Critique # 2

Going into this critique I was a little more nervous than the first. I was more confidant in my first structure than I was with my pillow. I was scared that everyone was going to have these really great projects and I was going to have this pillow made of marshmallows. The thing I didn't like about it was that it sounds so easy and simple, but the work that went into it was a lot more than you would think.

For this critique we were split in small groups and assigned three other projects to look at and critique first. I liked the projects that my group had and so it made me even more nervous to hear what others had to say about mine. We looked at the camera taken apart, the soap, and the clock globe. I really liked how the camera looked taken apart with each piece hanging like a mobile. The idea behind it was pretty cool too. The camera was put on display, instead of it displaying something else. The soap was really good as well. The detail of it was well done and the overall picture was really recognizable. I didn't quite understand how all the different religions were connected with washing your hands, but I still liked it. The clock globe was good too. I thought it was put together well, and gave a pretty clear understanding of the idea.

When we came together as a class and actually started the critique, the artist wasn't allowed to really talk about their piece until after the class talked about it. Usually the people who critiqued the piece would talk, then others would if they had something to say. I felt like it was a lot harder to say something about the projects that you didn't critique. It was harder, because without the artist talking about it first, and without reading the artist statement, you really didn't know what to say about it. Especially with this project, the transformations, it was hard to tell what some of the projects were supposed to be. I didn't like the format of this critique because of that. I also feel it's a little unfair that we're graded on how much we speak during the critique when it was formatted this way. I'm also unhappy with my grade from the last critique. I spoke about at least five other student's work and still got a lower grade. I don't see how we can comment on everyone's piece, or what we're expected to say. I would honestly have to make stuff up to say because there's not that much to say about everyone's work and I hate making up fake things to say. I feel like it's stupid to have to do that and defeats the purpose if you don't really mean it. I say something when I mean it, and if I don't have anything to say, I don't say anything, and so I feel like we shouldn't be graded so much on how much we say.

Okay now that I got that out i'll finish this. When my turn came around, not too many people had anything to say about it, which was okay. The group that critiqued it told me what they thought, but I didn't get much out of it. I don't know what I would do different, or change. I was just happy after it was over, but I don't think that my grade is going to be too good on this one.