the project. However, I am struggling to see this project as a video and I am not sure if it is working well. This could be as I work with photography more than film, and it is my first time working with film. Nonetheless, the video is below. (Volume Warning - it should be adjusted properly)     In Baudrillard’s ideas of ethnology and difference, my project reflects these ideas through the connection others man have of my work but with different experiences. Some cultures man have access to medicine or specialists they can pay a visit to for their health concerns, but there are some who don't have access to it. Such ideas man not be necessarily visually addressed in the video. However, I believe the ideas are vaguely present in the video.

    My most recent progress was just to record a few scenes and put them together using Adobe Premiere. I’ve never used it before and I was just getting an understanding of it. I created a few scenes using my smartphone, finding myself focusing lighting as what is available to me is limited to indoor lighting and also focusing on the sound of the surrounding area. It proves to be difficult without the proper equipment, especially a microphone, but I believe I can work around this with the help of my Nikon Z6. Below is the short video I created using Adobe Premiere. (Volume Warning - need to work on audio)     This project is the reflection of a basic reality, taking the thoughts and emotions of my everyday life to demonstrate them in a short video for others to see. Looking into my life, there is this idea of exhaustion that is present daily, brought about the ongoing sameness with little to no variety. This is represented by the sample video above through these areas in which I walk t