HW 3.2: Artist statement draft)

Social Media is an artistic expression because it’s expressing your humanity. It’s one of the biggest platforms now and most likely always will be , people use it to resolve or give notice to historical event or world issue to spread the word it’s not just about a like button on photos and videos and I’m not against it because it does come with benefits and it can really help society share breaking news that can change the world, which is happening today . It would get better knowing that the disadvantages of social media don’t exist any more, that the programmers and lawmakers did better to respect and secure a person’s privacy to be able to speak louder on what a person wants to share without fear. 

When I chose to write about the privacy of Social Media I found out the creativity it comes with and the impact it has on society where people would post a video of a public figure and in minutes it’s on every page , now people find the identity of that public figure and their location, so much information. Instead of seeing the bigger picture of what a person is trying to spread to the world it’s more important to find out about their life and that only happens because people lose their rights the moment it hits the internet. With that being said my purpose for making this project is to share the issue to bring to people’s attention and for people who are already interested to want to make a change to make it more heard about so it can get to a place where social media is a safe environment to make society better. 

I wanna share this in a more artistic way bringing both old and new in one to be able to catch the younger and older audience’s eye and with an old newspaper with the same aesthetic, just digital that’s a form of art.  Where you swipe left and right and read people’s opinion on this because that’s part of what I would wanna do is ask people ,friends, what they think about the regulations on social media or if they care about it. Researching on how old newspapers would catch a person’s attention whether it was about fashion or political issues, people would read it based on the images and the big huge title and the different stories to read in columns. In those columns I could add the quotes I got from people or online, getting the readers interested to read other than my words and opinions and it is important to hear more than my words. Finally being able to publish it and having people looking,reading it without getting bored and invested in it that’s the point. 

Unit 3 Proposal

My researched topic is what has been the legacy of the Roman civilization in terms of language, culture, and governance? 

For the unit 3 proposal I would do a modern documentary style for my research project. My audience is going to be schools (teachers and students) learning the importance of ancient history and the impact it had and brought to our society. The thing I’ll teach to my audience is the legacy of Rome. In this documentary it will be a brief summary of Rome civilization, how it started and how it grew to be known as the most powerful civilization it was. The legacy in terms of language, culture, and governance. Also their downfall and where is Rome today and the impact it brought to our society. Also key things that society learns and adapts to. My goal for my audience is going to be making sure of the importance of history and how it made society adapt and improve over the years. I choose this because it’s a topic I’m very interested in and learn more about. I think we as a society dont really give much credit to the ancient world. My plan is to first get as much information about my topic, then look around for examples of documents style writing. Make sure that I have pictures and good writing work. Something i’m worried about is if i don’t end up like it then i dont what other thing to do it as.