Final ProjectBody Painting

Themes - Time & BodyBy: Megan Serin

Reflection On My Own Purpose

● To inform people on what is happening in our society

● Inspire people to take action and try to change the negative things in our world

● I have concerns with many things in the world such as○ Our environment - ex. Pollution○ Animal species - ex. Illegally hunting

animals

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:European_honey_bee_extracts_nectar.jpg

Laurie Anderson

Performance art, Storytelling show, “Dirtday!” in the Schnitzer Concert Hall

http://glasstire.com/2012/09/26/a-study-in-contrasts-paul-thomas-anderson-and-laurie-anderson/

Rafael Lozano-Hemmer

Rafael Lozano-Hemmer: “Pulse Spiral,” 200 incandescent light bulbs, heart sensor, DMX

controller, digital dimmer racks, computer, custom software (2008-2012)

https://www.artsy.net/artwork/rafael-lozano-hemmer-pulse-spiral

Quotes“And there was a beautiful view but nobody could see cause everybody on the island was saying look at me! Look at me!”

○ Laurie Anderson

“Hopefully through the media and through word of mouth people will find out that those lights are controlled by participation. As more and more people create light designs with their voice, and tune-in to the resulting sound program, we will see more variety, until the piece is a reasonable representation of the city’s past and present.”

○ Rafael Lozano-Henderson

How My Project Relates to My Artists● Laurie Anderson

○ She does a lot of performance art pieces■ My project has some aspects of performance art

because my models are doing motions/dancing● Rafael Lozano-Hemmer

○ He involves the public and wants people to participate in his art■ My project involves the public because my models

volunteered to be part of this project

Step 1 - Research & Models● Conduct research on how honey bees live

inside and outside of their hive○ There is one queen bee (female model),

there are drone bees (male model) and there are worker bees (female model).

● Find people to volunteer to use as my models○ My sister, my cousin and my boyfriend all

volunteered

Research from: https://www.orkin.com/stinging-pests/bees/honey-bees/colony/

Step 2 - Iterations and Stencils● I made 2 different iterations for each model● I drew my own honeycombs and bees, then put them into

illustrator and made them different sizes● I used blank stencil sheets and an x-acto knife to cut out my

stencils

Step 3 - Painting and Pictures/Videos● TAG Body Paint - using brushes and

sponges○ Yellow, Gold, Orange, Brown, Black and

White● Painting one model at a time, I taped the

stencils onto their body and sponged the paint in, then I used brushes for tiny detail and to hand paint the bees

● Pictures/Videos○ In field, woods, grass, tree, etc.

Painting In Progress

Using the stencils TAG Body Paint Beginning Stages

Final Project

https://youtu.be/8xLeOSwPgh4

Work Cited● Slide 2 - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:European_honey_bee_extracts_nectar.jpg

● Slide 3 - http://glasstire.com/2012/09/26/a-study-in-contrasts-paul-thomas-anderson-and-laurie-anderson/

https://www.artsy.net/artwork/rafael-lozano-hemmer-pulse-spiral

● Slide 4 - http://fringearts.com/2012/05/24/a-few-questions-with-rafael-lozano-hemmer-creator-of-open-air/

https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/70946.Laurie_Anderson

● Slide 9 - https://www.pestworld.org/pest-guide/stinging-insects/honeybees/

https://www.pestworld.org/pest-guide/stinging-insects/honeybees/