Detritus 13 the Peavine Clean Up Project

Peavine Spring Collection

The Mask

The Garbage Suit- this suit was made with the materials/trash that we collected from the clean up in Peavine.

Video and picture done by Alan Wong. We cleaned up Peavine in Reno, Nevada April 28, 2012. It was a very lovely day to clean up all the gun shells and trash left out in the desert. Please clean up after yourselves and keep Nevada clean. Thanks everyone for doing a great job.

LINK: http://www.alanwongphotography.com/Pages/Bio/20459202_G2FShC

Final Project Suit Concept

The Suit would be made of completely wood and I would use zip ties to connect them together. For the helmet I would use an old motorcycle helmet and glue pieces of would on it to make it look like a monster.

The Signs "Keep Nevada Clean"

These are just some examples of what I would want to contribute to this project. I feel that signs would help people see what they are doing is not okay. By having the people who shoot at these open range to help us clean the areas, it would benefit all of us. As a person who goes out to shoot myself I would be more attentive to the fact of cleaning after myself if there where signs up. I also want to leave some signs at the open range for people to see and shoot at so they can interact with my piece.

"The Story of Hung Sew Low" T-shirts

I will be making some T-shirts of Hung Sew Low. This character was created while I was in the military. I was bored one day and I like to make fun of my own ethnicity. I like making fun of racism in general. But I just want to make this character a reality. I present Hung Sew Low.

Cleaning Collaboration Project

The location to clean up.

The downtown location in Reno, NV.

Hung Sew Low T-Shirts

I am planning to make T-shirts of this Hung Sew Low guy. I also plan to put his story in the back of the t-shirt to make an interesting story. Everybody seem to like the stickers so I plan to make t-shirts and give them out for free.

Hung Sew Low background: Hung Sew Low is finally here. He is a foreign exchange student from the Philippines that is on a kick boxing scholarship. He speaks little English and is very friendly. He does not know the custom of the U.S. so if you see him please show him around. There are free t-shirts of him if you are interested. Please contact me at ppmj1414@yahoo.com. But he likes sushi and a good karate movie.

Dr. Henry Lowood LECTURE

Dr. Henry Lowood did a lecture about Machinima projects that have been done in the past. The basic premise was to document and save these art works. If a server was to go done who is left to document and save the pieces that people have done. Where can we find these on the web? What happens to the piece when there is no documentation that is saved? These where some of the questions that Dr. Lowood had tried to answer. In his lecture he also covered the different ways that people can make Machinima. There are a few different ways but in the end the simple point is that you use a video game to make a movie and tell a story. The main video game he was talking about was World of Warcraft. This game is based on fictional characters of different race; Trolls, Orc, Dwarves, Elf’s or Humans. You can create a character from any of these races and you would have to take your character in the World of Warcraft adventure. Dr. Lowood had shown previews of the different types of Machinima creations. There was one Machinima of a narrative story in which this Troll had made a living making stones, leveling up himself to become stronger, etc. But then the Troll reads in the newspaper that his way of living will become obsolete. Then he looses everything. It was pretty sad.

There was also a story about a video game player that played Doom or a video game similar to Doom. But basically the person who uses to play this game had died in a car crash. But he had recorded video of his game play online for other people to see. His exact movements have been recorded and had become his art piece. These video recordings are a little eerie, but he is now remembering for his game play online because he was very good at this game.

But the main point of Dr. Lowood is that these Machinima art pieces are out in the online world and is there for you to see. But we have to make sure we save, document, etc., all these amazing works in order for future generations to see them.

Exhibition "Postcard from the Grey Area"

Perfecto P. Manuta Jr.

Art 404R

“Art Exhibition”

There was an art exhibition in the Church of Fine Arts building. One of the artists that were featured was Kevin F. Kremler. He has an interactive piece in which you become part of the art itself. The name of this piece is “Postcards from the Grey Area”. It was shown in the Sheppard Fine Art Gallery at the University of Nevada, Reno.

You sit on this stool and you are given some instructions to follow. The instructions tell you to position your body in a certain way to make it look like you are painting on a canvas. Then you have to press a red bottom and hold it fro about 10 seconds. When you follow these instructions a picture will be printed out as a postcard. The postcard is yours to keep. When I saw the picture it was pretty cool that I was involved in the process.

