VIS 130: Special Projects in Visual Arts - Love, Crush, Anger, Institution

The quote “I Believe in the Skin of Things as in That of Women” is a famous quote by architect Le Corbusier that describes commodity fetishism by comparing the fairness of a woman’s skin to that of material things. According to Karl Marx’s Capital, Volume One, it is in fact possible (under capitalism) to be infatuated, or have a crush on the material things around us. This critique is a satirical personal reflection on how I(we) interact with the material under capitalistic circumstances. At the end I reveal that even my own personal tools of analysis are parts of the same system that I try to contest.

References: Karl Marx, Capital, Volume 1. Chapter 1. The Fetishism of Commodities and Secret Thereof, 1867

This was a painting that I created as tribute to all my friends, family and loved ones to know and hear how I really thought of them and how thankful I am to them. I am speaking to the painting and I have hopes that I will be able to send them this video for them to keep and remember me by later on. I love them all. I loved this class but due to wifi connections and issues it has been challenging to say the least. We all don't know where we will be with covid 19 still going ground and more deaths but maybe there is a light somewhere for us.

Lisa Tichané, Someone found mom’s lipstick

"The essence of the beautiful is unity in variety." - W. Somerset Maugham

Erika Melendez

A Summary of 2020 with a side of Self Reflection (Dedicated to everyone stuck at home during COVID)

Hongyu Zhang

Childhood Love

Isabel Garcia

Growing (love for my garden)

I want to convey some thoughts about love through this video. In this video, I used a lot of my daily videos and put them together. Every piece is precious to me and also very interesting. I hope I can always remember the feeling of being in love, treat the person around me well, and understand that love is every moment when I stay with the person I love.

Dim Sum is a delicious food, but to me it is not only a taste from my hometown, but also a feeling of my family.

Kelsey Treviño

Goon

Through the traditional Chinese culture calligraphy I want to represent the social incident of America. Through writing calligraphy and splash ink on the rice paper I want to express my anger emotion. The reason why I choose calligraphy as the way to protest with Black Lives Matter is that the color of calligraphy is black and the splash ink looks like the blood.

The Chinese character I write is “America.” Around 1:10 minutes. When I write the first character I hold the brush in the standard way, but when I switch to the second character, I hold the brush like a fist wants to protest to express my indignation.

Colonization followed trade just as surely as capital required labor. - Gary Okihiro "Is Yellow Black or White?"

Shangchao Ning

Heart Palpitation (for Crush)

Stephanie Beltran

Morning Matcha

Tula Oliver

Striving to Re-unite the American Family: McDonald's Archive

We are experiencing an extraordinary 2020, but the haze will eventually dissipate. When everything is over, I hope laughter can be heard everywhere.

Xiaotong Chen

Love

“To photograph is to hold one's breath, when all faculties converge to capture fleeting reality. It's at that precise moment that mastering an image becomes a great physical and intellectual joy.” -Henri Cartier-Bresson

Yvon Serov

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To those wonderful memories - We all experience wonderful things and meet different people throughout our lives. They may bring you happiness and fun times, but not everything will be with us all the time. In this video, I use cats to show that not all people or things will accompany you to the end, but they will surely leave you unforgettable memories.

It's like the end of the world, 2020.