2nd Outside event (Janine Antoni)

In march from March 20-26 I went to Texas for the NCECA ceramic convention. The first opening day was on Tuesday and the opening talk was given at 8pm. The artist who gives the opening talk isn't even a ceramic artist yet she emphasis how an artist should look at different things and be inspired. So, she talked about some of her work and where her inspiration came from. The artist is Janine Antoni. She is a New York whose work revolves around her and the society to create her art. There is this one art work she has done which is very interesting where she spent a couple months sleep in the gallery. Her "Slumber", 1993 is very interesting because when she goes to sleep, she has cables to connect her head and the computer to read her dream physcologicly. She talked about how when she sleeps, the computer read her brain and draw out a chart. From the chart she got, she has woven a very long yarn to create a nice installation piece. I think the artist used a similar system to the things we talk about in class where we did the mapping project. So, I was really inspired and taken lots of idea on how artists get their inspiration from and create something amazing that could effect the society.