El Proyecto de Comida
In this project we chose a favorite recipe from a Spanish speaking country and rewrote it in Spanish. Enjoy!
El Proyecto de la Biographía
In this project, we wrote a little speech about a hispanic or latin american person of our choosing and constructed an accompanying piece of artwork. The monologue was from the point of view of our chosen person and was written in the past tense as a result. This allowed us to learn about the imperfect and the preterite and how to conjugate appropriately and use our skills to speak.
My artwork is a lithophane of the person I chose, named Bartolomé de las Casas. Varying thicknesses of plastic let different amounts of light through to result in the piece that you see below when backlit.
My artwork is a lithophane of the person I chose, named Bartolomé de las Casas. Varying thicknesses of plastic let different amounts of light through to result in the piece that you see below when backlit.
El Día de los Muertos
In this project, we learned about Mexican culture and the Spanish language through the lens of the holiday of the Day of the Dead. We did this by composing two calaveras which are poems making fun of a person or group of people by constructing comical death scenarios. We also made ofrendas, which are light-hearted obituaries to family members and other loved ones. To the left are four images, the top one being of my ofrenda, the top-middle being a close-up of the written portion of the bottom-middle image, which is of my final calavera and the accompanying artwork. The lower image is of my other calavera poem, which I chose not to compose accompanying artwork for. To the right are two recordings, the top one being of me reading my artwork-accompanied calavera and the bottom being of me reading my second calavera.
Over the course of this project, I constructed several drafts that resulted in more beautiful work. My calavera started as a tiny picture of a cat hanging from a roof with a subpar frame. I revised this by 3D printing several iterations of a cat and house with each achieving a higher quality than the last. Although I had already attained the majority of the content knowledge taught in this project via the completion of similar projects in the past, I was able to expand my knowledge of the origin of the holiday. The modern rendition of the Day of the Dead is a hybrid of ancient Mesoamerican tradition with imported and enforced Spanish beliefs. The first recognizable celebrations associated with the Day of the Dead began over 2000 years before the Spanish conquest of the Americas. This celebration was approximately a month long and took place near the beginning of August. When the Spanish conquered Mesoamerica and imposed their beliefs and calendar onto the native peoples, a hybrid was formed between two minor Spanish holidays at the beginning of November and the millennia-old traditions of the natives; this hybrid is what we recognize today. |
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El raro que soy
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ReflectionIn this project we wrote a letter to a pen pal in Mexico. Only time, however, will tell whether or not the recipients will reply. We also created images using the content of our letters. Mine can be seen above.
Over the course of this project, I learned how to utilize the type mask tool in Photoshop and was able to sharpen my image enhancement skills. My ability to describe people in Spanish also improved with the distinction between ser and estar being made clear. My image represents beautiful work due to the high number of versions I went though. The first didn't have enough Spanish, the second didn't focus on the Spanish and the final draft took 3 hours to print due to technical difficulties. The final image may not look the best but the idea of beautiful work manifests itself in the effort and work ethic that take place in its creation. I believe that my image is beautiful on the inside and the outside. If I could redo my project, I would have cleaned up the image some. In some places the text overlaps, which is annoying. |