Thursday, February 8, 2007
100 words
For my resilience cafe project my partner and I decided to do the Jackson 5 and people from the Holocaust. When people look at the artistic part of my project I really want them to be able to not necessarily connect with it, but I want them to understand what it represents. I think that they should get the idea of how strong these two groups of people were and still are. Another thing that I would like people to realize that this is a memorial/tribute to these people.
Tuesday, February 6, 2007
i connect!
I connect to the artwork/people who i am portrayng becuase I am Jewish just like the past resilient figure we have chosen, and I have many relatives who have lived through the Holocaust and one of them is just too traumatized to even talk about it, so I have very... strong feelings about that. I also love music, and the Jackson 5 helped develop the music culture so if you think about it, we actually have a lot to owe to the Jackson 5 concerning today's music.
Monday, February 5, 2007
Connections
My art piece and i have a very strong connection. First of all i am Jewish and during the holocaust many of the Jewish people were murdered. I even have some cousins that were killed during the holocaust even though i am not sure who they are. Second of all I have a strong passion for music and the Jackson 5 is a band that i sometimes listen to.
Sunday, February 4, 2007
reflection blah
Ok. So Mirit and I were working the whole workshop time on painting out cumbersome walls for our memorial/house/thing. We had a brilliant idea of putting a butterfly on one of the walls, and painting the words of a poem [or song i cant quite remember...] going around the wings. We screwed the box for the bookcase together [thank you Happy for helping! haha], and now that we drew out a detailed blueprint, we know EXACTLY what the final product should look like. I think we definitley shared the work evenly, and if Mirit is reading this, then i would like her to know that I think I am going to go get the psycadelic fabric either on Sunday, or sometime very soon. I plan to use studio time more effectively next week by not talking at all, and even I dont want to do the work, do it anyway without wasting any precious time. And i definitley think we should start building next week to whom it may concern. Peace :]
Saturday, February 3, 2007
Studio Time
During studio Zoe and i have worked pretty well. We have painted most of our walls and put together our "bookcase". I think that we share the work pretty evenly. In the future during studio time we have to finish painting and actually put together the final product.
Thursday, February 1, 2007
Reflection
Some of the comments that i got were "why are there candles", "I think that you shouldn't use hitlers name". Another comment me and my partner got was "I think that this is very good and detailed". I think that some of these comments have simple answers such as why candles. Well the answer to that is that we are doing a holocaust memorial and so we decided that we would have candles out.
The reason that we are using hitlers name is because we think that it is appropriate to say what happend and not take any shortcuts. Also we said his name in a way that showed that we didn't like him.
The reason that we are using hitlers name is because we think that it is appropriate to say what happend and not take any shortcuts. Also we said his name in a way that showed that we didn't like him.
Wednesday, January 31, 2007
Gussie Zaks
For this project we had to find a quote from our resilient person but since i chose someone that i haven't interviewed yet i don't have the quote. However I have prepared some questions.
1. What was the worst part about the holocaust?
2. Did you understand what was going on around you?
3. Do you ever have flash backs of what happened?
4. What do you think is the most important thing that the generations to come should know about the holocaust?
5. How long were you in the ghettos for and what was the general vibe of the people in them?
6. How did you escape the holocaust?
1. What was the worst part about the holocaust?
2. Did you understand what was going on around you?
3. Do you ever have flash backs of what happened?
4. What do you think is the most important thing that the generations to come should know about the holocaust?
5. How long were you in the ghettos for and what was the general vibe of the people in them?
6. How did you escape the holocaust?
Tuesday, January 23, 2007
The Jackson Five
WHO: The Jackson Five, a singing group made up of 5 brothers, on of them being the infamous/famous Michael Jackson. Also spelled The Jackson 5 or The Jackson 5ive. Nicknamed "J5" later on.
