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Browsing Fine Arts by Author "Baenziger, Markus"

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    Cara Wyant Fine Arts Senior Thesis Project
    (2014) Wyant, Cara; Baenziger, Markus
    As a premedical, fine arts student with a concentration in sculpture, my work as a whole is influenced by the relationships between the opposing science and art worlds. Throughout the art-making process I diligently try to include aspects from each of the two fields to achieve a meaningful culmination of ideas and concepts. For me, both realms are intrinsically concerned with aspects of the natural world and how it interacts with changing societal norms. Science seeks to explain phenomena that occur as a result of changing society, while art seeks to visually express these same phenomena. Every piece and discovery is a commentary on the progress/ regress of society. My intent is to present the viewer with basic background knowledge of relevant scientific aspects and then allow each person to begin his/her journey of assimilation of the scientific and artistic methods. The pieces of my thesis are centered around a fundamental lab conducted as a part of the Biology 200 course at Haverford College, which I was a part of sophomore year. The class focused on the replication and passage of genetic building blocks and then used fruit flies to demonstrate the genetic process through the observance of variation in specific wing genes. A multitude of varying degrees of curvature in the individual fly’s wings resulted from the passage of genetic code from generation to generation. Witnessing the pathway of genetic life and how it is portrayed in resulting individuals inspired me to bring this microscopic subject into the largerscale world. However, my work is not concerned with making “in your face” connections to this experience and relies more on viewer interpretation and a play on words. Continuing with the unexpected theme, my work reflects a notion of “things are not always as they seem.” I often utilize materials in conflict with what may seem to be a more logical choice. Though materials may be in direct contrast to the characteristics of the natural world, the methodology used presents an appearance that exudes a similar feel to that naturally encountered. No matter the material or driving influences, I want my work to provoke the viewer into questioning how each artistic piece relates to the scientific world and how, in turn, this relates to the interaction between society and the natural environment.
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    Jordan Schilit Fine Arts Senior Thesis Project
    (2013) Schilit, Jordan; Baenziger, Markus
    To me, art is funky and random. To me, art is spiky. To me, art is both harsh and delicate. To me, art is a challenge to carry. To me, art doesn’t like sitting around—even if it’s resting on the floor. To me, art doesn’t represent figures or forms from our world. To me, art twists and turns and makes up its own mind as it goes. To me, art colors places that are dull. To me, art makes people happy. To me, art uses the same amount of energy as a morning run. To me, art forgets rules. To me, art is cool for both artists and non-artists. To me, art is confusing. To me, art works as a team. To me, art creates smiles. To me, art talks—but isn’t specific to language. To me, art recycles junk. To me, art makes something out of nothing. To me, art is vibrant and catches the eye. To me, art doesn’t care if it’s hated. To me, art doesn’t care if it’s loved either. To me, art has endless interpretations. To me, art lives. To me, art is free. To me, art does whatever the hell it wants to do.
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    No Boundaries, No Airspace, No Visas
    (2012) Tulsyan, Antara; Baenziger, Markus
    When I work on my art I enter a place of retreat, a meditative zone blocking out everything else. My art is a reflection of my feelings and moods that I cannot express in any other way. When I look at my sculptures, the lines speak to me because of the emotions they depict, as in a journal. My sculptures’ elemental, organic shapes and lines and curves represent different feelings, but they complement each other to form a simple yet complex piece. Just as I transform these emotions into simple lines, I hope my work can generate unique responses in all who view it. I use shapes that are abstract but reflect some aspect of my feelings, including the frustration of getting them to look the way I want. The materials are based on how I want the piece to “feel,” and while I like bold colors I often use just a few to create contrast and differentiate between individual components. I start a sculpture based on my current frame of mind and then find a theme to work around it. Often times, the sculpture is shaped by the challenges and technical difficulties I face, but my moods inform its development. While making sketches to come up with an idea for this sculpture I found that they all had many different parts that could exist as sculptures on their own. This lead to an exploration of what it meant to have individuals that could join as one entity. I started out wanting to make an interactive mobile of many small birds, arranged in the shape of one large bird. I wanted the piece to have movement generated by the viewer to create a sense of playfulness. Observing flocks of flying birds to find an overall shape for my sculpture, I decided to incorporate a background to give the birds a sense of placement. After trying different backgrounds, I am now attempting to create a minimalistic environment with few details in order to focus on just the elemental forms and colors of our surroundings. I hope my future work will reflect the same simple lines and organic components within a variety of environments.
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    You Can't Spell Party without Art
    (2012) Loewi, Peter A.; Baenziger, Markus; Kim, Hee Sook
    “Wanna play carpenter? First we’ll get hammered and then I’ll nail you!” The first time I ever lied to somebody and told them I wanted to be an architect, I had just been caught skateboarding in a construction site. I had fallen and my board had gone out through the unfinished walls, so I went downstairs to get it, when there came an angry voice from behind me “What are you doing in my house?!” I panicked, and the first things out of my mouth just so happened to be “I’m very interested in architecture, and I wanted to see how a house was built.” The man was then very nice to me, gave me a tour of his soon to be house, and then told me to be careful because construction sites are dangerous places. While I no longer skateboard, nor really care how luxury houses are built, I do like the space that skateparks create. The performer, performance, and audience are all in the same place. The only other space I can think of that does that are city streets. I love cities. They can simultaneously be aesthetically pleasing, as I try and show in my prints, as well as places for collaboration or competition, like my sculpture “You Can’t Spell Party Without Art”.