Koye- Performance Project

    When thinking off performance, I thought of using something that would construct a lot of emotion from my viewer. I had to draw on the emotion of my viewer without necessarily narrating what the story line was about. So I thought of something that occurs everyday that we as people are not aware about. The video should draw on the empathy of the viewer because of the fact that they feel that they can't do anything about the situation but it would also be nice to see a range of reactions to the video. The video above is a short performance that has been readjusted from the original, which was of a birthday boy in tears from no one showing up to his birthday because he wasn’t cool enough. On the other hand the video above is more abstract and the whole subject of birthday has been taken out of it. It would illustrate the oppressed, the depressed and those who are put down. The idea is to show the things that happen behind closed doors and show the emotions of what the oppressed feel. Now that there is no more birthday aspect to the video, it would still be fun to see if the audience would still react with empathy for the character in the performance.

Anri Sala

Read this article (with pictures and video within the article):

http://we-make-money-not-art.com/archives/2012/01/anri-sala-absolut-art-award.php#.UI7izvlERdo

Thinking back to Anri Sala's video from the Point of View series (the horse standing by the side of the road, where you see the horse's eye for a fraction of a second), how is this video similar to other works that he has created?

Pipilotti Rist

Please read the highlighted sections of the article on Blackboard. The article discusses Rist's work in general, and also makes reference to the video "Ever is Over All." What are the similarities between Rist's piece for the Point of View series (the video we saw in class, "I Want to See How You See, or a Portrait of Cornelia Providoli") and Ever is Over All?

Reflection to Pipliotti Reading.

I found the way the writer described her pieces of performance art to be quite alluring; it made me want to see them. The way he describes them as having all of these different strange and mythological concepts, with outrageous actions and engaging details, it seems like something I have never seen before, and when he includes her quotes about feminism and the pain of heartbreak, it makes me wonder how she conveys all of it at once in a space.

The Engaging Conversationalist by Frank Lawrence

A conversation, by nature, is two sided.  Most conversations are viewed from the outside with someone physically hearing and seeing all parties.  The obvious exceptions being telephone conversations, conversations taking place through thin walls, etc.  Yet, whenever we see a conversation in person but not both parties are visible, it seems odd.  I involved confusion and frustration in the conversation I had with my friends in the common room because the emotions felt by the two girls not in the shot simply have to be speculated by the exasperation in their voice and not in the physical cues we often look for.  I wanted to examine how easily it would be to figure out exactly what the two other characters in the conversation were feeling solely through their voice.  Also, I figured it would be interesting to see whether or not the viewer of the film felt uncomfortable or awkward simply because they’re not used to seeing one side of a conversation in person.  I wanted to leave the viewer with a sense of want for the two other girls in the video to enter the shot.

Isabella: Performance, Feet and Hands dance

Neds Performance art

Derb's Reflection

For this project I wanted to create a natural scene of childhood in comparison to adulthood. As adults we do what we must so we can live a fulfilled and happy life from the tools we took as children and from our educators. As children we constantly discover, imagine and create things that are new and complex to our childlike minds and simple to the developed mind of an adult. When I was young I never wanted to go inside and I suppose that is one reason why school was such a challenging thing to be apart of once I left the fifth grade and we stopped going to recess. Being a college student I am discovering the work world and how people live in this beautiful world and yet we choose to tuck ourselves away and not be apart of it. There are all kinds of clues in these videos of the messages I want to send; the beautiful environment, the mask (molding into society), the strange tutu (childhood dress up games), the box I crawl into at the end being opened but barred, and more to see. 

Fearey Runner Girl Final

Fearey Runner Girl Draft

Jason's Fianl Take Two

In my final video you see me trying different chairs. The first few do not suit me and they do not feel comfortable so I go on trying until I get to the last one which I actually like and decide to stay in. Although the chairs are visually the dominant element in the video, it is not really about the chairs. I use them as a metaphor for what I really want to say.

I created this video to make a social critique and show the difficulties one might have to find the right spot within society. Sometimes a certain place, surrounding or group of people simply does not suit you and it feels uncomfortable, just like a chair. If it does not fit, it is time to move on and find the right chair (place) for you. In addition, the framing of my video underlines this intention. I am not always completely visible and parts of me are missing, just as if one I do not feel complete when my surrounding is not "comfortable". To sum up, I am trying to show the process of finding my right spot in this society.

