Animated Painting

Video art

Every time I try to post a video, it doesn't seem to work!

Anyhow- I wanted my video art project to reflect something that I learned from the class this semester. I can really say that taking this class really opened my eyes in regards to what art is or can be...

Everyone's projects blew me away! 

Have a wonderful break!! See ya next semester :)

Femininity in pop culture

Pipilotti Rist

Is known for her video works and multimedia installations that explore female sexuality and media culture. 

Around the 1980s, she was a member of the experimental post-punk group Les Reines Prochaines. At this time she continued to explore the manipulation of the female voice and body through performance combined with the influence of pop culture techniques. 

In the 1990s , Rist began to merge to a new form of art called video installation. During this time she combined material from the television and advertising and combined it with the history of feminist video work. 


Many of Rist's works focus on fantasy and desire as well as the woman's role in pop culture. He obscure, innovative and own desire is what has made her on of the most recognizable names in contemporary video art. 

Other artists that advocate for the female gender's role in Media performance is Orlan. She re-sculpted her body using plastic surgery during her performance art pieces. Altering her features was common in the process of making her creations.  She uses her body as a canvas for this type art to question beauty in society.  

Pipilotti Rist- I'm Not The Girl Who Misses Much

Joseph Beuys

Joseph Beuys
1921-1986

Humanism, Social philosophy and anthroposophy are the concepts Joseph Beuys used to create his artwork. He was a German performance artist, sculptor, installation artist, graphic artist and art theorist.

During the 1940s Beuys was active in the military during WWII. He was wounded several times and was even held as a prisoner of war under british power. After the war, he decided to focus and dedicate his time to artwork. Many of his pieces reflect his military experience. 

During the 1960s, He was also the professor of 'monumental sculpture' at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf- where he studied art after the war in the 1950s. 

In 1967, Beuys founded the political german student party and founded the Free International University for Creativity and Interdisciplinary Research.

Beuys was also known for his performance art pieces. He would use sound,time, and objects as materials in his moving sculptures. 

performance art

The theme of my performance art piece is "Tech-less".....

Unfortunately I came up with my idea after seeing and hearing about people being homeless...reinforcing the idea of being helpless. Many people throughout Tampa and St. Augustine panhandle...so I decided to give it try but instead, I was tech-less and without my cellphone. I was trying to send the message that people rely so heavily on technology that we feel helpless when we don't have it...especially our cellphones. 

Leigh Bowery

If you're familiar with Lady Gaga, then you've seen her outrageous outfits! I've always questioned her image and whether or not it's manufactured by her contract or herself. Then after class, I realized that there have been many major influences on her and many others in the music industry.

Leigh Bowery is one of those influences. He was a performance artist, club promotor, actor, pop star, model and fashion designer. He is very well known for his unique and crazy costume designs and makeup! I can definitely see where Gaga is coming from now!  He has also impacted many others such as Boy George and the Scissor Sisters. Aside from fashion he also promoted a night club called Taboo in London and also contributed to many art and fashion shows. Leigh Bowery was a live sculpture. 

Laurie Anderson

Laurie Anderson's work definitely represents the 80s very well! Her performance art pieces are electrifying and extraordinary.  Laurie started out playing the violin and sculpting but as the 80s energetic scene started to emerge so did her work. Her many talents extended into a variety of media including music and video. She also incorporated the use of story telling and imagery throughout her pieces. Her
work can be found all over the globe- New York and Europe.

Xerox project

2-D art inspired by Abstract Expressionism

"House of Building" & Fluxus

is a german term that is also known as Bauhaus.

Bauhaus was a fine art school operated in Germany from 1919-1933 and was founded by Walter Gropius. It was known for it's famous approach to design. It was formed with the idea of combining all different mediums of art such as art, architecture, graphs design, interior design, industrial design and typography. Most importantly, though, was the architecture. All of the other elements of craft could help form a building and all of it's characteristics. The school was another avant garde movement for this time period.

Another Avant garde movement happened during the 1960s and was known as the  Fluxus movement. It's style was a mixture of ideals from other movements like Dada and Bauhaus. The artwork expressed art based on scientific, philosophical and sociological ideas. 

"An Andalusian Dog"

When I researched this short film, I didn't realize artist, Salvador Dali, helped direct the movie- that explains the disjointedness of the piece! I respect the artistic approach to this film but I'm not sure if I'd watch it for enjoyment. After doing a little research, however, I think it's interesting how they jump from present to future, as well as, use a method called dream logic. This method is like dream interpretation. Now that I think of it, there definitely was a lot of this used in the film. I also think this is a perfect example of society changes during the 1920s. This short film definitely goes against the norm which is what the '20s were all about!

Dada Movement- away from traditional art.

The artistic movement, Dada, started in Europe around the time WWI was going on. Many of the artists involved with this movement wanted to escape from the war and thus moved to Switzerland- a neutral country. Many of the artists, however, were furious with the war and modern society so to rebel, they protested through art. In result, they decided to create non-art. Instead the create disarrayed images, also known as collages, and turned everyday objects into what they perceived, as art ...or well non-art. 

by Max Ernst

This is one of my favorite Dada pieces- the one showed in class by Raoul Hausmann 

Grid project

Before!

