Autobiographical Art, a Remix Project
I chose for my remix project in EL 236, Writing for the Internet, to combine words from Benjamin Franklin's autobiography with words from Oscar Wilde's The Picture of Dorian Gray. I fuse them together with some of my own to create a commentary on art as an autobiographical product. I use the word art in a basic sense to mean any creative effort done by any individual, whether the individual claims the title artist, writer, photographer, designer, musician, or another. Something about the product inevitably identifies with the creator. As well, the critic brings a bit of herself into art's interpretation. So you see, art is autobiographical.
I hope this remix challenges you to examine your own creative impulse and methods for interpretation.
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Works Cited
Franklin, Benjamin. The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin.
Ed. Charles W. Eliot. New York: P.F. Collier & Son, 1909. Project
Gutenberg. Web. 20 Sept. 2010.
Murphy, Kevin N. "Untitled." Photograph. 6 Dec. 2008.
Flickr. Web. 20 Sept. 2010.
Playingwithbrushes. "Dark Pages." Photograph. 15 Nov.
2008. Flickr. Web. 20 Sept. 2010.
Wilde, Oscar. The Picture of Dorian Gray. London: Messrs. Ward, Lock & Co, 1891. Project Gutenberg. Web. 20 Sept. 2010.
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Katy Snyder on Autobiographical Art, a Remix Project: I really like this. Very creat
I really like this. Very creative! It's greatly expresses how the artist slips out into the art no matter how hard you might try to surpress it. The image fits well with the text too. Overall I just thought this project was really well done!
Thank you, Katy! That is exactly the message I was going for. I'm glad you liked it.