Derbs Performance- My Friend Kate.mov

Derbs Performance- the job.mov

Group Sound Project Proposal: Isabella, Jackie, Francis, Marissa

Group Sound Project Artist Statement:

Isabella, Jackie, Francis, Marissa

In this sound project we wanted to combine the experiences of the outdoors and the indoors. We took recordings from outside, such as simple nature sounds, laughing and stomping, and water sounds, and also took a couple minor recordings, like a monotone humming sound, and a sharp, loud banging noise. As a setting for the display of the project, we chose a bathroom. We thought it would be apt for our project because a bathroom is essentially a contrast to nature. Our project represents the dichotomy between nature and the postindustrial world. 

Group Sound Project

Frank, Ned, Nick

Location:
Houghton House Student Lounge

Visuals:
Simple sign saying sit back and enjoy the lounge near the vending machines at the entrance to the lounge

Concept:
Our group sound project is a play on the concept of a lounge. In most peoples mind a lounge is a place to sit down, relax, chat with friends, etc... Even the word lounge is a verb meaning to pass time idly. By placing a series of obnoxious and irritating noises in a lounge, we can completely destroy the effectiveness of the room to create a relaxing space. By making construction noises from behind a closed door, playing the sound of running water in the sink, and hearing a lawnmower pass by the window, the room will become a place where it is not easy to sit and lounge. Our Project will also get a lot of attention because of its location. During the art show people will fill this room to get there coffee, to sit and discuss the pieces they have seen or just because there lost. For this installation we are using 5 speakers to create an altered view of the lounge in Houghton House.

Nick Tran Project 3 Final Video

FirstTry

Final
http://youtu.be/J9waX3-ezdc
First Try
http://youtu.be/OMHqDqm7lyY

Melissa Rice Original Clip and Revised

In the first video, that was original clip with the stick figures. I had decided when I was going to revise it that I didn't want to use the white board idea anymore. I headed to staples and found the toy clock that reminded me of my childhood when learning time. I moved the big hand clockwise for a little while and then I switched hands and went counterclockwise. I like my reivsed video a little more, even though it is much more simplier. In a sense it creates the reminensent feelings with childhood when you would just fool around with the big clock. 

Torie's performance video

This is the rough draft video

This is the edited version 

Artist statement:  For my performance video, I wanted to create a simple scene with a non-distracting background.  I decided to place a chair in the center of the symmetrical space between the closets in my dorm room.  Once I set the scene and angled the camera the way that I wanted to I started to work out what my performance was going to be.  I wanted to create an entertaining and humorous video.  At first, I put my running shoes on and took them off again.  This created the allusion that I was getting ready to go for a run, but then not going.  For my final video I decided to push this idea even further, which made it more humorous.  I decided to put my shoes on, tie them, stretch, and then proceed to eat a bag of chips.  I did the exact opposite of what the viewer originally thought I was going to do.    

PROJECT STATEMENT

               For this project, I tried to create an abstract video art using water and food dyes.  With the characteristics of abstract art, this video used colors and forms that do not depict a person, place or thing in the natural world.  I also believe that colors can provoke emotion.  The water is the symbol for a person and the colors are the symbols for some of the moods or emotions that that person can have.  I believe red can be seen as angry, unhappy.  Blue can be viewed as warm, happy and comfortable.  A person can either be happy or angry, that is why red and blue are the 2 main colors in the project.

Jaon's Remake of Performance Video

Jason's Performance videos

Melissa Rice statement about performance

In these videos I filmed myself doing a various things. In my video that I showed to the class I had filmed a white board and two stick figures conversing about mundane things and then a rain cloud appears and washes away the boy figure, yet the girl was able to think to use an umbrella and she is saved. My revision for that video, I decided to do something totally different and I am going to use a video where I was at staples and I used a learning clock and it shows my hands turning the time different ways then it ends looking at the clock.

Isabella Rowe, Performance, Artist Statement

My videos are small windows into my private life. They are examples of what I may do when I know people aren’t watching me. I wanted to capture these usually censored moments in video. Some of what I do is strange and some of what I do is carefree and comical. I find that the things that I do when people are not around are the most spontaneous, and I wonder sometimes why it is that I do those things at all. On the other hand, the videos I made are simply experimental, artistic representations of what I think and feel, while reflective of my daily life. Examples of these things are making my feet and hands move in silly ways, playing with the objects on my desk, arranging and rearranging them, and staring out the window and then finding my reflection.  When I was filming I was aware that these moments would be somewhat staged, but I found that it still felt pretty natural doing them.