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Saturday, November 22, 2008
Friday, November 21, 2008
Thursday post 11/20/08 Thoughts of interest – Week in review
* Did anyone critique your work this week? If so, what were their impressions?
I had a meeting with Sonali this week and we took a look at what I've been testing out which is applying jumpcuts instead of disolves in my work. Its not working. Jumpcuts become too abrasive to the body which isn't what I am looking for which is a more meditative feeling. I feel like meditative is the wrong word for what I want to convey but I feel the act of shaving is a meditative action. It's just that at the end, the meditation is no no avail.
* What was the most motivational or creative moment of the past week?
Going to see the scanner lecture. He is the man who composed sound for Steve McQueen's Gravesend. It was a great lecture.
* What do you want to achieve in next week's studio practice?
Shoot one more run through on the shaving bit and edit edit edit
* What did you achieve in your studio this past week?
I found a new way to play with footage that is totally usless to me right now. Other than that just editing up a storm, assisting others. Appplying to the VMFA and other stuff.
* What has been an artistic failure this week?
Being really strapped for time, so much that the stress began to overshadow everything.
* What was the most profound thought in relation to your practice this week?
Happy people make better classmates, better classmates make more productive artist.
* If there was a visiting artist this week, what is your impression of their work and process in relation to your own?
NA
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I had a meeting with Sonali this week and we took a look at what I've been testing out which is applying jumpcuts instead of disolves in my work. Its not working. Jumpcuts become too abrasive to the body which isn't what I am looking for which is a more meditative feeling. I feel like meditative is the wrong word for what I want to convey but I feel the act of shaving is a meditative action. It's just that at the end, the meditation is no no avail.
* What was the most motivational or creative moment of the past week?
Going to see the scanner lecture. He is the man who composed sound for Steve McQueen's Gravesend. It was a great lecture.
* What do you want to achieve in next week's studio practice?
Shoot one more run through on the shaving bit and edit edit edit
* What did you achieve in your studio this past week?
I found a new way to play with footage that is totally usless to me right now. Other than that just editing up a storm, assisting others. Appplying to the VMFA and other stuff.
* What has been an artistic failure this week?
Being really strapped for time, so much that the stress began to overshadow everything.
* What was the most profound thought in relation to your practice this week?
Happy people make better classmates, better classmates make more productive artist.
* If there was a visiting artist this week, what is your impression of their work and process in relation to your own?
NA
- Post 1 picture, video, etc. of your choice
Sunday, November 16, 2008
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Sunday post 11/16/2008
1. Sunday Entry: Bruce Nauman
Highlight an artist of interest that relates to your work. Provide the following information:
- Artist Biography and brief explanation of work (can use quotes from critics or galleries)
Born in 1941 in Fort Wayne, Indiana, Bruce Nauman has been recognized since the early 1970s as one of the most innovative and provocative of America’s contemporary artists. Nauman finds inspiration in the activities, speech, and materials of everyday life. Confronted with “What to do?” in his studio soon after graduating from the University of Wisconsin, Madison, in 1964 with a BFA, and then the University of California, Davis in 1966 with an MFA, Nauman had the simple but profound realization that “If I was an artist and I was in the studio, then whatever I was doing in the studio must be art. At this point art became more of an activity and less of a product.” Working in the diverse mediums of sculpture, video, film, printmaking, performance, and installation, Nauman concentrates less on the development of a characteristic style and more on the way in which a process or activity can transform or become a work of art. A survey of his diverse output demonstrates the alternately political, prosaic, spiritual, and crass methods by which Nauman examines life in all its gory details, mapping the human arc between life and death. The text from an early neon work proclaims: “The true artist helps the world by revealing mystic truths.” Whether or not we—or even Nauman—agree with this statement, the underlying subtext of the piece emphasizes the way in which the audience, artist, and culture at large are involved in the resonance a work of art will ultimately have. Nauman lives in New Mexico.