WHAT: The Jackson Five are famous for being good singers who revolutionized the way we think about pop music. Michael Jackson launched his career after the Jackson Five disbanded in 1990, and he made his way to the top, and his reputation was greatly enhanced by his previous commitment in the group. He was dubbed "King of Pop" in 1987 - 1990 because of his booming career.
WHEN: The Jackson Five were active from 1962 - 1990 when they disbanded.
WHERE: The Jackson Five were originally from Gary, Indiana.
WHY: I think the Jackson Five are resilient because first of all it is very hard to make a name for yourself in the music industry, and since the group was made up of children made the fact that they DID make it even more amazing. They also had so much pressure from their father who doubled as their manager. They were also the first black teen idols appeal equally to white audiences. And when the group broke up, Michael Jackson was scorned a HUGE amount, but still made music. Might i add, he must also have been very resilient to the operating table, becuase he has gotten an enormous amount of cosmetic surgery, so much that i couldnt even find the exact number of surgeries that this man has had. He has gotten so much publicity from this, but mostly none of it good. In fact, so much so that there have been cartoons made about his nose. Especially cartoons about it falling off.
THE CONNECTION: The way these two kinds of people connect is because they were both underdog groups of people who had to stay strong and get through being criticized, and harsh times. Even though during the holocaust many Jews were killed, those who weren't stayed strong, and during the time of The Jackson Five people put them down just becuase they were African American, and they also had to stay strong!
WHAT: The Jackson Five are famous for being good singers who revolutionized the way we think about pop music. Michael Jackson launched his career after the Jackson Five disbanded in 1990, and he made his way to the top, and his reputation was greatly enhanced by his previous commitment in the group. He was dubbed "King of Pop" in 1987 - 1990 because of his booming career.
WHEN: The Jackson Five were active from 1962 - 1990 when they disbanded.
WHERE: The Jackson Five were originally from Gary, Indiana.
WHY: I think the Jackson Five are resilient because first of all it is very hard to make a name for yourself in the music industry, and since the group was made up of children made the fact that they DID make it even more amazing. They also had so much pressure from their father who doubled as their manager. They were also the first black teen idols appeal equally to white audiences. And when the group broke up, Michael Jackson was scorned a HUGE amount, but still made music. Might i add, he must also have been very resilient to the operating table, becuase he has gotten an enormous amount of cosmetic surgery, so much that i couldnt even find the exact number of surgeries that this man has had. He has gotten so much publicity from this, but mostly none of it good. In fact, so much so that there have been cartoons made about his nose. Especially cartoons about it falling off.
THE CONNECTION: The way these two kinds of people connect is because they were both underdog groups of people who had to stay strong and get through being criticized, and harsh times. Even though during the holocaust many Jews were killed, those who weren't stayed strong, and during the time of The Jackson Five people put them down just becuase they were African American, and they also had to stay strong!
Monday, January 22, 2007
The holocaust
The people that i researched for this project was Mike and Gussie Zaks. Mike and Gussie Zaks were two holocaust survivors. Both of them were originally from Poland. When they were sent to the concentration camps they were sent to Auschwitz.
They were resilient because they had to go through one of the hardest times in history just because they were a different religion. Them, being Jews, were not thought of as equals to Hitler. During the holocaust they were probably around being teenagers. Now a day they live on to tell the story of the holocaust from a first hand witness' perspective.
The current people were the Jackson 5. The way they connect is because they were both underdog groups of people who stayed strong and got through being criticized. Even though during the holocaust many Jews were killed those who weren't stayed strong!
They were resilient because they had to go through one of the hardest times in history just because they were a different religion. Them, being Jews, were not thought of as equals to Hitler. During the holocaust they were probably around being teenagers. Now a day they live on to tell the story of the holocaust from a first hand witness' perspective.
The current people were the Jackson 5. The way they connect is because they were both underdog groups of people who stayed strong and got through being criticized. Even though during the holocaust many Jews were killed those who weren't stayed strong!
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