         After!

I had so many different ideas for this project- I went to Home Depot for some more insight...then I spotted the air filters on a display table. I thought perfect, It has a grid within a grid! Then the idea of a lamp shade evolved as I went a long! 

First, I detached the filter from it's card board exterior, then painted an abstract & colorful design on the interior filter. When I finished, I made the cardboard into a cylinder. I also cut the filter into 6 different squares. I then pieced it back together, in a mismatch order, within the cylinder. Lastly, I placed it over my less exciting, pre existing lamp. 

Escape from reality.

Movies are an escape. Sometimes when I see a movie, I feel like i'm in a different world, living some else's life or just observing from a distance. 


I think video games have evolved from movies because captivated audiences can then continue living in that world. People can morph themselves into someone else; a villain, a hero, etc. They can escape just like they might in a movie theater. Movies like Harry Potter portray an environment that is non existent in the real world but they are existent on our computer and television screens. People can live a life they've never lived, interact in a way that's otherwise impossible and forget about the outside world. 


 I also think this helps studios make a profit :)

The history of Tetris

When I was younger I liked computer games but I was never an avid Tetris player. I do, however, think it's a pretty amusing, simple and fun game and I do enjoy playing it every once in a while.

Tetris originated in Moscow and was created by a russian scientist named Alexey Pajitnov. He developed it on an Electronika 60 - a terminal computer made in the soviet union. It then spread rapidly through the Soviet Union after it was ported to the IBM PC. Not too long after in 1987, Tetris expanded to PCs across North America and Europe. In 1988, It's popularity began to grow as the game made its way to PC and NES in Japan. Tetris then earned the title of a "software bluster" and sold over two million copies. In 1989, Henk Rogers, who brought Tetris to Japan, licenses its rights to Nintendo who soon after launches the Nintendo gameboy that featured Tetris. It sold 35 million copies! 1992 researches suggest the theory that the game of Tetris helps with brain stimulation. This was proven in 2009 when brain images showed that playing Tetris can actually lead to "brain efficiency and a thicker cortex". 

Researching and discovering the history of games like Tetris is fascinating. Up until now, I've never given much thought to its  evolution. Tetris has been quite the phenomenon and I never realized how much it has impacted our technological world today.

 http://www.tetris.com/

MZTV Museum of Television

Television has become such a natural past time of today's world, yet after reading the articles on the website, http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=4423363147324531396, I've tried to put myself in the shoes of those who witnessed the pivotal moment of it's birth. Today new technological advances are introduced everyday and we expect the several changes and new products. In 1939/1940, wondrous inventions were only being explored and suggested. The New York Worlds far around that time was one of the first opportunities for Americans to see a working television. Today they are they backdrops to our living rooms, doctor offices, classrooms,etc.

Wired.com

I thought it was interesting to read about some of the breakthroughs and busts throughout technological evolution. The idea of television and cinematography was doubted severely at the turn of the 20th century but has proven that lack of faith wrong throughout history.  I enjoyed reading about the movies that I've grown up watching like Snow White and Toy Story.  I'm fascinated with the different innovations of each movie and it's impact on cinema and viewers. I think about the time when Toy Story came out and how fascinated, as a five year old, I was with the 3D like characters and vivid color. Then I compare it to movies today, like Avatar- only 15 years later. Technology changes so rapidly! I'm curious to know where it goes from here.  

http://www.wired.com/underwire/2010/10/cinema-breakthroughs-busts/?pid=1205&viewall=true

Flip book assignment : Tiny Dancer

Singing in the rain remix

In the 1950s movie, Sining in the Rain, a new form of technology was being explored: Sound. This new feature brought a whole new world for film makers to explore; it was a positive reinforcement that brought optimism and excitement which is demonstrated within the entire movie.

The title song exemplified one of the main characters, Don's, enthusiasm towards falling in love.  The scene almost relates to that feeling of having butterflies in your stomach when you have a major crush on someone. It's happy and almost innocent. 

Only twenty years later, however, the same song, Singin' in the rain, was used in a different context. Instead the song was played during the rape scene in the movie, Clockwork Orange. During the 1970s the American attitude of individual freedom and human rights began to increase. The hippie culture began to evolve and the opposition to war and government became more corrupt. Thus, this same attitude started to be portrayed in many movies. Although "Peace and love" comes to mind with the thought of hippies and the 1970s, however, Clockwork Orange, demonstrates otherwise. 

Earthquake

Spellbinding and captivating are the words my mom used to describe the movie, Earthquake.  She was fifteen and remembers it being one of the first major disaster movies she'd ever seen. She was also intrigued by the different parts of the city/ different scenarios, that were being effected by the earthquake, within the movie. She also pointed out all of the major actors and actresses that starred in the movie as well.