Monique's Time Arts Blog

Having trouble choosing a medium...

noreply@blogger.com (Monique Bonanni) — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 09:28:00 -0700

I am pretty much set on the idea of taking popular Japanese kawaii, or "cute" icons and putting them in an American context, but I don't know the best way to show this. Here is a website that I found which helps to introduce popular Japanese characters to the U.S.

http://altjapan.typepad.com/my_weblog/kawaii_mascots/

Before I found this website, I asked some people on gaiaonline where they first discovered some of these characters.

http://www.gaiaonline.com/forum/general-discussion/kawaii-culture-in-japan/t.49025161/

Ideas for Final Project

noreply@blogger.com (Monique Bonanni) — Tue, 7 Apr 2009 12:21:00 -0700

1) Contemporary Japanese pop culture and design aesthetics really interest me. The "kawai," or cute culture in Japan is popular among both children and adults. I have done a lot of research on the reasons behind the Japanese' obsession with cute characters, such as Hello Kitty and Pokemon. I was thinking about showing these implicit meanings by doing a re-edit of a pokemon t.v. episode, or maybe from one of the movies. I may mix a montage of other stills in with the video, to further emphasize the modern Japanese way of life.

2) There is a website called gaiaonline that I could use to explore a form of interaction. On gaia, you can start threads where all members of gaia can make posts and give answers to poll questions if you have any. For this I may explore how these different Japanese characters become popular in the U.S. through the web.

3) I made a list of questions that I could ask people that have to do with different perfectionist/paranoid tendencies I have. I am interested in finding out if other students wonder about or do the same types of things.

ex) Do you ever get a new gift and not touch it for months because you want it to keep its newness?

Are you afraid to throw things in the trash because you imagine it going into a landfill? And instead things begin to pile up in your room/home.

Interaction- Emotions

noreply@blogger.com (Monique Bonanni) — Tue, 7 Apr 2009 09:53:00 -0700

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Escape

noreply@blogger.com (Monique Bonanni) — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 15:10:00 -0700

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Reminiscent

noreply@blogger.com (Monique Bonanni) — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 11:22:00 -0700

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24: Re-Editing/Re-Meaning Project

noreply@blogger.com (Monique Bonanni) — Tue, 3 Mar 2009 08:39:00 -0800

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You Are Dead

noreply@blogger.com (Monique Bonanni) — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 09:14:00 -0800

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Subliminal

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Nyahh!!!

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Robot Tree

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Ding

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Abstract Animation

noreply@blogger.com (Monique Bonanni) — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 18:08:00 -0800

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The third project

This goes along with part of the dance song "World, Hold On" by Bob Sinclar.

Exercise

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Bunny Comic Strip

noreply@blogger.com (Monique Bonanni) — Tue, 3 Feb 2009 11:16:00 -0800

Second project for time arts

Three different ways of retelling a true story about my life...with some exaggeration of course. But for the most part this account is completely true...ahaha

Time Arts Project "Untitled"

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one word...HYPOHIDROSIS. If you have it you will probably understand this video.

noreply@blogger.com (Monique Bonanni) — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 11:14:00 -0800

Hello world, I am using this site to post my art that I am doing in time arts class.