ART200X: Gerald Montuya

 Artists of the Philippines In my first blog, I introduced myself as an immigrant from the Philippines. As a part of the diaspora, I find myself confused about my identity in terms of nationality. In an effort to reconnect with my birth country and my family's ancestry, I consume Filipino literature and media. For my last blog, I will share three works of contemporary artists of the Philippines.   APEC-Boracay 2, Leeroy New Boracay, Philippines, 2015 Mixed media Leeroy New is trained as a sculptor. His works blend "theatre, fashion, film, production design, and public art" (Bhandari). This installation was for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) which was hosted in Boracay, Philippines. This installation appears as though we were brought deep below the sea's surface where bio-luminescent fish wander. There are more photos in the daylight where it is not lighted and it still perfectly captures an aquatic atmosphere. The curved frames wrap around the stage brin...

 The Art of Video Games To consider video games as a form of art is to stir controversy. The nature of video games was hotly debated as arcades boomed in the 1980s. As the technology improved and video game consumers became more abundant, the diversity of video games expanded. Games were no longer two-dimensional and 8-bit pixels on a screen. In just a few decades, video games evolved into something greater. However, that growth invited a call to regress the ever-changing landscape of video games. It was not until 2012 that the Supreme Court declared video games as a form of art and were protected under the first amendment as creative works. The Smithsonian American Art Museum held an exhibition titled "The Art of Video Games" that celebrated 40 years of the genre that included video-game screenshots, videotaped interviews with game designers, and vintage consoles (Tucker). This blog is a showcase of video games as a form of art. All presented works are screenshots of users p...