At first when I read about the instructions about this project, I was completely clueless on what my theme should be. I asked myself whether I can try to be creative and think of something completely different, but it is easier said than done. So finally after brainstorming through many possible themes, I finally decided on a simple yet interesting theme, public art reaches for the sky. Since we are in downtown Atlanta and the population is very dense, there are many buildings that are extremely tall. Along with some monuments on campus, I put together 10 pictures that visualizes how public arts are reaching for the sky. My presentation was rather boring however, as I just described the history and designs of each of the buildings and monuments. I was also extremely nervous during my presentation, and that's why I forgot a lot of the things that i memorized for this presentation and had to constantly look back at my "cheat sheet".
Watching all the other presentation was also a great experience. I thought it was interesting how there could be so many different possible themes. There were themes about old versus new, graffiti, definitions of public art, comparison of two art objects, art at different angle, nature, and even steps! I learned a lot from watching how other people present, such as their hand gesture, their facial expressions and their overall body movement. Especially since I am not a good public speaker, watching all of these presentation will definitely help me in the future when I have to do the same thing in front of my employers.
Working on this project had been a terrific experience. Although I got pretty frustrated due to the fact that my camera and shaky hands made some of my pictures really blurry (I took over 200 pictures, with 80% of them completely unidentifiable), the overall experience was awesome and I had a lot of fun trying to be creative.
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