Class notes: Guerilla Girls+ Guillermo Gomez-Pena

October 14: today we talked about our art & activism project(all thoughts on matter are in the project notes blog.) We also watched a video to get an example of an artist that uses politics in his artwork. Guillermo is a mexican-american that basically sets up a vocally interactive booth where himself and his assistants sit with props acting out different situations that are supposed to make the viewers slightly to extremely offended. He wants to get a reaction and evoke emotions. He brings to light ideas about race and class in our society that most people would like to not think of. I am a fan of what he is trying to accomplish, his concept. But what I don't particularly enjoy is his form, the installation pieces are not my interest, viewing or creating.