- 9 Evenings: Theatre and Engineering
- E.A.T.
- Sputnik
- The Two Cultures and the Scientific Revolution
- Allan Kaprow's
- Billy Klüver
- Rauschenberg
- John Cage
- "Intermedia"
- Fluxus
- Happenings
- Performances
- Pepsi-Cola
- Singer
- The War in Vietnam and an Economic Recession
- Artists Cooperation Program
Monday, April 22, 2024
Post #19 - Reading and GRQ - Anne Collins Goodyear Launching "Hybrid Practices" in the 1960's on the Perils and Promise of Art and Technology
Post #18 - Lecture - Electronic Media and Performance
This is the age of digital innovation. Experimental film brings on creativity and almost has no limits as the guidelines are so abstract. The Witches Cradle in a 16mm unfinished and silent example of experimental film. Surrealist film shows repetitive imagery fashioned weirdly. Kaprow developed Happenings which was the forerunner for performance art. Pollocks work was instrumental in Kaprows. Ephemeral art by Boyce is a type that lasts for a short period of time and isn't preserved, like the art piece "fluids" by Kaprow. Marta is a pioneer of performance art and does atypical things. Experimental TV where people made video art, and Multimedia installations which used many forms of media. TV Interruptions is an installation for the TV. Mixed media art uses multiples types of media/materials that is not electronic. Video art, like Violas "Martyrs" envelop the viewer in image and sound. Orlan, who got many surgeries did it while awake as a manifesto to carnal art. First computers were developed for a tool, then they became used for a medium. Bellamy created AI art with computer. Dada, conceptual, and fluxus had an influence on computer art.
Wednesday, April 17, 2024
Quiz 3
- Futurism
- Giacomo Balla
- Constructivism
- Supremacist
- Supremacism
- Bauhaus
- Hugo Ball
- Retinal Art
- cabaret Voltaire
- Readymades
- Postmodernists
- Combine
- Joseph Beuys
- Etienne Jules Marey
- Muybridge
- Louis Le Prince
- Kinetograph
- Kinetoscope
- Cinematograph
- Mechanical TV
- Electronic TV
- Sensors
- Experimental
- Surrealist
Sunday, April 14, 2024
Post #17 - Reading and GRQ - Thompson and Bordwell - Film and Video History || Kate Horsfield - Busting the Tube
GRQ:
- Richter
- Ruttmann
- Rene Clair's
- Germaine Dulac
- Cinéma pur or "Pure Cinema"
- City Symphony
- Vertical Cinema
- Film Lyric
- Maya Deren
- Norman McLaren
- Brakhage
- Bruce Conner
- Visualizing Effects
- Non-Linear Editing Software
- Portable Camera
- Feedback
Discussion:
When it comes to technology and media, it is highly likely that I spend around 8 hours in front of a screen. It could be a TV, computer, my phone, a camera, or even the one in the car. there are so many screens around us that we see everyday, and they are very hard to avoid. As a student, a lot of my work is done through a screen so that adds to the hours that I am required to be behind a screen. However, in my free time, I like to relax, that could be by watching TV or occasionally playing on my Xbox. In doing that, it adds to my screen time, which doesn't help, but I believe that as time goes on and things get more advanced, we are going to rely on technology more and more. I recently attended something and one of the people in charge were like "phones are a problem, they are like a sickness". I don't disagree.
Saturday, April 13, 2024
Post #16 - Lecture - Film, Tv, & Video
Electronic media is any media that uses electricity and include pieces that use neon, LED, films, RAM, barcodes, etc. Telegraph by Henry Morse was invented in 1844 as a fast way to spread word. In 1901 the first wireless telegraph was invented by Marconi. In Orsen Wells' radio broadcast brought on a lot of experimentation with tripod sound. Telephones were invented in 1876, and radio was born in 1909. Baird invented the first mechanical television. Cathode Ray Tube made television possible in 1927. The CRT is linked to causing major health risks from long-term exposure. Benjamin was suspicious over film, TV, and Photography. Many Americans and people think the video of the moon lading is fake and that the event was a hoax. The Digital Revolution occurred in the 1950s-1970s. Digital technology has continued to advance and has become dominant. The DLP Cinema projector technology was first demonstrated in 1999 on Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace.

