cara breslin's blog

What does it mean to be an "American Artist"? by literally changing their name to "American Artist," one artist explores that definition. Many would think of the typical post-war, New York white man like Jackson Pollock, but as a black individual American Artist challenges that notion. " The indefinability of identity today has been at the center of Artist’s work from the very beginning." They make work about race issues as well as deal with the technology and the internet.  In one they printed all of their facebook photos to put in an album and replaced all the digital images with a flat blue image, and in another piece they created a huge stack of phones, making the device unusable. I resonate with the the way that Artist creates a conversation about the meaninglessness of the tie of identity to internet, and how fleeting it can be. 

What characteristics make up your personality? (energetic, talkative, thoughtful, brave) emotional, quiet, empathetic, loyal, intelligent , harsh Is there something distinct about your appearance that feels like an important part of who you are? (Hair, eyes, height, skin color) My hair and eyes Is there an activity that you love? (travel, building things, singing, climbing) Besides art I can't think of another hobby I have. Maybe making tik toks.  Is there a creature that you've felt an affinity to for a long time?   Only dogs but that's so basic... Also, crabs because I'm a cancer. What animals could embody the characteristics you listed above?  deer, cat, crab, fox What location(s) would this new creature exist in? This creature will exist in a mystical forest because that is where my soul exists and this is my soul creature.

Is there something physical you collect? Not that I can think of. What digital collections do you have...for example: I have years worth of photographs, a hard drive full of music I haven't listen to in a while, resumes dating back to 2001... I have lots of pictures backed up to my google drive. on instagram i always save posts i like of pretty or funny things or nice quotes. How does the digital world affect the way we collect? It's so easy to save so much on a device because it doesn't take up space- like how having a thousand photos in a hard copy would be a lot, but on a phone its not really that much.  Set up collecting parameters for your digital collection (do a search or two to see if it's plausible): What will you? (be as specific as possible, ie. swimming pools in Philadelphia) Cherubs from old paintings How many? (example 10… less is more because you will be processing each image you collect!) Where to source ( online - google maps, instagram)? I

Who are you? Cara Breslin, artist/painter Where are you from? Cheltenham (almost Philly) Do you have a preferred pronoun? she/her Tell me something about yourself? I work in a pizza shop! What is your major? Art Education What kind of art do you like to make (share an image)?   What apps/programs on the phone or computer do you use most frequently and what for? Mostly social media on my phone, I don’t use my computer besides homework Who is one of your favorite visual artists (post a  photo)? Frida Kahlo (the two fridas is my favorite) Who is your favorite musician (share a link)? No Rome !!!! What do you hope to get out of this class? A standard ability at digital creating which will be helpful knowledge in my future career as an art educator as digital art becomes increasingly more important Can you sit still for an hour? If I am deeply focused on something I can sit for hours, if I’m frustrated it’s hard to sit still. What is your rela