Quotidian

Quotidian

Video Artists

1. Rachel Rose
I thought Rachel's work was both visually appealing and inspiring. I found her website where all of her exhibitions were listed and went through her many exhibitions. She is driven by a sense of mortality and how history plays into that. My favorite is a video titled "A Minute Ago." Shown in one still is a quaint but seemingly pretty garden, with the words "Where nothing was left." I think Rose really sets up her imagery for the viewer to think whatever in the world they wish to think. All of the still images visually compliment one another very well in for.

2. Dan Graham
I watched Graham's Performer/Audience/Mirror. The video was shot in 1975 in black and white and you can see Graham as the vocal point addressing the entire audience. As he moves around he different ways he verbalizes this and explains it to his audience. As he continues moving in various ways he explains what he is seeing as he does so.

3. Joan Jonas
Joan Jonas is one of the most important females artists to emerge from the 1960s. I watched a thirty second clip of Joan holding a piece of reflective glass to her face. The piece is titled Leftside Rightside, as she shows the viewer each side of her face through the glass. The video was done in black and white. Jonas expresses a rather serious facial expression the whole time.

4. Gary Hill
Gary Hill had an extremely powerful influence on video art, and truly pioneered much of this medium. I watched his seven and a half minute video called "Black White Text" which was created in 1980. Throughout the whole video you can her who I assume to be Gary Hill say rectangle. The background is black and as the video progresses more and more white rectangles appear. Eventually, all you can see is the blending of black and white. The space travels further and further back, and there is a certain abrasiveness to her tone of voice and use of the rectangles. I am reminded of being confined to one space, the video makes you very uneasy.

5. Ryan Trecartin
Ryan Trecartin is an American film maker and artist living in Los Angeles. However, he went to school on the east coast at Rhode Island School of Design and even worked with Tyler. I watched a more popular video of his titled I-BE AREA. Most of the video is two girls talking to another two girls. However, two of the girls are painted and dressed obscurely while the two others are seemingly normal. The video has very distinct, often emotionally triggering sounds.

Final

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E40sKjAQyOE

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The Aesthetics Of Narcissism

Technology has provided us with many advances, but perhaps one of the most interesting ones of them all is the advancements made with video and film in the arts. Film in comparison to to a painting or a drawing provides the viewer with much more to analyze and look at. A painting allows the viewer to examine its brush strokes for example, but in film it becomes a different ground for analyzing a piece of artwork. Additionally, the human body becomes the focus point for the viewer, along with everything they interpret mentally and physically. As a result of this, the viewer can analyze themselves through what the character goes through. The viewer will internalize everything seen through the camera and relate it to themselves depending on what they may be experiencing through that time.

As a result of this, one can argue that these factors allow someone to experience feelings that are related to narcissism. If we compare a viewer that is looking at a painting instead of film, these feelings can be different because it becomes more difficult for the viewer to understand themselves through a painting. A viewer watching film centers themselves on the main character of the film along with everything that happens around them. This is achieved through different angles of filming. The camera becomes the key part of this process.

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Sketch Up // House

Walter Benjamin // Homework 3

I find Water Benjamin very interesting and important for a few reasons.

As a believer in progression and technology, it was only inevitable for the tech boom to occur. As a result, technology filtered it's way in the arts. I find visuals, especially photographs  and video to be immensely useful and powerful to reach an audience. Photographs trigger oneself through almost an idyllic nostalgic sense. This allows the view to be vulnerable to emotions and different ways of thinking.

Additionally, the advancements made in technology allow a much larger audience to view and understand work. Throughout societies, people learn from one another. This can be almost a good or bad thing depending on the way we look at it. This holds society responsible for what we take notice to. We, together, must be mindful of this as we learn in what we know, ensuring our morals match to what our minds choose to view, through both photographs, or any digital imaging.

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Sugar // Article

Sugar has filtered its way into all aspects of our lives. The extent to which this has grown is due to the overwhelming spread and manipulation of how corporations have grown. To me, the problem isn't the consumption of the sugar, but the extent to which it is consumed due to a capitalist minded society.  Years ago, there were less and less options for sugary foods, snacks and cereals. Today, going to the grocery store means shuffling through aisles of sugary snacks. Consumers need to be mindful of this, and enjoy sugar in moderation.

