Concerned Citizen

Jeremi Brewer

Artist Statement

For our project we decided to focus on the executive director of the Academy for Creating Enterprise, Jeremi Brewer. Jeremi Brewer received his PhD from Texas A&M University, performing his doctoral research on culture, poverty, and necessity Entrepreneurship. Jeremi conducted the majority of his research in Mexico and Brazil. He is a Peery Fellow at the Ballard Center for Economic Self-Reliance. Since December 2011, Jeremi has worked as the Executive Director of the Academy for Creating Enterprise. The Academy for Creating Enterprise provides entrepreneurial education and ongoing support to individuals in developing nations. Specifically, the Academy focuses on taking education to markets where traditional job opportunities are scarce or nonexistent. They teach students how to develop and launch their own businesses. Through this newly-acquired self-reliance, their students are able to stay in their home countries, provide for the needs of their families, and strengthen their communities. We were able to film during one of Jeremi's classes at Utah Valley University, that is specifically reaching out to Native Americans living in the Valley. Lucky for us, Aralie's husband helps teach Jeremi's class at Utah Valley University. We were able to go and film during their class, which was very interesting and intriguing. It was great to see the effect that Jeremi's program and class had on the people. Many Native Americans were there, all genuinely wanting to take something away from the class. We were able to talk to a few of them, and they seemed motivated about starting their own business' because of the program and each had a great respect for Jeremi. It's amazing that one person can help and effect the lives of so many. We were inspired to focus on Jeremi for this project for a variety of reasons. The main reason was that we had a connection to him, due to Aralie's husband working for him, so getting in contact with him wouldn't be too difficult. Also, After watching the Neighborhood and stoop sitting videos in class, we really wanted to focus on someone who was interesting in people, and helping other people. Jeremi was the perfect candidate for that, his whole career being devoted to cultures and giving people a better chance. We were also inspired by the Bill Withers' song Lean On Me, and felt it related to Jeremi well. This song is about helping others, being their support, and that is exactly what Jeremi is for many people out there.

Protest Poster

I wanted to do something that no one really knew was a problem. Everyday people take their dogs on walks and have them poop and then just walk away from it like it is no big deal. Sure, when a dog poops on your lawn, you get mad, but everybody should be upset because it is hurting the environment. Dog poop is not like other animal poop, it is not fertilizer. Unlike horse or cow poop, which helps plants grow, dog poop kills the plants that it is surrounding. There are chemicals in the food dogs eat that makes dog poop harmful to the environment.

In my poster I wanted to show contrast of what is and what could be. I showed the poop almost as big as the tree to show the detrimental effect dog poop can have. I over exaggerated to make a point. On the other hand, I made the tree in the other frame so big that it actually cannot fit in the frame. This shows that people can help the environment just by bagging their dog’s poop.

            The last part that I did was the slogan: Bag It! (With a paw on the exclamation.) I wanted to show that it was dog’s poop, but not shout it out. I want the audience to take two and two and make four, not just give them the four. I wanted to be more ambiguous. I did this because I feel like if the audience thinks about it when looking at it, they will remember it. It will also maybe make them research something that they don’t know all that much about and that’s what this project is all about.

WebSpinna Battle

           Artist Statement

            We were inspired to choose Television versus Movies because we knew we wanted to show our differences through the sounds we chose. Aralie is more interested in television, while Hailey is more into films. So, because of this we intertwined our favorite television shows and movies to create a continuous battle of sounds. We first started with a very prominent movie and television sound track. We did this because we wanted to engage audience and bring them into our sound sphere. We initially wanted to just go in chronological order, which we still mostly did, but after reading the DJ spooky article were we were encouraged to read things out of order, we thought it would also be interesting if we mixed up the sound track a bit. That is the reason why the beginning and end are out of order. Fresh Prince and Breaking Bad are very recognizable themes and so areThe Good, The Bad and The Ugly and Dark Knight.

            Aralie took inspiration from “A Day in the Life” a Beatles song that switches up in the middle. It almost seems like two songs, but also still flows together nicely; it creates chaos, but also is pleasing to the ear. It is a hard technique to replicate, but we tried our hardest. Hailey took inspiration from “Look After You vs. Barry Bonds”, a mash up that mixes a The Fray song with the rapper Kanye West’s lyrics to form one song with very opposing sounds that somehow work together. This led to the mash up of The Godfather soundtrack, which is a big beautiful orchestral movement with the harsh sounds of The Jaws soundtrack to come together to make an interesting and somehow pleasing mix of sounds.

            Our performance was exhilarating and nerve wracking, but turned out very well, with only one minor problem of a clip being played out of place. It was exciting to be able to hear the crowd react from the themes and quotes that we decided to play. We knew that certain clips would bring nostalgia, but we were unsuspecting of the laughter that followed. Overall it was a great experience to be able to perform live and have it go as well as it did. 

Fresh Prince

I love lucy
Lucy I'm home

star trek
You will be

Gilligan

Full house
How rude

Simpsons

Doug

Friends
We were on a break 50 seconds

The office
That's what she said

HIMYM
Suit up

New girl

Breaking Bad
What's my name