This is my own interpertation of the bike with bees on the seat.

Well this picture is one that I have never seen before and looks like would make for a very uncomfortable ride. I do not really get the meaning behind this picture but I have a good idea of what Oppenheim is trying to get at. This picture represents our everyday lives. We are always on the go and are always being told to do more and do it faster. This picture represents that by having thousands and thousands of bees on the seat of a bike. Picture this, you are riding a bike with bees on the seat you don’t notice them at first and then you hear a loud buzzing and a tingly feeling in your butt. You look down to realize that the seat of your bike was covered with bees; you swerve to the side of the road hit the curb and go over your handle bars. This result in you landing on your face, after coming too you realize you are being stung over and over again. It is a metaphor about life and how hard it can be to do everyday things like ride your bike without having bees cover your seat. If I was riding a bike with bees on the seat and I had someplace to go, I would peddle really fast because I don’t like getting stung in the butt or anyplace really. Another thing I noticed about this picture is the location at which it is taken. It seems that it is taken outside of a small convenient store or some business. After thinking about that I thought that the guy inside the store would be in for a surprise when he comes to sit on his bike to go home. These are the mostly the ideas that Oppenheim hand in mind when he created this work I think.

When I first looked at this picture there was not much that ran through my mind that related to it. All there is in this tiny wooden box is two thin metal bars running through it connecting both sides. The two bars are about an inch apart and are suspending a scuffed yellow ball of some sort.

The ball is in the middle of the two bars and is being held in place by two golden rings that are attached to the back of the box. The big yellow ball is in the middle of the two bars and on either side of the yellow ball are wine glasses, one on either side.

They are about two inches away from the ball. The glasses have been put in such a way that so the part that usually holds the fluid is being pinched between the two bars and is suspending them in the air. Inside the two glasses are yellow marbles. Finally behind all of this is a picture of the solar system, wicked trippy kinda.

This picture reminds me that the solar system is really big and the ball represents yourself and the two marbles in the cups represent the different choices we can make in life and if you make the wrong choice and spill your glass, you will lose all your marbles.

well it took me a while to remember how to use photoshop, but i think it came out pretty well. i call this picture to old friends having a drink.

we put the little mermaid as our mascott and roatated it and resized it.  We turned the hillside village into a mosic useing filters. it was alot of fun.

Ekstasis
When first walking into the art display room the first thing that you see is a massive object that is very sturdy looking in construction. It is not your everyday working media either, it is put together with rivets, welds and screws and the whole thing must weigh several hundred pounds. It all starts with a massive piece of woods that has been carved to look like a torpedo or some kind of fishing lour. The wood has not been finished in any way it has just been shaped It is pushed up on one side with wheels so it makes it look like an old propeller driven airplane before it goes down the runway.

The wheels are connected by two long metal bars and there is a chain connected to a sprocket on the wheels axel. The chain circles back into the object to an imaginary engine that powers the wheels and provides mobility.

On the side of this long piece of wood there is a green crank shaft that has a red handle on it. This is used for starting the imaginary engine that the chain and wheels are connected to. At the opposite end of the wheels it rests on the ground.

At this end there is a medal loop that has been screwed into the bottom and makes a place for something to be attached. A long leather belt runs though the medal loop and is spread out on the ground. The leather belt is brown and broken up into smaller lengths but is put together with massive staples which makes it about ten yards long. When you look at this it makes the whole things resemble some sort of fishing lour from the future that does not work at all and is for massive fish.

this is a picture of me i am wearing a ricky willians jersey for when he played for the saints, in the corner of the picture is my friend his name is declan we went to high school together and i am pretty sure by the look on my face i just sunk one.

If you get bored look down and search youtube.