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High Fives from Thailand | Japan | Korea

Read more Some highlights from 3 countries over 3 weeks!

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japan, korea, thailand, vacation, travel, asian, asia, travelling, winter break, adventure, vlog

The Chainsmokers - Roses

Read more Rosey summer adventures in California ft. me drawing some roses. Recorded on GoPro Hero 3+ Silver Edition #RosesOnRepeat

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the chainsmokers, roses, summer, california, san francisco, hard summer, hsmf15, #rosesonrepeat, san diego

Dripping Drops

Read more Title: Dripping Drops Artist: Crystal Nguyen Style: Nonlinear Dynamic System-based art Technique: Marble painting Material: Acrylic paints, water, plastic bin, heavyweight drawing paper I was inspired by nonlinear systems and the idea that small disruptions can result in great changes in the systems, which makes them hard to predict. I am still surprised that even with how far humans have come with innovation, we still haven’t managed to figure out everything or even truly predict the weather. Nonlinear systems still leave mysteries for us to solve and to prepare for. We can perceive small patterns but they are never enough for us to really create a rule so that when x happens, y will happen. The basis of my project is inspired by a quote from Wilson’s book which mentions Tom Stoppard’s Arcadia: “We can’t even predict the next drip from a dripping tap when it gets irregular. Each drip sets up conditions for the next, the smallest variation blows prediction apart, and the weather will always be unpredictable” (Wilson 237). Thus the end results of my project are separate pieces of paper which record pigments from drips of paints through a “water marbling” process. This process meant dripping different colored acrylic paints onto a layer of water (which would leave pigment on the surface of the water) and then having paper absorb the “resulting” pigment (which in most cases were patterns). What I was attempting to capture was how a simple change in the system could affect the turnout greatly and that it is pretty much impossible to replicate a nonlinear system. I wanted to focus on how drips are all different from each other and how one cannot guess how the drips or piece will turn out. I tried my best to keep the drips consistent (as in dripping at the same height and with the same amount of pressure), but like Stoppard stated, I still really had no control on the outcome. Aside from that there are also so many uncontrollable and unpredictable aspects in the environment that affects the drip itself and what the drips results in. I created six pieces in total which tested “similar” drips in different environments, with the first one just attempting to show that no drips are the same in the first place. I also included pieces that were made with considerations of weather, another nonlinear system (precisely rain and wind). At the end, I found that the unpredictable and ever-changing characteristics of nonlinear systems were reaffirmed. With the first piece in which the environment was very stable, the drops were definitely different- reflecting how each previous drop affected the next drop and with each additional drop, the surface of the water would change in some way. The various resulting patterns in the remaining pieces reveal how the result of nonlinear systems can be so different even though the creation process is the same.

In A Sense, All the Senses

Read more UCSD//VIS159//Midterm Project My project was inspired by Julie Newdoll’s “Kimonos of the Senses for a Japanese Tea Ceremony”. A Japanese tea ceremony consists of movements and designs that were created to employ all the senses of a human. Julie Newdoll’s series sums up all the senses in a single gesture. Each painted kimono in the series was based on the biology of the one of the five senses. For example, the kimono representing the sense of taste utilized imagery of the types of cells and receptors involved in particular taste. My project also represents the five senses in the form of a painting. However, my canvas is the human body itself. I wanted to go beyond just representation of the senses. In the process of creating my work, my canvas is also experiencing the paint with their five senses. The paint itself is seen, smelt, heard, felt, and tasted. So on each respective body part that senses, I will portray the microscopic elements I found through research that enable the sense to work (such as sensory nerves for taste or cones and rods for sight). To truly capture the experience, I recorded the whole process of creating the final piece (a picture of my live painting) and compiled it to display the actual reactions of the senses during the process. Title: In A Sense, All the Senses Artist: Crystal Nguyen Completion Date: February 16th, 2015 Place of Creation: College apartment Style: Body art/Bioart (working on living organisms-humans- and their bodies) Genre: Temporary painting/sculpture Technique: Painting on human body Material: Acrylic paints, food coloring

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Elevator

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Goatfuck

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H to O

Read more Editting focused piece (editted two pieces together). UCSD VIS 174
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