Visual Art In My Life

Posted by Jeff Bruneau

This class has really made me think about what kinds of modern art I may have created or come across during the course of my day this past semester. Last week for ROTC we were running around RPI’s campus and I noticed this kind of windmill looking object that was just set in the middle of the academic quad and I definitely thought to myself that it could be considered a work of contemporary art. Then my thoughts shifted to the picture above. This is called a synchronization matrix and its purpose is to detail what every person’s responsibility is during a training event. For example, I find my name in the left most handed column and then trace that row and I know exactly what I need to do at what time. I created this for a weekend training event we had in the middle of April and I color coded it based on the category of one’s responsibility. I think given its purpose and color schemes, I consider it a work of art because a good synch matrix can be the difference between a successful and not so successful training event.