After watching TED (Seyoung)

Those three presentations were interesting.

Jaime Lerner talked about city planning by showing quick drawing, which helps views understand quickly. I liked, especially, turtle one. He also explain cars, as if they are human, which is very interesting way.

                Vik Muniz presented his work. In the intro, he captured audience attention by changing his mood from awkward to funny and informal conversation way. Showing his works by using photographs and videos with narrative explain leads audience to focus on his work.

                Doris Sung Kim explained her personal experience, which is related with her presentation, at begin part. This make views feel comfortable for me to listen to her. Showing specific image helped me to understand her presentation clear.  

Personal Statement (Seyoung)

    An artist’s personal statement is an essay that focuses on her and her art, addressing goals, interests and background experiences that relate to art. You’ll need to write a personal statement if you are an artist who is applying for a grant or to an art school. The personal statement should not be confused with an artist’s statement, as the personal statement is much more comprehensive than an artist's statement, which is often used only for marketing

  Link:
http://www.ehow.com/how_6603253_write-personal-statement-art.html#ixzz2Ip262HHn


     I think the Personal Statement should explain the reason why artist did his or her work, where those from, what influence artist take, and the connection between the work and your main theme in the works.

Sample of some artist statement:
http://registry.whitecolumns.org/view_artist.php?artist=13925

Introduction – Seyoung

Hello everyone, I am Seyoung. Nice to meet you guys. I am from Seoul, a capital city of Korea. My major is painting and drawing in Fine Arts. I’ve been in here for half of a year. I am interested in drawing human figures. Actually, Military experience was my main theme of works. I did serve in front line, called DMZ, on east side for 2 years. Now, I release from there around 3 years ago and am here. I am happy to finish it. During break time, I usually listen to some music or TV show to relax myself. If the weather is nice, I like to take a walk. Anyway, I will do my best improving my English ability in this program. Thank you.