1 min 1 image: Ani Avakian

Sunday, April 13, 2014

Ani Avakian

Ani Avakian
Uta Barth, “Untitled 11.2” from, to draw a bright white line with light
2011, inkjet print

I chose this image because it brings calmness and harmony to me when I look at it. The sunlight, which leaves lines on the drapes, looks like a cardiogram. It allows you to think and pay attention to our surroundings. She added a small element, such as a hand, which gives a completely different perspective to the image. It feels as though she is trying to bring our mind and concentration back into present moment and reality.

ABOUT

This blog was inspired by the 1 Image 1 Minute written column in X-TRA and subsequent live iterations of the project by Micol Hebron. The inspiration for the 1 Image 1 Minute column was a similar project produced by Belgian director Agnès Varda (and later written about by Rosalind Krauss) for French television in 1983.

For this blog (and their assignment), students in Niku Kashef's photography classes are asked to select a photograph (that they did not make) that inspires or intrigues them in some way and to speak about it for exactly 1 minute (roughly 150 written words). Students post their name, the artists' name, title of the photograph, year the photograph was made and the medium along with their ~150 words.

In the second part of the assignment, students are asked to either use the image they chose to speak to OR a new image and make an inspiration image based on the photographic/2d design aspects of that image (eg direction/type of light, perspective, depth of field, focus, color palate, etc).

To add to this blog and contribute a post, please contact niku(at)csun(dot)edu