Cut Copy and Rearrange
Color Blocks
Text Overlay
Halftone Screen
I really liked the amount of chance that was left in this project. In most photo projects you give us it's sort of a cut and dry 'this is what I'm looking for' but with the Dada project we had a lot of freedom and creative license for the projects we were creating. I liked how everything was so abstract and different from the normal variety of photography we usually do in this class. Sometimes I get tired of the realism aspect of photo and this really helped me look at things differently and see the beauty in the uniqueness. When I was making the halftone screen image I had no control over the how the blending mode would make the colors and the picture look. For instance, the halftone screen above started with blue and yellow, but with the chance of the blending mode thrown in along with the random color blocks the image turned into something completely different, and I love how it all just fell into place. That's kind of how I see the Dada Art Movement. It's very unique and left up to chance and other elements, like a computer, but somehow all comes together to make something by chance that is interesting to look at. I really enjoyed the editing aspects of this project and the results.
