tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5122744921204035572024-02-20T18:20:27.748-08:00UFA Grade 11 PhotographyGrade 11 Photography @ Ursula Franklin AcademySteven Nguyenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03057684202629972414noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-512274492120403557.post-59852067061191135982012-01-27T07:56:00.001-08:002012-02-03T07:57:50.857-08:00<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: Herculanum; font-size: 24pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Bookman Old Style"; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Century Gothic;">relic</span></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Lucida Handwriting"; font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Bookman Old Style";">"Art is the modern day holy relic". Christian Boltanski</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Bookman Old Style"; font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Bookman Old Style";">Boltanski considered art to be the modern day equivalent of the holy relic, drawing pilgrims from around the world to worship.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>His fascination with "stupid little things" he saw in the vitrines of the Musee de l’Homme in Paris led us to consider incorporating our own stupid little things, "relics" of the future, into this vitrine for the contemporary pilgrim. Boltanski's "Children of Dijon"1985, incorporated metal cookie tins, a child's place to store their personal little things, our cell phone / ipod equivalent. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Bookman Old Style"; font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Bookman Old Style";">Step towards the altar.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Bookman Old Style"; font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Bookman Old Style";">Be and behold!</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Bookman Old Style"; font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Bookman Old Style";">Grade 12 Photography Students </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Bookman Old Style"; font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Bookman Old Style";">Ursula Franklin Academy</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
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