Tuesday 13 March 2012

Native American Motifs

Golden State Warriors
There logo from 1946-1962 depicted a native american character in a cartoon style, it looks childish and the character is only wearing a feather and shorts. They changed there logo when they moved from Philadelphia to San Francisco to the golden gate bridge, but they then went back to the feather point in a newer version which they have again changed back to the bridge. in my opinion you can't tell it is native american in the newer one they changed.  

Monday 12 March 2012

Aboriginal Motifs

Functions and Philosophies
1. Secrecy and confidentiality- if the work contains certain aboriginal customs to respect indigenous religious practices is can be disclosed. 
The use of names and images and sometimes artwork of deceased indigenous people is not permitted by many indigenous communities.
2. Indigenous control- the process of obtaining consent for use of artwork goes in steps

  • allow time to communicate the request
  • allow time for the decision to be made
  • there are many cultural aspects for them to consider
  • usually no is the answer
  • respect there views
communally owned dream time stories may have a number of people to get consent from before use
  
Moral Rights and issues

  1. the right attributed as the artist
  2. the right not to have work falsely attributed to another artist
  3. the rights of integrity

Tuesday 6 March 2012

Clash of the Titans


1) Who are the Titans?
The Titans are gigantic creatures descending of Gaia and Uranus, that ruled during the legendary Golden Age. Although it is mentioned in the beginning of the movie that Hades created them to overthrow Zeus. 

2)Are there any interesting motifs you see frequently appearing (Eg. Lightning bolts)? How do you interpret their meaning? Can you name a modern version, of this motif, used today?  
The lightning bolts appeared regularly as help from above from Zeus. a modern day use of the lightning bolt would be on sports drinks such as gatorade and sports teams such as warriors (nba). 

3) Is your Greek character in the movie? If so, does the film’s interpretation match your research?
No, Hercules was a no show.

4) Are any of the characters, in the movie, related (Eg. a mother or father, wife or husband, brother or sister) to your Greek myth? If so, how?
Hercules father Zues and half brother Percius are mentioned. 

5) Is their a constellation of stars named after your Greek character?
Hercules is a constellation named after Hercules. Hercules is one of the 48 constellations listed by the 2nd century astronomer Ptolemy, and it remains one of the 88 modern constellations today. It is the fifth largest of the modern constellations.

6) How is Medusa killed? Does your Greek character have a weakness?
Perseus cut her head off by looking at the reflection in his shield and closing his eyes spinning around and decapitating her. Hercules can be lustful and gluttonous.


7) Sketch at least 3 ideas for your logo and add them to this post.