Write 3-5 sentences to summarize and then respond to each article (James Worthy)

1)The Phenomenology of Olfactory Perception, Clara Ursitti

2)Towards a Psychosociology of Contemporary Food Consumption, Roland Barthes

3)The Other Senses, Sita K. Bhaumik
its interesting to think of our senses in the stature of a hierarchy. I never thought of my senses in a hierarchy and never in a racial scenes. and you know if it has to do with race then I am interested in it. I just think of the senses as things that God has given us. But then again i've never though so much of taste or smell as much as I have then I have in this class. But when it comes to art yes we are taught that the sight and maybe even sound has a lot to do with the art and how something looks. but throughout art school and seeing the high levels of experimentation and this class, I do see how the other scenes of taste and smell come into play. and even we are taught to never touch a piece of art. but through food art and experimental installation we are urged to touch and interact with the art that we are seeing and experiencing.

4)The Olfactory Dimension of Contemporary Art,
I like this article it really gives in detail examples of how smell and odor are and have been used in art for years now. both on the male spectrum and the female spectrum. the piece on menstruation and the smelling of blood really stood out to give an example of how we smell. but the taboos associated with a natural phenomenon should be denoted and debunked because people cant help how they are. we have been learning a lot about instillation art. smells are very intwined in this art practice. how one can infuse fragrance in a space and it comes back to bring back memories or emotions from the audience. 
but we can see that some people think smell along cannot define art or an art practice. one must still have the aesthetic scenes stimulated with something that you can see or hear and enter a taste or smell into the mix in order to really have the art piece to hone into what the meaning and the concept of the piece is.

PDF Packet (James Worthy)

1) Dog Beneath the Skin, Oliver Sacks
this was an interesting two page read. it did remind me of the film perfume. this man could smell immense fragrances. but he really went into detail about what he smelled. and it is interesting to note that when he could no longer smell like he did when he was in his dog dream, it was like he had lost something very important in his life. Smell is important. I can truly say that I cant really smell much. and I really have been having a hard time smelling as it is because of how sick I have been this semester. But he says he has lost some sort of longing. his world was gone.  I actually wish that I could smell like that. its as though his scene of smell and touch was far greater important to him than his scent of sight. smell let him know the world in great ways. I never thought about smell in this way before.

2) Nostalgia, the Odors of Childhood and Society,  Alan R. Hirsch
I can defiantly agree with this reading. I can remember when I smell different odors from my childhood they bring me back there. certain smells entice deja vu and really bring you back to those places where you smell those smells. I know that the smell of paints and plastics and stuff like that brings me back to kindergarten because that hall way smelled like toys, and paints, and all of these smells of small children that I know and remember from being a child. the smell of fresh linen remind of home and my mother for some reason. its very comforting. and the smells of certain foods remind of home as well.

3)I Know What I Like (Understanding Odor Preferences), Rachel S. Herz
wow it is interesting to learn how we smell from a scientific basis. I might not know exactly what i'm reading simply because of the wording and scientific names for different things in my nose but it is still none the less interesting. and it goes more into how smell enhances or is very important to how we taste. I did not know that you could loose your scene of smell permanently. but i guess that that is possible because people can be blind and deff. I have not really been able to smell at all for months. I assume its because of a nasal infection. the last thing that I really smelled was George's project. and that made me even sicker.so we are not hard wired to liking or disliking scents but its through an emotional and experience that makes us like r dislike certain odors. experience, culture, labels and many other things determine if we like or dislike a smell. and apparently it starts from child birth.you see in this that certain people can love a smell and the other can hate the smell with all of their being. its also very important to learn smells and odors. just like animals learn the smells of their prey or their predators in order to keep them selves alive or to eat its important that we learn what smells are what. the way we smell helps us to decide our food choices, decides whats bad for us, whats good for us. the odors around us effect our mood and how we feel. I find that to be true. When I put on a scented candle or at least when something smells good. it makes you feel good. its interesting to read how different cultures use different fragrances to aid in different moods, like in the work place to support work and some smells to keep you relaxed. or other smells to make you shop more in the stores.

