Interview

I interviewed a senior, my mother, and a teacher at this school and surprisingly received very similar responses to certain questions, and very different answers to others that were more personal questions. All three of my interviewees answers agreed with each other that most people spend their time on technology today. Whether is be in the form of an ipod, the Internet, video games, or texting. Not many can go a day without using the entertainment benefits of technology. In comparison to 100 years ago, the majority of people spent their time with family, and went to live theater performances. Recreational activity has changed greatly over the past 100 years, and continues to change with new technology discoveries. All three of my interviewees also agreed generally on where happiness stems from. They first initially responded with family and friends, but the senor student went into more depth and responded with music. He explained how music is involved in his everyday life, in particle with his activities at South. The other question that had similar responses to was the definition of art. Even thought they all used different words to explain, they all had similar main components to describe what is art. Art must be something original, something created with creativity. Art should be a way to express oneself according to ones emotion and experiences. Art create a reaction within, provoke some type of emotion. There is no concret defintion of art because art is comes in many forms and is different for everyone.
After conducting these interviews it gave me a general idea what our group should strive for and some guidelines in creating our sculpture. The sculture needs to capture the new and old age trends of art. We should not forget to include the works of art created in the past because it is what layed the foundation for the creation of future art today. Such as the art of calligraphy in writing letters has influenced and transformed into texting. This sculpture should represent different meanings for each individual according to one's personality and interests. For example how the senior student explained how his happiness stems from music, while my mothers happiness stems from family. To each person, these are what are most important in their life, and most involved. This scultpure should have the ability to relate to everyone and one's different likes and dislikes, it can not have just a single focus on one interest. The sculpture should fit the individuals definition of art, and be orginal. It should draw some type of emotion or response out of the viewee, and if the sculpture can do so, then it is a true piece of art.