May 5, 2019Art Analysis #5A Split During Laughter at the Rally, Juliana Huxtable, 2017 — There are three main parts of A Split During Laughter at the Rally, including five posters with refrigerator magnets, a video, and a yellow wall with a sequence of images and text. The five posters each have specific topics that they speak to. These include gender & sexual identities, proof…Racism4 min readRacism4 min read
Apr 28, 2019Violence Against Women with DisabilitiesContent Warning Abuse & Assault (physical and sexual) Throughout the history of our society, women have not been treated well. They have been treated as property, have had to worry about assault and abuse, and have been treated as unequal to men. Likewise, those with disabilities have been denied access to buildings…Disability5 min readDisability5 min read
Apr 21, 2019Media & The Cold WarMedia is a central part of American life today. It provides information and entertainment and comes in many different forms such as television, newspapers, books, radio, etc. It plays a vital role in the politics of this country and because of that, wars. The Cold War was one war when…War7 min readWar7 min read
Apr 7, 2019Art Analysis #4The Burning Stable, Adolf Schreyer, n.d. — Adolf Schreyer’s The Burning Stable, done in oil on canvas, illustrates a stable being burned and horses who are desperate to escape. Schreyer uses wide, impressionistic brushstrokes that seem to just be thrown onto the canvas with no thought. Examples of this can be found in the plants in the…Fear3 min readFear3 min read
Mar 31, 2019Art Analysis #3Die Orden der Nacht, Anselm Kiefer, 1996 and Self-Portrait, Morris Graves, 1933 — In Anselm Kiefer’s Die Orden der Nacht (The Orders of the Night) and Morris Graves’s Self-Portrait, both artist’s try to communicate how they view themselves through their different uses of medium, color, and form.Art3 min readArt3 min read
Mar 24, 2019Art Analysis #2The Entombment of Christ, Caravaggio, 1603–1604 — Caravaggio’s Entombment is an altarpiece painted in 1603–04 with oil paint on canvas. Perspective is used on ground slab so it seems to butt out into the viewer’s space. The viewer then seems to be standing in the grave receiving the lowered body of christ. This can be traced to…Religion2 min readReligion2 min read
Mar 17, 2019Roads & ThingsRoads are commonplace within developed countries. They help users get themselves, or goods, from point A to point B. However, developing countries lack this privilege of easy access to roads. …Design5 min readDesign5 min read
Mar 10, 2019Art Analysis #1A book with no pages, C. Davida Ingram C. Davida Ingram’s exhibit, A book with no pages, offers up a conversation about black people within different contexts. By placing black people in the forefront of various scenes and in various outfits, Ingram challenges what is perceived as normal. There are…Racism3 min readRacism3 min read
Mar 3, 2019The Facebook BubbleFocusing on Facebook’s Filtering Algorithm — Facebook is an online social media service that allows users to post and share information between their network. In September of 2006, Facebook launched its first ever News Feed. Before this, users were only allowed to manually search other user’s profiles in order to get the latest news about them…Facebook18 min readFacebook18 min read
Feb 24, 2019Improving Autonomy for those with DisabilitiesWhat to Design for when Designing for Those with Disabilities Everyone wants to be independent. We, as humans, are always testing boundaries and wanting to do more by ourselves; We want autonomy. Autonomy can be defined as gaining independence from the constraints of the environment around oneself (Adlam & Orpwood…Accessibility10 min readAccessibility10 min read