art technology and education

My discipline is art history, so it can be related to technology in various ways. The first point its connected with the transformations that the digital supports brings to the creation of art. This is a big subject but in a general suposition this plataform create a special enviroment for the diffusion of the plastic artists, because they can reach a large amount of public. Also the technology touch the ways of think and create arts itself , because join new elements or materials into the whole spectrum of creation mechanism. The problem emerge from the question of how the art history can embrace the explotion that this fresh technology has brings into the art field. This question is still developing along the digital world .
In other hand, art in social matters is a more old topic, because art has always been involved ( in one way or another) with the human being and his surrounding or social enviroments. That social statement in arts holds a link with education.
Education in our country is a big deal with multiple edges ( is related with things like the social dispair, the lack of chances, the poor treat to the teachers, etc) . But in case of art teaching in schools, there's is a big emptyness( i think even in high pay schools). In some sense because art has been historically despised or rejected because it dont enter in the game of production and money. That makes this subject less relevant for the system education. This obviously should start to change in order to create in kids (since they are little) a sensitivy for plastic forms. This is in the same label as maths or language i think, because it can improve a lot of capacities that the actual system is crushing for follow an structure that as i said before, is married with the money production formula.
This change must take some inicial steps, that as usual are the harder ( i don't know exactly how this can begin). But with little changes as more hours, more prepared teachers in the area ( this is very important because people need teachers who leads them to improve themselves and create a right feeling that would make them want to always learn more)

my faculty

I'm an student of the Art Faculty of chile university. This faculty at a simple view have a lot of issues in therms of infrastructure. I find that almost looks like a rural school or something. We can make a comparison between our campus fellows right next to us, like cine, social scienes , literature, etc . In that place they had a living center of constant cultural activities and the infrastructure gives a very warm welcome to them. In other hand, here in art there's seem to be a lack of these kind of activities. This is in conecction with the poor enviroment. The library is a shame, but it's sweet because it reminds of my primary school. Long time ago, as is well known by people, the faculty of art was an outstanding place because there was the center of art production and creation of new approchement to the art thoughts. Nowadays, along with the change of the physical place there's been a drop of these prominent side
It's hard to improve this because it a situation that has to deal money, and if there's something missing in here is cash!. Although i find it nice, there's these " little wood" that is all mess up, following the general appearence of the place. Its a good site to just lie, read and chat. In arts we are like in a quiet bubble at first sight. The bureaucratic system works very slowly too( as the computers), you must be patience. But at the end of the day is all worth because of some really good teachers that achieve to make more enthusiasm students.

tourist

Foreing people could visit a lot of differents places in Santiago . An interesting place to go when you are for the first time in Santiago is the area around the bellas artes museum, because it have nice parks and places to hang out. There are lovely coffe shops and restaurants. A few days ago i went with a friend to an ice cream store called Emporio la Rosa, in a quiet and soft enviroment. Besides that, there are the typical historical places or buildings that a foreign person could be interested to know( as La Moneda ). I notice that people always suggets that El cerro Santa Lucía is something that a foreign should visit. It's a nice place but i would like that the government and the citizenship could appreciate more those sites because of them huge historical and cultural value. Some places are just falling apart because of the abandon an lack of compromise to restore, to preserve and protect them. Another area that i like very much, but some people could find it extremely annoying is to visit El Cementerio General. The mainly reason of this is because of the strongly historical component. There's also a lot of meanings and lectures behind a place like that and it makes it beautiful.
The other very typical site to go with a foreing is some "guachaca" bar like "La piojera", were the guy or girl always can leave the place with a wide smile thanks to the magic potions gave there, even if he-she dont like the past city tour and felt out of place :S

transantiago

well, i must start saying that i was a very lucky girl because when the transantiago system began ( exploded!) i dont had to use it very often back then. ( now i'm kind of obligued to). I was more related with the subway( and my bike from time to time), 'cause i also live very near of one. ( but, now that i think more carefully about it, it also affects me a lot !! because the transantiago mess, as all you know, also did a break out on my beloved subway)/ i always had hated the crowded and uncomfortable areas, so this was a little bit sad . All people reduced to objects, tied up to long and exhaustive hours of wait ( that could alienate anyone!).
All the day it was the matter topic of the tv news and a prior subject of conversation. Angry people on the street because they were late. I also remember that people were actually mad at Ivan Zamorano ( that was sort of funny, but i understand it) because he was the visible face of the company, and people always need someone to blame. There were even some slogans that were born on the natural desperation enviroment that you could felt outside - zamorano, transantiago, mataste al . . .( i forget) y al ser humano! - zamorano, transantiago, you killed the . . and the human being ( it doesn't sounds very well translated to english : S ).
Nowadays the troubles with the system seems to be soften by the pass of time. I dont have a clue of what it could be done in order to make the transport a - better place - / and if i start to think about that, i just will make a fatalist point of view like - - all is so rotten, all the structure, the bases ! ahh, tragic.
so goodbye everyone!:D

