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Arty Bollocks update
Jun. 4th, 2019 11:15 pmEarlier I talked about the images I created for the Arty Bollocks contest. Last night I went to a get-together for the finalists and volunteers for the Arty Bollocks Ball that's coming up this weekend. Interestingly, the people at the meeting were chosen to pick a winner for one of the prizes that will be awarded at the ball. So about nine of us were judges, and went through the fifty finalists to choose a winner.
And so I learned that three of my six images were chosen, and one of Cindy's two.
So here's an article about us, and if you're interested in seeing the other finalists, you can click on the gallery at the bottom (a couple are not work-safe). https://urbanmilwaukee.com/2019/06/04/the-arts-party-of-the-year/
So it's funny. One of my images, the one with the tree and axes, I considered sort of a throwaway. I just just threw together something stupid, and it got in! I guess more people found it funny than I'd expected. It even made it to the second round of judging we did. Another image, the one with the hand, barn and skull also made it to the second round, and that's one where I inserted an artist's name that wasn't actually one of the options in the generator.
In the judging process (we weren't supposed to comment on our own images) I heard some comments about why people didn't like my pieces. One person said she didn't like the green edges on the red tree. She would have preferred the artist used a more complementary color. Afterward I told her the whole idea was to use a color that would clash, and make your eyes hurt. :-D And a couple of people thought the one with the barn and skull was creepy, and since I used the phrase "essential romanticism of pastoral scenes," they were like, "that's not romantic!" rme
Cindy's photo was one of the top four in our judging last night! I mentioned how I tailored the statements to my images, but she only clicked the generator a couple of times, and took the third random statement she got. She did a mashup of Cindy Sherman and Frida Kahlo. Sherman has a recent series of herself as thirties-style movie stars. Kahlo, of course, did a lot of self-portraits, and had a specific look. So Cindy also did a self-portrait, looking like Kahlo as a thirties-style movie star.
( images and statements )
And so I learned that three of my six images were chosen, and one of Cindy's two.
So here's an article about us, and if you're interested in seeing the other finalists, you can click on the gallery at the bottom (a couple are not work-safe). https://urbanmilwaukee.com/2019/06/04/the-arts-party-of-the-year/
So it's funny. One of my images, the one with the tree and axes, I considered sort of a throwaway. I just just threw together something stupid, and it got in! I guess more people found it funny than I'd expected. It even made it to the second round of judging we did. Another image, the one with the hand, barn and skull also made it to the second round, and that's one where I inserted an artist's name that wasn't actually one of the options in the generator.
In the judging process (we weren't supposed to comment on our own images) I heard some comments about why people didn't like my pieces. One person said she didn't like the green edges on the red tree. She would have preferred the artist used a more complementary color. Afterward I told her the whole idea was to use a color that would clash, and make your eyes hurt. :-D And a couple of people thought the one with the barn and skull was creepy, and since I used the phrase "essential romanticism of pastoral scenes," they were like, "that's not romantic!" rme
Cindy's photo was one of the top four in our judging last night! I mentioned how I tailored the statements to my images, but she only clicked the generator a couple of times, and took the third random statement she got. She did a mashup of Cindy Sherman and Frida Kahlo. Sherman has a recent series of herself as thirties-style movie stars. Kahlo, of course, did a lot of self-portraits, and had a specific look. So Cindy also did a self-portrait, looking like Kahlo as a thirties-style movie star.
( images and statements )
