Monday, November 16, 2009

Time Travel

I thought that this article was really interesting. The fact that we can use these lasers to virtually travel through time is something that I thought i would never be reading about in my lifetime. One part that I thought would be particularly beneficial for the future is the fact that we can also see how these sites and monuments are going to be effected years from now; this also may help us to avoid damaging these monuments and sites further than they already are. The fact that this can help us with architecture and everything in the present it definitely a plus but to me, I definitely think that the history element and "traveling back in time" so to speak is much more intriguing. I honestly never thought that this sort of thing would be commonplace during my lifetime; I definitely had no idea that they were even experimenting with this sort of thing. But I am interested to see what they can do with this new technology.

Tuesday, November 10, 2009

Tebe Interesno has attracted much attention for his focus on otherworldliness. His work is usually very fantasy-like with a touch of humor. In this piece, one can get a definite sense of surrealism from the view of the globe from space with some sort of little creature "watering" the earth. One knows where rain comes from, but this work humorously satires the world and human knowledge. There is a unique and imaginative humor to his piece that makes it so interesting.
This piece, by Tebe Interesno, is much different than most of his other pieces. Many of his works incorporate some sort of creature making slight fun of human actions or human life. This piece is one in which Interesno focuses more on fantasy, and surrealism. When one first glances at this picture, the silhouettes of the animals seem like birds, seeing as they are in the sky. With a closer look one discovers that they are actually fish. This can call to mind the expression, "a fish out of water," which is paradoxical, unusual and unrealistic which seems up the feel and expression found in Interesno's work. Another difference to this piece is that he keeps with black and white instead of color.