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Homework // 2

There are definite truths to what Noam Chomsky advocates for. Chomsky identifies as a libertarian socialist. In today's world, we rely on the media to give us our information at a rapid pace, but often we forget about how reliable the information can be. We often forget about how the government influences what we watch and people should become aware of what they are reading and watching. Noam Chomsky reminds us to question what we are reading and why we are reading it, and challenges us to question the media.

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Homework // 2

From the article, I found it really interesting to read about ethics vs. aesthetics.
While ethics are what we deem good or bad looking, based off of a set of moral values, aesthetics deal more with the nature of beauty, along with their art form and taste.

I find this intriguing, because I find that often, both of these concepts are very much related. Often, society sets a standard for what is deemed good of bad looking - they kind of set a standard for what good aesthetic is, which as a result creates the rules of ethics.

As time progresses, ideas and concepts will slowly change as generations come and go. This is a slow, gradual process of defining what aesthetics mean for a culture, which as a result, creates the groundwork for their ethics.

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My-Called Opinions // Response

I found this article to be very interesting. 

Currently, as a young eighteen year old, I find myself challenging social norms... otherwise known as social constructs. I feel this way because I do not believe there should be one "right" way to live, or rather, one specific standard of what to like, or how to like it, or in the most basic terms, how to live. 

So to me, aspects of pluralism do sound like a good idea. Certainly, there will always be differences between groups of people, whether it is within our culture or religion, or economic situation... or even  just how we have been wired as human beings. Regardless of our differences, there is certainly beauty to be found inside of them. Recently this summer, I traveled to Nicaragua with a social enterprise/non-profit called The Pulsera Project. In the most simple of terms, the project employs Nicaraguans to make pulseras...(which is just spanish for bracelet) while having fair working conditions and wages. Nicaraguans can then support their families and live a more sustainable life. Additionally, it helps to educate US American students and teachers on Nicaraguan culture, which makes it a cultural exchange. There was a lot to be learned on this trip, but an overall message was that one way of life, one culture is not better than another. There are always strengths and weaknesses to both, there are always different pieces we can take from both to fill in the gaps that both sides hold. So, while this is an example of the larger scale of things (when we're talking about two very different countries,) the same thing can be said for the everyday people here in the United States. 

While I think there are certainly importances to pluralism, because clearly, at the core of it all, we are all just humans trying to make it through our days, we should be able to recognize the differences of one another we are faced with to better ourselves as an entire society, rather than putting everyone in one category. If we can be okay, and content with the differences of one another, without passing judgement, and having humility together as a society, we can grow more together. In the end,  although it may not be the easiest, we will still come to a point of understanding. This understanding will continue to grow society, and as time progresses, we will come closer and closer together. 

-What is your previous computer experience?

I have experience on my macbook pro, and learned how to use a computer on a mac. I've used iPhoto for my photography in high school. I have a general feel overall for computers but could definitely use more experience for creating on a computer.

-What do you hope to get out of this class?

I hope to feel confident in creating different types of digital imaging on my mac.

-What is the relationship between computers and visual studies?

With technology progressing at a rapid rate, computers have almost become our main way of looking at and understanding things visually. While it should not be the only way in which we do that, we use computers all the time, and they have become our window into the visual world around us: for better or for worse.

-What is your relationship with photoshop and illustrator?

I have no experience with illustrator, but some with photoshop for editing my photographs.

-Do you have a computer at home, if so photoshop and illustrator?

Yes, I have my macbook pro at home. It does not have illustrator but it has photoshop. 


My favorite artist is Frida Kahlo. She not only inspires me as an incredible artist, but as a person with both her strong beliefs and ideas towards sexuality, morals, and philosophy. 

My favorite musician is Mac Demarco, but I enjoy many different types of bands and music. Right now I am really into sounds that were popular in the 80s, as it seems to be making a comeback in the underground music scene.

This past summer, I travelled to Nicaragua with a social enterprise called the Pulsera Project. Nicaragua is a whole different world, visually and culturally and it was very stimulating being thrown into the mix of the two.