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Thurs,
October 9
Today we left for New York. There are ten of us total going on the trip. Sarah and I are room-mates. That makes me happy.
When we got to New York, we drove through part of Manhattan then we all went together to check into our hostel rooms. After that we walked through Broadway and 15th street to find someplace to eat for dinner. While we where walking Phil took us into this really weird little shop that had a bunch of severed manikins and creepy dolls, and some other weird things that I will not mention in this journal. It was interesting.
We ended up eating outside at an Italian cafe type place. I had zucchini rolls with goat cheese (I really love goat cheese) and some baguette bread. I also tasted some of Phil's wine, but it was a little too dry for my taste.
Tomorrow we will be looking through museums and stuff, but for today we are done adventuring. Hopefully, this will be a fun week.
-Hannah
Friday,
October 10
Today started out with lots of walking around (thankful that I brought good shoes) It was cool seeing all the different architecture and tall buildings around the city. The group also spotted some eat looking street art. I took pictures of my favorite ones. *to see pictures + commentary, please view additional sections.
We also went through many galleries featuring works from contemporary artists. I especially enjoyed going into one room called, "The love tunnel" which had some funky glass sculpture/installations. A lot of the photography we looked at was also really cool.
After lunch we went to the center of film photography which had a lot of international photographs. It was cool seeing pictures and reading about the culture that went along with it. After the film photography center we went to St. Patrick's cathedral, which was huge, and lastly we all went to the museum of modern art. The best part of this particular museum was a helicopter suspended from the ceiling, and also getting to see the famous 'Starr Night' by Van Gogh in real life.
Saturday
October 11
The biggest museum of today (and my own personal favorite) was the MET. (short for metropolitan). We also visited the Guggenheim and Whitney museum of contemporary art that day, but in my opinion the other two did not compare with me. The Met was HUGE and there was a super wide variety of artwork. I really loved the large collection of antique grandfather clocks, ceramic pieces, and glass work.
For dinner we got to eat at the seinfeld diner. That was pretty cool. Lastly we went to a HUGE cathedral. (st John the divine) It had large sculptures everywhere and it has beautiful windows. I really enjoyed the old looking stone work like that.
-Hannah
Sunday,
October 12
Today we started off at the Brooklyn museum, host of 'The dinner party' which is a large piece made by a huge collaboration of all female artists. Although I thought that the idea of the work was an interesting concept, the piece itself did not speak to me. Sarah and I had a lot of discussions over artwork on this trip, and this was definitely a heavily discussed piece. The conversation was about how while both of us thought that feminism was a just cause, we did not think that the way to achieve equality was to parade artistic vagina's around on plates. First off, this was emphasizing women's difference from men, when one of the arguments for feminism is that in settings such as the workplace, gender bias should not exist and people of any gender should be thought of as the same. Later we learned that the feminists who created 'The dinner party' had a different viewpoint of what feminism should be then their later counterparts that sparked what feminism tends to mean today. The earlier feminists put a lot of emphasis on the vagina because they wanted to emphasize the femininity of women.
We went to Phil's diner for lunch, and down under Manhattan bridge, which had a very nice view of the river. After that the group separated. Sarah, Miriam, Aaron, and I all went decided to go to china town. We ended up spending about 4 hours there. Whilst in china town we found a tea shop that became me and Sarah's new favorite spot. We tried a mango tea that was excellent. All in all I think it was a pretty good day.
-Hannah
Monday,
October 13
Finally today we got some free time! First thing this morning, me, Sarah, Miriam, and Aaron all took the ferry around Statan island to go past the statue of liberty. We also took the subway all the way to coney island spent while at the beach. I took some photographs there at the theme park that the island is known for. I thought that the structure of the rides would be a good visual for my 'looking up' project in film photography. After all that we finished up with a second and third trip to china town, with provolone pizza for dinner in little Italy between stops.
-Hannah
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