Eimaan Afzaal

 Yasunao Tone MP3 Deviation #8  by Yasunao Tone Born in Tokyo in 1935, Yasunao Tone is a multi-disciplinary artist famous for challenging the conventions of digital sound and glitch art. His work mainly involves manipulating digital sound by intentionally disrupting technology in order to produce chaotic,  unconventional, and noisy sounds. His practice involves "wounding" CDs by physically altering or scratching their surface. When these CDs are played, they generate unique, unpredictable, distorted sounds. In contrast to conventional traditional music notes or patterns, Tone's work focuses on creating a glitch effect in sound that is unique and unpredictable. Being influenced by experimental music figures like John Cage, Tone aims to minimize human control from the process of creating sound, allowing machines to generate sound independently.  His disruptive practice of creating sound is evident in his work. An example of this is his work  "MP3 Deviation #6...

 "Domestic Tension" by Wafa Bilal Having an Iraqi nationality, Wafa Bilal's work on domestic tension, embedded with personal narrative, was an effort made by the artist to highlight the racism and violence of US culture after 9/11 and the sufferings Iraqi people have had to face as a result of it.  The artwork aims to raise awareness regarding the lives of Iraqi people and the pressure of home confinement they have to experience in order to escape attempts of racism in society.    “Domestic Tension was intended to be a provocative commentary on the nature of modern technological warfare . . ” - Wafaa Bilal The project comprises an interactive video installation where the audience can log onto the internet and watch Bilal, who was present in a prison cell-sized area of Chicago's Flatfile Gallery for, 30 days. A dditionally,  the audience could interact with him through the live webcam and "shoot" Bilal with paintball guns. This feature transforms the normally...

  Stephenie Dinkins Famous for her interdisciplinary practice, Stephanie Dinkins often explores themes of identity, race, artificial intelligence, and the human experience in her artwork. She usually combines visual art with performance and narratives to provide her audience an interactive and immersive experience. Her main interests are technology, particularly artificial intelligence, identity, and race. She focuses on how memories, both personal and collective, cultivate self-awareness and communal understanding. She urges her audience to reflect on their own unique experiences and identities emotionally as well as intellectually. Through intersections of art, technology, and narrative, Stephanie's work serves as a catalyst for conversation, inviting audiences to ponder over the implications of their experiences in a rapidly changing world. Dinkins, S. (n.d.). Conversations with Bina48 . stephanydinkins.com. Her recent work "Conversations with Bina" highlights her inte...

  The Art of Jeffrey Shaw: Fall Again, Fall Better #3 Fall Again, Fall Better #3. (n.d.). https://www.jeffreyshawcompendium.com/ . Retrieved from https://www.jeffreyshawcompendium.com/portfolio/fall-again-fall-better-3/. Displayed in Bad Rothenfelde, Germany, ''Fall Again, Fall Better'' #3 is a 20-channel video projection installation in which several computer-modeled human figures can be witnessed falling one after another along the 250-meter length of its projection surface. When all the figures have fallen, they rise again and repeat the cycle, creating a cascading effect.  The idea behind this artwork is reflected in its title, which refers to a Samuel Beckett quote: ''Ever Tried. Ever Failed. No Matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." The theatrical performance of the human figures is a reminder for the audience to persevere despite facing failure and hardship and to never give up until the moment you are successful in what you set out to achieve...

 Pieter Schoolwerth; Portrait of a Man in Green The painting shows an image of a man in a green collared shirt with green eyes, looking shocked and perhaps afraid. The picture is distorted, as if several digital filters have been applied on top of each other, fragmenting the facial features of the man. Green is used as the dominant color for this painting but shades of brown can be seen breaking through softly to contribute to a theme of being disrupted and disoriented. The distortion in the painting is indicative of many emotions: fear, sadness, and longing. The manipulation in the painting reflects the digital nature of image construction, using layers and manipulation to break down and reassemble forms in a digitally processed manner. The subject in the image is disjointed and abstracted through different filtering processes associated with digital methods. This painting highlights Schoolwerth's ideology that technology completely reshapes human representation and that imag...

  Echoes of the Past: The Fluidity of Memory in Danh Vo's Work 2.2.1861 from All your deeds shall in water be writ, but this in marble Danh Vo English Translation: “January 20th, 1861 Very dear, very respected and beloved father, Because my sentence keeps me waiting I want to send you another goodbye which will probably be the last. The days of my imprisonment are passing gently. Everybody around me honors me, a great number [of people] loves me. From the great Mandarin to the last soldier, everybody regrets that the law of the kingdom condemns me to death. I did not have to endure torture, like many of my brothers. A light cut of a saber will separate my head [from my body], like the gardener cuts a spring flower for his pleasure. We are all flowers planted on this earth that god reaps in His due time, some earlier, some later. May it be the purple rose, the maiden lily, or the humble violet. Let’s all try to please the Lord and Master according to the scent or color that is giv...