Jacob Hendricks – Hugo Ball Dada Manifesto

For my Zine in InDesign, I created my master and regular pages so that the two can have different stuff on them. Found my fonts and picked a color for the font that I liked that would fit. Practiced textboxes and text wrapping with Images. Started putting pictures into the Zine. Added page numbers.

• Who wrote the document? – Hugo Ball
  • What is that person’s story? – Hugo Ball was a German author, poet, and essentially the founder of the Dada movement in European art in Zürich in 1916
  • Is the author still alive? – He died in 1927 at 41
• What was the time and context? Why did the creator(s) write this? 1916, it was to talk about the importance of the Dada art style.
• What was the aesthetic of the group or time? – Dada
  • Fonts – Inherit
  • Colors – Black
  • Photo/Image styles – At the bottom.
• What change did the creator hope to start? – Get more people to use the Dada art style.
• Was the manifesto ever realized? – Yes, used by Dada artists.
• Can you find the value in using the manifesto yourself? – I never really heard about the Dada art style so reading this and looking at art work was very interesting and helped me realize that not every piece of art work has to make a whole lot of sense.

As a fireman, I have always wanted to go to the 911 memorial but have never been able to. When you become a fireman they tell you that every fireman is your brother and sister. That when a tragic event happens that we all feel alittle pain inside. I wanted to honor the 343 fallen fireman lost that day.

Hi, my name is Jacob Hendricks, im a gaming and animation major. I have been here for 2 and a half years and I want to learn how to properly use PhotoShop. I am a firefighter outside of school and I love it.

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