Guest Speaker

There was a guest speaker (Curator Lisa Dorin) today at the Art Institute for the Sharon Hayes exhibit. Her presenting the theme of "Speech" made the exhibit much easier to understand. The first time I went to the exhibit at the opening I really didn't know what to expect. The second time I went with the them of Speech in mind, I found that the album covers and how they were juxtaposed made me be more aware of the exhibit. When I got to the almost silent room with the clicking projectors, I found the sound unfamiliar. I hadn't grown up in the time of projectors and it was definitely not the same as a Powerpoints'.

Later when we went back to the Ryan Education Center we discussed things with our guest speaker. She spoke at length about the artist's work and back ground. Sharon Hayes was a journalism major before she took on art more than a decade ago. It is evident activism shows in her work. Most of the exhibit had presidential speeches from the 60s, a turbulent time in American history. The pictures clicking on the projectors were of protestors with protest signs, however, they were placed in a different time period than they were intended to be. There were interesting reactions from people.