Monday, April 8, 2024
Performance Art Discussion
In our piece Horrors that Lead to Obesity, where we targeted the issue of obesity, we had many components to get the point of unhealthy eating across and how to fix it. To do this, I was up front tearing apart and tried to show off the horrors within the Aussie Grill AG OG Chicken Sandwich. Although I wanted to walk around and really show off the issues with the sandwich, but with the sauce, crumbs, and grease we didn't want to make a mess, and ruin the room. Everyone would have needed gloves to touch it. In doing this, we realized how much grease and unhealthy elements are attached tot he sandwich, the breading, the mayo, the bread, and all the oils. Then once it was the end, we found out how many calories Quin burned and he would have to run 24 laps around the track to burn a typical sandwich. Many of us do not do that. Alongside the dialogue that went with the flow of the scenario, the topic of obesity was brought to attention through the disgusting facts and horrific sandwich.
Thursday, April 4, 2024
Post #15 - Reading, GRQ, and Discussion - Arson and Mansfields Modern Art Excepts
GRQ:
- Cubist-Based Art
- Faktura
- Dada
- Futurist
- Tatlin
- Tatlin's
- Gabo
- Stepanova
- Chance
- Le Concert Bruitiste
- Kinetic
- "Art into Life"
- Readymade
- Light, Space, and Motion
- Industry
- Machinery, Machinery
Discussion: Chance Art
In the creation of our piece "Childhood Remembrance 2.0" we found it important to portray the styles of dada art where we left it simply to chance. In order to do that we ripped up the construction paper in random ways without thinking as another aspect of leaving it to chance. Then once all of the paper was ripped, we glued the paper then threw the paper and pressed it down, once the whole paper was covered, we picked it up and shook the loose paper off. Then we restarted the process until we got to where we are now. For an artwork purely created by chance it came out to look super abstract. It was very interesting to see where the paper would land and then stay for the final result. Dada is a rather random art form which I believe can be art because even if you shut your brain off, there is still artistic characteristics of the piece.
Video:
Post #14 - Lecture - Dada - Sculpture and Relative Movements
This era started as a calling for futurism that originally started in France in 1909 and revived in 1914. Futurism by Marinetti glorified technology of the automobile, its speed, movement, and power. Boccioni took actions and made sculptures of unique forms like "Unique forms of continuity of space" in 1913. "Dynamism of a Dog on a Leash" is a spotlight on the type of pictures captured in chronophotographic studies which created the look of motion. The Art of Noises by Russolo focused on the range of different sound effects in musical compositions which led him to create instruments like intonarumori. Futurism had a focus on war and it was big to others when Mussolini joined in. Rayonism was an art form that embraced being able to paint what we see but keep it abstract. Its goal was to create the world beyond the human eye. Supremitism was when there was a focus on the fundamentals of geometry and painted in limited colors, like the Black Square by Malevich. Constructivism focused on the importance of industrial materials and function. Tatlin was known as the father of constructivism and was a part of the futurist movement, he created pieces like "Corner Counter Relief". Sculptures from this time had negative space built into the design like in Tatlin's Tower. Henry Moore was influenced by many of these movements in order to create an abstract sculpture like "Reclining Woman". The BauHaus was also important because their mission was to create functional art in a unique and art-like way, known as "useful art". Kinetic construction such as the "Standing Wave" by Gabo created an illusion by twisting a 3D shape, the steel rod. Futurists wanted to demonstrate the illusion of movement. Dada art is a movement where nonsense and subversion played a part. The movement started in 1915 and a man named Hugo Ball just wanted art with his own rhythm, which is how performance art was brought up. It is not so much a performance, but is something that is absurd with no planning involved. An example is Warhol eating a Burger King burger, with the message that anyone can have it. It has a purpose to it. Tzara is considered the founder of Dada art. Dadaism is known for the humor, an example is Mona Lisa with a mustache. Dada was influenced by past movements like Cubism, Expressionism, etc. Then there is chance art where it is created by chance, no planning, just done by what happens. Dada art is limitless. Art didn't have to be nice, it could be a protest, like Duchamp and his Fountain piece where his statement was "anything can be art". He also came up with Conceptual Art or "art of the mind" where you had to think about it. Also his idea of Readymades, they were typical objects that could be bought and presented as art after little manipulation. Greenberg didn't like that. Bricolage was created by a range of available things. Surrealism in the 1920's didn't need to be created by rational thinking. Dadaism and Surrealism were important for the 20th century, as dada artists shifted to surrealists. The Anti-modernist movement consisted of people like Andy Warhol or Marina Abramovic. She would have no boundaries and would sit and see what people would do with her. Appropriation was when they took old art and recycled it, like David and Ronald McDonald or Starry Night appropriation. Postmodernism combined painting and sculpture. Fluxus art wanted everyone to be able to do art.
Post #19 - Reading and GRQ - Anne Collins Goodyear Launching "Hybrid Practices" in the 1960's on the Perils and Promise of Art and Technology
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