In this second IA meeting on Feb.3 we had the guest speaker Logan Ward who presented “Learning About Other Through Art: The Case of Korea”. Logan has a BA in Arts management and Korean he works at the East Asian studies center here at OSU.
I really liked this presentation because it was very interactive with polls and a lot of interactive art. I also love history and art so this presentation was right up my alley. We learned how to observe, describe, interpret, and prove. Firstly, we looked at an art piece of a tiger, discussed it in break out rooms, and then shared our observations . This part of the presentation was great because I noticed that you get so many different perspectives on an art piece when you talk with others about it. The people in my break out room and in the main room shared observations and interpretations that I had not noticed nor thought of. I really liked this because I have never been apart of an interactive art discussion and it was much more enjoyable then observing art on my own.
This presentation was very enjoyable and I learned lots of new things about art that I have never even thought about. I learned that I enjoy discussions about art and how it can completely change your view of a piece. I will seek out other events like this in the future because it has been one of my favorites so far.