Art and Technology - Assignment One

Today was my first meeting of ART 211 (Art and Technology) with Professor Santiago Echeverry. I have had a couple other classes led by him; Advanced Digital Art, Online Productions, and Special Problems. Course Description: Art and Technology is a lecture course that will provide a context for the development of art and its interrelations of technology. Students will explore the evolution of multimedia to hypermedia. Emphasis will be placed on the creation and transformation of technology used in the 20th centure, such as radio, computers, television, the internet, and networked environments. Developments will be related to historic art movements.

Class Assignment One - Create Blog - post feelings of the class, what I expect to learn and who I am.


After having Santiago as a professor before, I know and expect that this class will be intense. There have been some crazy experiences in the past with assignments and conversations, but I feel that this class will go above and beyond after hearing what will be presented to us through video and documentaries. We (the students) were "warned" that it may be quit gruesome at times. I guess we will see how that goes... 


I really look forward to being creative and going out of my norm with these projects. I want to view art in other ways, like Santi's example in class, Dada art. Some see it as art and others don't. I want to gain a respect for artists who go out of the ordinary and really see what they are trying to show or say. I want to learn to take my ideas further and challenge myself. I really hope to get the most out of this class as possible so I can learn more ways to be creative and be able to do so for clients. 

A little about myself... I will be 22 in 6 days and sometimes really wish that I was five again  because I am getting very nervous/anxious/freaked out/excited to graduate in May.  All these mixed feelings are a head ache. And I use to wish my life away saying, "I can't wait to grow up!" I can't complain, there are still several things I look forward to in life. This will be a whole new beginning and I have about 4 months to get ready for it! Ok, sorry, back to "about me". I have a wonderful family - my parents, Chris and Connie, 2 brothers, Garrett and Jordan, and a little sister, Allison. I have a boyfriend, Tyler, who also attends UT. I attended Saint Louis Community College at Meramec before attending UT. I didn't care a whole lot for the community college experience, but it was good for me because I really didn't know what I wanted to major in. I had changed my major several times, but I do believe that I am in something that I am passionate about; Digital Art/Graphic Design.