4) Another Memory, Marcel Proust

A very poetic reading about a fragrance that a man had smelled and it intoxicated him it made him long to smell that fragrance again. its so interesting how smells can lead people to certain behaviors. the way he describes how he longed to meet the people who were wearing those beautiful perfumes. and when he finally found them and where they had stayed in the hotel in which he was staying they had so selfishly broken the vials in which their fragrances were contained so that no one could ever wear their scents. He connected the fragrance to love even though he had no idea what love was. this reading really makes me remember and connect it to the movie perfume in so many ways.

5) Self-Portrait in Scent (Sketch #1), Clara Ursitti
Self Portrait in scent if I'm not mistaken was just a list of acids and stuff. upon researching them all. They go from a putrid smell to a good smell. So I assume she that her self portrait in scent is horrible smell to good smell. I guess thats how she sees herself.

6)Fragrance: the oder of sanctity, Constance Classen
This reading really made me think about christianity. Im a Christian and have never heard of the sanctity scent. nor have I ever heard of anyone having it. I do know that my mother said that she had an encounter with God and when she had it a couple hours later she's just felt really good. everything looked beautiful and everything smelled divine. no matter what it was. it could be trash in the dumpster. So it was very interesting reading about these people who had the scent. Lydwines odor was most interesting what amazed me was that she was bed ridden her entire life, had open sores and worms and still smelled heavenly. the traditions of rosaries and perfumes and incense are not practiced in the churches that I have frequented its more of a Catholic church thing. but I guess when you come to think of it scents are a big part of the worship of God in those churches.

7)Environmental Fragrancing, Peter Damian and Kate Damian
Since I don't have a problem with perfumes and fragrances when I can smell. that thought of environmental fragrances is a good idea. but apparently i'm alone in that argument because according to the article a lot of people are fed up. and i can understand because my aunt Mary cant stand strong odors from shampoos to scented candles. I can understand that fragrances do change your mood. I thought it was a good idea to put certain scents in the NYC subways. I love walking into a room and esspecially a bathroom that has a beautiful sweet scent. it makes me feel better and brings the thought of the room being clean. these environmental scents in my opinion and in the opinion of the article are to help the society. only a few people are sensitive to the odors and the fragrances are suppose to make the environment better for people. if it smells good it makes you feel good, and safe.

It is interesting the the people over us love making us do thing subconsciously. in stores and different places they use scents, colors, and shapes all types of things to make us shop more and buy stuff that we really don't need. but these scents do induce certain emotions and behaviors, relaxation,  and other types of emotions. seems like they are trying to control us in some sort of way,

Extra Credit (Cooked)

first off it was really hard to find this series online without having Netflix. But I finally found a link that worked. So i'm watching the episode cooked season number 1 episode number 1 (fire)


the episode starts off really cool. these african people burn up these land and finds these lizards in the ground. it is true that we are the species that cooks. we can defiantly see this and know this through the food projects that the students did in this class. a lot of the cooking was based off of the notion of being a human and family traditions in the human species.

there is something about cooking that is powerful. I do spend time looking at the food network and looking at the people eat and cook all of these tantalizing foods.

this might be the best cooking documentary I've ever seen. it really goes to show you how much you can learn about cooking from this series. they say that cooking for us is natural and the invention of cooking is what made us human. fire is where cooking begins. fire is the most basic part of cooking. but it is primal. But I must say the best food that I've ever eaten was smoked with fire. smoking and firing really makes meats and veggies taste so good. but fire also is very dangerous but it can also be healing. we learned this is video art where when you fire the forrest you make it easy to replenish it.

this first episode really brings you back to the first essences of cooking. cooking with fire and hunting meats in the wild in order to cook them. Im really loving watching these people hunt. esspecially the women. hunting the lizards.

the way we eat and there have been many studies is really killing us. but it is shown that native people from places who eat off the land are healthier and feel better because of their diets. If only it was easy to go and do what they do I know that I would be a much healthier person.

the whole thing about men and doing BBQ is so true. I can really say that my dad took care in his BBQ. and you ca really see that we do like to complicate it a lot more than it really is. you can really see that cooking is a tradition that is passed on. and you know that i liked what that black pit master said about how his cooking came from slavery.