- 4 images and / or video/sound clips of artwork
- a link to an interview with the artist or a review
http://www.pbs.org/art21/artists/nauman/clip1.html
- link to gallery representing artist
http://www.speronewestwater.com/cgi-bin/iowa/index.html
- artist website
Highlight an artist of interest that relates to your work. Provide the following information:
- Artist Biography and brief explanation of work (can use quotes from critics or galleries)
Born in 1941 in Fort Wayne, Indiana, Bruce Nauman has been recognized since the early 1970s as one of the most innovative and provocative of America’s contemporary artists. Nauman finds inspiration in the activities, speech, and materials of everyday life. Confronted with “What to do?” in his studio soon after graduating from the University of Wisconsin, Madison, in 1964 with a BFA, and then the University of California, Davis in 1966 with an MFA, Nauman had the simple but profound realization that “If I was an artist and I was in the studio, then whatever I was doing in the studio must be art. At this point art became more of an activity and less of a product.” Working in the diverse mediums of sculpture, video, film, printmaking, performance, and installation, Nauman concentrates less on the development of a characteristic style and more on the way in which a process or activity can transform or become a work of art. A survey of his diverse output demonstrates the alternately political, prosaic, spiritual, and crass methods by which Nauman examines life in all its gory details, mapping the human arc between life and death. The text from an early neon work proclaims: “The true artist helps the world by revealing mystic truths.” Whether or not we—or even Nauman—agree with this statement, the underlying subtext of the piece emphasizes the way in which the audience, artist, and culture at large are involved in the resonance a work of art will ultimately have. Nauman lives in New Mexico.
- 4 images and / or video/sound clips of artwork
- a link to an interview with the artist or a review
http://www.pbs.org/art21/artists/nauman/clip1.html
- link to gallery representing artist
http://www.speronewestwater.com/cgi-bin/iowa/index.html
- artist website
Thursday, November 13, 2008
Thursday post 11/13/08
* Did anyone critique your work this week? If so, what were their impressions?
Stephen Vitello did. He thought my sound was interesting and engaging- as it pulled and eluded at his attention. The two images he wished were separated. He found the pairing good and found the tension between the two good but we agreed that subtly trying to engergizing both sides a little more might be a good thing. Drew a comparison to Bruce nauman. On the whole he brought up similar but very different concerns and most of all different reads. His sound system is better and let my soundtrack really come through.
* What was the most motivational or creative moment of the past week?
Listening to the binaural recording I made of a midnight parade on election night.
* What do you want to achieve in next week's studio practice?
Figure out all the FINAL CUT export problems and have something that looks even better….oh yeah and shot some more…..and edit….anything else? Maybe. Just feel productive.
* What did you achieve in your studio this past week?
Re shot new sequence in video successfully tried to edit based on a suggestion- jumpcuts instead of smooth transitions.
* What has been an artistic failure this week?
1.Jumpcuts didn’t work the way I feel they should with the piece.
2. Computer can’t handel all of this
* What was the most profound thought in relation to your practice this week?
Finished Election night piece.
* If there was a visiting artist this week, what is your impression of their work and process in relation to your own?
NA
- Post 1 picture, video, etc. of your choice
Stephen Vitello did. He thought my sound was interesting and engaging- as it pulled and eluded at his attention. The two images he wished were separated. He found the pairing good and found the tension between the two good but we agreed that subtly trying to engergizing both sides a little more might be a good thing. Drew a comparison to Bruce nauman. On the whole he brought up similar but very different concerns and most of all different reads. His sound system is better and let my soundtrack really come through.
* What was the most motivational or creative moment of the past week?
Listening to the binaural recording I made of a midnight parade on election night.
* What do you want to achieve in next week's studio practice?
Figure out all the FINAL CUT export problems and have something that looks even better….oh yeah and shot some more…..and edit….anything else? Maybe. Just feel productive.
* What did you achieve in your studio this past week?
Re shot new sequence in video successfully tried to edit based on a suggestion- jumpcuts instead of smooth transitions.
* What has been an artistic failure this week?
1.Jumpcuts didn’t work the way I feel they should with the piece.
2. Computer can’t handel all of this
* What was the most profound thought in relation to your practice this week?
Finished Election night piece.
* If there was a visiting artist this week, what is your impression of their work and process in relation to your own?
NA
- Post 1 picture, video, etc. of your choice
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