There was also another piece that involve different colored sand, shovels, and a rotating device in the middle that dispensed the sand. You had to put the sand in these containers that revolved. Then you had to spin it to make patterns on the floor. Depending on how you moved and rotated the device each time looked different.

I truly like interactive art because you never know what the out come will be. Especially, because each individual is different and will make different out comes. The sand and the patterns you could make made it an interesting and fun piece. Playing with sand was always fun for me as a kid. This just reminded me of memories on the beach. Playing in the sand, making thing with sand and making patterns in the sand.

Kiel Johnson (LECTURE) Art 404R

Kiel Johnson is an artist from Southern California and has interesting outlook towards art. He got an MFA from California State University; Los Angeles, California is currently where he is living.

His mediums in art has changed throughout his art career. Johnson would paint or draw something on paper then make them into sculptures. There was a point where he was using cardboard materials to make these big sculptures.

When he was explaining what was his inspiration was he basically said that everything in life has inspired him in some way.

Other mediums he has worked with is wood, but as of right now he likes to use paper or cardboard as his first choice.

Johnsons passion is drawing with a pencil, pen, etc. "I think that drawing is the key to it all." said Johnson.

What he meant by this is that if you can draw something, you can create something more from that drawing. You can mold it into something remarkable once you put it on paper and analyze it.

Some of the projects he has done were the big cardboard cameras that were very realistic and he made a lot of these.

He also works with Toshiba to make a character that was digitized, made of Styrofoam or foam.

"Behind the Cardboard Curtain" is a video that tells a bit about Johnson.

There was also a cardboard city that he made that was very detailed. One word that Johnson said that would describe his work is "Whimsical" Johnson said. He likes his work to be playful, fun and interactive.

Some of the artist that have influenced him are Dave Smith, De Cooning and more.

More people that have influenced him are his friends. They always compete to do better than the other. But in this process they just make each other better artist. They have a friendly competitive side.

Johnson was an interesting artist and has inspired me to look into using cardboard so some of my pieces to come.

Culture Jam Video (Exhibition Video) Art 404R

This move was all about the gorilla warfare against corporate America and the multiple ways that these corporations are exploiting people through media, television, commercials, billboards, etc.

There was an instance where this group would alter billboards to suit there message and they were very secretive of their organization. This is understandable because there are legal issues involved in the projects they did. It was vandalism. But they considered it altering the message. That is what they were trying to portray.

Some other places that were targeted in the movie where public transportation, buses, trains, ADs on the streets, billboards, etc.

One example was the piece "SHIT HAPPENS". Which was a billboard that was alter to say this message.

The basic premiss of these groups or individual is to portray their message anyway they can.

The term "Mind Share" was also mentioned in the movie. This was talking about how we as a society think so much alike because of the messages that are being sent out.

Culture Jam was a very mind opening video and had introduced me to some new ideas that I could try for myself. I enjoyed the video and thank the people that have started this movement for us to follow. I hope one day to open peoples minds to new and different ideas as well.

The TAG

I have placed a few of these stickers around town. They are vinyl stickers of this asian smiley face. His name is HUNG LOW. Hung is a foreign exchange student that came to the U.S. to study Mechanical Engineering. Hung is on a kick boxing scholarship. Hung doesn't speak much English, but loves to talk to people. He is not well acquainted with the U.S. custom. So please be nice to him.

I am planning to tag this Asian smiley face around town.

Inside the Church of Fine Art Building (CFA)

UNR Locker Rooms

I dropped off some stickers for people to have.

In front of the Knowledge Center UNR.

Inside the Church of Fine Art Building (CFA)

In Downtown Sparks, Nevada.

Bank of America in downtown Reno, Nevada.

White Silhouette

These where done at the San Rafael Park by UNR.

At my house. Just an example.

Possible Next Projects

I love this idea of making art with tape.

Reverse Graffiti FAIL

I use a stencil of the word "LOVE" and I used tooth paste and soap to see if I could clean away some of the grime on these stones. It didn't work. I also did this to wood but it failed. You need a very strong power pressure washer and a metal or wooden stencil like shown on this link.

So I made a different project using play doh. Using play doh to say nice words for people to think about. This was done at the Truckee River on one of the bridges in down town Reno, Nevada. I also made a short video of the pictures and video I took that night. I did this on the bride because it is a place were we cross at one point and a place we share. Hopefully when people pass by this location they look at these words and get inspired to think about some of these kind words.