Its interesting to see how these pigs are being treated at this this farm. I loved to see how the farmer loved her pigs and she knows they are going to be food. so she wants the pigs to have the best life that they could possibly have. its so different from what I saw on the Our Daily Bread documentary and all the other stuff you see about animals meant for food are really mistreated while alive.

i love what they talk about in the span of the tradition. this documentary episode 1 was terrific. I do look forward to looking at every episode when I can. because it was truly eye opening.

Hasan Elahi Response (James Worthy)

I love seeing Hasan's TED Talk. I thought that this was some funny stuff where the FBI could just take you and ask you all these questions because they think that you are threat to the US. But I can see how Mapping really made his art what it is. He mapped his life so that the FBI could know where he is. his bank records, flight records, pictures. So its interesting how he sent all these pics and info from this app on his i-phone. I tell you he eats some really good looking food. but when you go to his website everything is categorized and put together for you to see it. but I like how he takes control over what he sends out. so you see all these photos and where he is or what he does. but at the same time they don't really know anything about you because all they know is what you like to eat and where you like to go.

PUMZI Response (James Worthy)

very cool video. extra futuristic. Its like everyone is living in a community indoors away from a certain pollution. they have to save all of their water (Urine, sweat, waste). It seems as though these are all the humans left in the world. there is no natural resources because there is no water to support any life. the protagonist (Asha) is sent some soil that has an abnormal water content. this seems like its starting to be like the Disney Pixar movie (Wali). the government or who ever is in charge (the council) wants to take away all evidence of things of the outside world. Her plant is obviously growing so what is the council trying to hide. I like that Asha takes matters into her own hands and tires to find her own answers no matter if it is dangerous or if it will get her into trouble. she even as she walks aimlessly in the dessert she finds that it is more important to water the plant instead of herself. she is determined to let this life grow. and she puts her last water on it and even her sweat then she shades it.  and she was so close to the forrest which was right outside the mountains.

this film was really emotional and it does show the importance of water and what can happen if we are not careful with it. the symbols and images of the beginning shows that there was a war of water and lots of people died. but this woman really became the all seeing perspective to knowing that there s life out there and you should try to bring the natural back to world. the people in the shelter thought that the last living tree was in there little natural history museum.

Final Project Video

So I know I posted the in class recording of the video but here is the video in HD on youtube.

Youtube link:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2NWuM9uN23E&feature=youtu.be

Project one audio.

For project one I did a long time ago. I asked my family members interview questions about how life for a black student at the university of florida during the early 1970s and I recorded myself for some difference and some compare and contrast. this audio was played over the installation of my three plexi glass laser cut maps. 

here is the audio 

https://www.facebook.com/Christguy7/videos/vb.1562154151/10208858485210391/?type=2&theater

the plexi glass maps mapped where African American Students occupid and where they could be on campus. they also pin pointed black hsitory at UF so that spectators of the art work could learn the history as well. 

one of the maps spanned the University of florida during from the 40's till the 60's

one of the maps spanned the University of Florida during the 70's and 90's

the last map spanned my time here at the University of Florida.

