1. Jan Svankmajer
I watched, Alice (1988) and 4 Dark and Light. I really enjoyed 4 Dark and Light it was whimsical and a little creepy. His work seems to be mainly stop motion video with no dialogue. His videos had very accurate sound effects however, filling the space making dialogue unnecessary. Overall I was very interesting in his videos, usually with video artists I find myself bored while watching them, but his work really caught my attention.
2. Eve Sussman
I watched clips from 89 seconds of Alcazar, and Studio 360. Eve's style is very different, and she uses a lot of strategically laced dialogue in studio 360. I didn't completely follow what was happening in that film, and it was kind of boring to watch because i just wanted to know the narrative or plot ot what i was watching. The clip of 89 seconds of Alcazar seemed really interesting and I wish i could watch the full film. Overall her style was really cool, and her back ground music and dialogue was original which caught my attention.
3. Joan Jonas
While searching around the internet looking at pictures and videos of her work, I thought everything she has done is pretty awesome. Her one exhibit named Light Time Tales, looked really interesting and cool. I have never seen an art exhibit where an artist has so many different videos set up in one room on different sized screens, and different meanings. In one of her interviews she said that the videos set up in the room cause the viewer to view them in almost a 3D sculpture like perspective, and i thought that was so unique. Personally i have always thought video art as boring, but her exhibits look so energetic, and exciting.
4. Valie Export
I watched her 9 minuet film called .....remote....remote...(1973) and the preview to her film called Invisible Adversaries. The 9 minuet film was just her sitting in a chair clipping her cuticles. I thought this was odd, and i am sure there is a big deeper meaning too it but i did not get it. Her work is the kind of video art I don't understand, or really enjoy at all. I felt uncomfortable, and anxious while watching her video, and that might be the point of the artwork, to create that sense of emotion, but overall i wasn't that interested in her style of film making.
5.Fred Forest
His work was very unique and his website was different from any kind of artists website i have come across. A lot of his work was based in mass media and on the internet. I have never seen an artist who utilized the internet and "cyberspace" the way he was. His work is interesting but it was hard to find a lot of concrete videos and performances to look at online, so i did not get a well rounded impression of him.
Monday, November 30, 2015
Monday, November 23, 2015
Homework Response- The Asethetics of Narcissism
This reading was hard to follow, and
brought about a lot of confusion. Although the words were lengthy the artworks
depicted in the reading were very intriguing. What I extracted most from the
reading was the sense of self, or identity that artworks display. The viewer’s
interaction with the artwork creates the artwork, thus making many different
selves for just that one piece. This concept of narcissism in art reminds me of
an artwork we talked about in intro to visual studies. Sugar
Baby by Kara Walker is a huge sculpture that is supposed to be a homage to the unpaid
and overworked black slaves from the past, a nice tribute to African American
culture, and a remembrance of what happened in the past. However, people who
viewed this sculpture ignore these messages completely, and just used this
artwork as a back drop to many selfies, videos, and suggestive pictures. This
is a prime example of Narcissistic action involving art that is prevalent in
today' society.
Monday, November 16, 2015
Quotidian Project- Post 30
HI SORRY FOR POSTING A BUNCH TODAY, I have just been lazy with uploading, but have had all of these in storage for the past couple weeks
" I live my life like a dragon." -Grace Helbig, you tube video
Quotidian Project- Post 28
Honestly have no idea who said this, I write down funny phrases in my phone at random points of the day. I don't believe that this was the original quote, and suspect a auto-correct regarding "nana," happened. So, that then leaves me to the conclusion that this was jotted down on a Saturday night.
Quotidian Project- Post 26
An online post that displayed a picture of a girl who looked like Beans from The Even Stevens, a old TV show on Disney channel. My friends and I laughed very hard at it.
Quotidian Project- Post 25
" I thought that all ants were one ant and they were all named Anita"- Jenna Marbles, you tube video
Quotidian Project- Post 24
" If the country were a body, and colleges were the different parts of the body, Pitt would be the skin between the asshole and the penis..." A text received from my friend Emma.
Monday, November 2, 2015
Homework #6
The site i found most interesting was Lucas Maassen's website. His Brainwave Sofa was so unique. When you first look at the sculpture you aren't that impressed initially, but after you read that it is a brain wave from a EEG scan it really makes you think about the piece in a new way. I like how new advanced technology is being brought into art processes these days. This artwork combines, science, personal information, technology, and sculpture. It's pretty awesome how much the art world has progressed.
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