Joe Interviews

For my interviews I decided to ask three diverse people the same questions to see the similarities and differences in their responses. First, I interviewed my friend Benjy Wax because he has been involved with Glenbrook South’s theater department, music department and radio department. I also interviewed my neighbor, Tom Townsend, because he is a retired architect and has many years of experience with art. Lastly, I interviewed my former Spanish teacher Lindsey Krukowski because she views art from many different cultures not only America’s.

When I asked Wax about what makes something art, he said that, “art is a person’s outward expression of emotion.” Wax says that, “music and film influence [him] more than anything else.” He says that he uses this inspiration to write his own songs, poems and sketches. According to Wax, if GBS were to put a piece of art on display “it would have to be influential to the students and have a nice message.”

When I interviewed my neighbor, because of his years of expertise, he had a different perspective on art. Townsend noted how he has seen many different styles of art throughout his career and said “[something is art] if someone meant for it to be art”. He said if GBS were to display a piece of artwork it “should reflect a modern style of art that is popular now.” Townsend also said how “some people’s artwork now is silly” because he doesn’t believe it requires much skill.

When I interviewed my former Spanish teacher, she shared many of the same views as Benjy. She believes that art is used to express an artist’s emotion. Krukowski mention how she likes “Spanish style art” and appreciates when “an artist shows culture.”

Through these interviews I learned that the piece of art that we make should be upbeat for students and represent modern art and GBS’s culture.

New Team Name and Logo

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Team Name: The Creative Birds
Team Motto: We chirp creativity!
Team Rules: 1. Work as a team
2. Think as a team

Interview

For my interviews with three people whom are stake-holders in our society, I questioned them by asking what their personal definition of art was and what things they believed have had a big impact on the media culture throughout the century. I first interviewed a student who defined art as being “Something produced by someone that they put some type of feeling into.” He also said that if something is labeled as art, the creator’s initial intent of his creation should be that he wanted people to think of it as art. I completely agree with this student’s statements. I cannot tell you how angry I get when people argue that a crumbled up piece of paper is art, rather than being a piece of garbage. Like my interviewee said, art should be something that someone has put feeling into. I can almost guarantee you no feeling was put into crumbling up a piece of paper. He answered the second question by saying that “our society would not be the same without internet, TV, and gossip magazines. They make our world go round.” Although I do not believe gossip magazines have been a huge impact on our society, I definitely think the other two have. The internet offers everyone a way to be connected to one and other while TV offers us entertainment and news from around the world (well the internet does too but whatever).


The next person I interviewed was a stake-holder in our society because they were a member of our community. They answered my first question by saying art was “a form of expression communicated through music, pictures, writing, acting, and anything else which requires creativity to excel in.” I agree with this answer because all of the things she listed were things I also believe to be art. They all require some form of creativity, and when I think about it, creativity really is the most important thing (to me) about art. The person responded to my next question by saying how much the internet has “changed our way of life.” They also said that people like Richard Prior have had a huge influence on the media culture because their open critical way of speaking let people express their opinions and views more. The last person I interviewed (a teacher at our school) had some very interesting responses to my questions. For my first question, they responded by simply saying “Life is art. If you think about it, everything, in a way, is creative and genuine.” I’m not so sure I agree with this statement, but it definitely caught my attention and gave me a new perspective on art. Their answer to my last question was similar to the other two. They believed the internet, TV, and newspapers had very large impacts on our media culture.

Team Logo

Team Logo.

Team Name Logo and everything

Team Name: Party boys
Team Motto: We like to party
Team Rules: 1. Work as a team
                    2. Think as a team
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