Final Project Documentation

I put the documentation of the final project on Youtube.
The link is here
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ndBxLH5HFJA


during the presentation of my final project I had three areas set up.

the first area was a plot of dirt with a ceramic dish with greens and some meat in it.
this represented how the slaves or at least how some slaves had to eat. they lived in small cottages with clay or dirt floors. they sometimes had to eat n that ground. and they had to eat out of what ever they had or even eat out of their hands and with their hands.

the second area was a table setup as if it were in my home. it had three sweet potato pies and a huge macaroni and cheese. usually in the black house hold we would just make a lot of food, set out the plates and it would be first come first serve. but the food would be delicious no dought.

the third area was set up like the restaurant with plated food. I got the food that was plated from Southern Charm Kitchen.

TED Talk Cooking as alchemy

Ive never seen anything like this when it comes to food. this TED talk starts off with photographs that tastes like what the picture is. that instantly sparked my interest. they are really into experimenting on food. like the nachos that look like nachos but are really desert.

Flavor or food transformation.
what does a cow eat(corn, beats, and barley)
okay so how do we take what the cow eats and make a hamburger with out the meat of the cow. it makes me think of the statement (YOU ARE WHAT YOU EAT) the cow is what it eats and we don't need the cows meat to make the food that we eat on a daily basis.

wow these men are taking fresh produce and making them look, taste, and behave like real meat. I think this is amazing.

taking wild plants and cooking them. its interesting how we could not only save a lot of people because of the availability of food to a lot of people.

over all this TED Talk was interesting and it peaked my interest.

Extra Credit Perfume: The Story of a Murderer

Okay wow. this film was very interesting. Yet it was kind of disturbing. But I must say when you have a gift as great as that of a perfect scent then there are bound to be problems that are associated with that. Guillermo was very gifted but being surrounded wit just these fish scents and decay when he was first born had to have been torture for the little baby. the visuals are stunning though. This narrator is really making me laugh. he's not funny its just that his narration style is so pure I guess. Im really interested in how Guillurmo smells. one because I couldn't smell almost anything this entire semester because Ive been sick and congested the majority of this semester. But I do know that if he were here on final project day he would of died because of Georges project. I defiantly smelled Georges project. Good smells are enticing to him. Its interesting how he could decipher the smells an make his own perfumes. But the way he went about killing all of those women in order to get the best and most enticing smell of all was interesting. its crazy how he can smell from a grandiose position far away from the subject he is smelling. for instance the red headed girl with the basket of yellow fruit he first encounters. he is just standing there and smells her. he can even smell her through fireworks. he is very creepy. since he doesn't really communicate with people he is very socially awkward. I know he didn't mean to suffocate the girl but dang he killed that girl.  okay this is so strange and creepy. I assume the scent left but did he have to take her clothes off. I must say that the boy is amazing. Being able to pick scents from the shelves in order to make brilliant scents.

its so crazy that everyone that has had this boy has died. his mother was hung at the gallows, the woman that took him was robbed and slit, and the other guy with the ugly face that bought him fells and drowned. Guillermos obsession with trying to figure out how to get the scent of the first woman he killed.

I kept wanting to skip through this movie just so I could get some more stuff done. But I simply could not. the movie was just too interesting not to look at it in its entirety. he is crazy trying to distill the scent of people. before he almost dies he starts to learn the mysterious art of enfleurage. even the perfumer died after he had left him. he finds that he a place without smell and he deciphers that he does not have a smell. he meets a new red headed girl. and in my mind he's gonna try and kill her to. So he just goes on a killing spree. but the way that he went about collecting the scent with the animal fat was interesting to say the least. Wow the scents that he is making are really able to make people do what he wants.

He finally gets his 12 scents into his perfume but he needs one more to have 13.the saddest part of this movie was when the father of the red headed girl found her hairless and naked in her bed in the morning.  he puts on the perfume when he suppose to be killed and everyone knells before him. thats amazing. they say that he is innocent. even the priest calls him an angel.

Oh my gosh it tuns into a massive orgy. and even the father of the last girl he kills calls him his son. he then travels back to paris an drenches himself in the perfume and is then devoured by the towns people. one of the most interesting films I have even seen.