This is my last post on the blog! And what’s all about? It’s about the most passionate, wonderful, exciting, overflowing, happy, sublime, attractive, cosmic, metaphysician surreal and powerful subject in all over the world . . . It’s about blogging itself!
Since a discovered this mechanism of writing my life had changed for good!
My mind is clear. Both spirit and body are in perfect synchrony with nature an universe.
I don’t feel like an outsider anymore. I’ts been such a turn of the switch. I surprise myself dreaming of the blogging experience.
Oh, now I’m listening velvet underground - pale blue eyes. Aww! , this song reminds me of someone who’s far away – it goes like this. . Sometimes I feel so happy
sometimes I feel so sad
sometimes I feel so happy
but mostly you just make me mad
Baby you just make me mad
Linger on, your pale blue eyeeees
Lalala.

And somehow it reminds me of the whole blogging process too / because, although it has been beautiful (who can dares to deny that?!), there’s had been difficult parts. . A paradoxical love/hate thing (it’s very common, isn’t?).
I’ve learned too much from this. Even the fact that i know that achieve the correct way of writing on english was the main goal I (how it says in other great and lovely velvet underground song) - - > Hey Im beginning to see the light.
I met myself in a dream
and I just wanna tell you - everything was alright
Im beginning to see the light. !

I like to read the things that my other classmates write, but I must say that I especially enjoy reading to Jaime’s blog (or Unjaime, because he’s such a unique person!). He always will have to touch of GOD in terms of speaking and obviously writing. He’s also an amazing illustrator (it’s possible that some people might be surprised by this/ they could not be informed yet of this activity of him – you can see that he’s so humble!)
So because of this and the other stuff that I had mentioned - ->
Im very grateful of the omnipresent BLOG.


Thank you :DD

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this is a hard question because i ussually dont like to over think my future, it's a little bit scary, isnt ?. I'm not like these people who are addicted to draw up plans for the near or distant future or these kind of ladies obssesed with tarot reading ( i saw one case in national television a few time ago and it calls my attention. She meet a tarotist everyweek to predict her future and to make her sure about what she tolds her, she went to other tarot reader to confirm or to prove what the other one said. If the last lecture match with the first, she could feel very relaxed and sure about her life // Although that state would survive until next week!).
In my case, i would love to live my life with the - carpe diem - philosophy, even if it's kind of impossible, because in the daily living we are all the time approaching or wondering how it will come out the next minute. Its part of human nature maybe.
In the next five years, i can talk about how i would like to be in my near future ( five years past so quickly!!).
Well, i would like to had finished this career, had a decent work, being finally least selfish,etc.
I think an important thing to do in order to be happy or satisfied with yourself // and dont being messing around !// is to achieve some childhood dream, i thought about that in the past days. I think it can be kind of miraculous in your life.
So, i would really love to do something related with that in the next five years.( or it's a bad idea . . dreams or desires maybe were created to never be accomplish. To remain in state of ilussion)
what do you think readers?

i found the talk very interesting and encouraging because i share some of the points that Sir Ken Robison tells to the audience. He seems like a creativity expert that unfould the way we educate in our schools.
the formal education is focused on topics( for example, we shoul treat with the same status the classes of math and the classes of art) that make a distance between us and our potential creativity, because we are too afraid of made a mistake, but . . .the worst mistake anyone can make is being to afraid to make one! ( that goes for me huh)
So he propuses a new way of learning in the school system, in order to find a more effective estructure to cultivate creativity thoughts instead of pull them off.
Ken robinson says that we don’t grow into creativity, we grow out of it, or rather we get educated out of it.
The intelligence is very diverse and dynamic, 'cause we think about the world in all the ways we experience it. We think visually, we think in sound, in movment or in abstract terms.
We must began to thing different and also have in mind the multiple types of intelligence.