New Media in Art Chp.4

A piece that I found interesting was the piece by Lillian Schwartz entitled Mona/Leo simply because everyone knows the piece known as the Mona Lisa, but this piece contains only half of it's face. The other face is connected to the Mona Lisa which I think is interesting because it's more like a sketch with less detail but fit's nicely, sort of like a yin and yang type of thing. Another piece that is similar to the Mona/Leo that I saw was the piece by Shirin Neshat entitled Rapture and what I noticed was the separation between the male (white) and female (black) genders. This piece is also reminiscent of the yin and yang symbol and for some reason it reminded me of a blind date which is probably due to the black cloth that divides the two. Some more pieces that caught my attention were by William Latham entitled The Evolution of Form and when I saw this for the first time I was really impressed that these organism like things were computer generated. Latham's pieces are very mesmerizing because they have a lot going on using both color and pattern to draw ones attention.