Miles the Great

Miles is adorable. He makes me miss my doggy.... Yup.

Performance Art

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gLX2Lk2tdcw

While not a video of the actual performance, this always has had an impact on me because of how gullible and clueless people can be.

Article Notes - Feb 24 2014

Body Issues in Performance Art: Between Theory and Praxis

• Performance art is based on culture
• Only meaning give actions a purpose, a performance without meaning would have no impact and possibly become a joke
• Both the performer and the spectator are dependent on each other
• Performance does not mean the actual body of the performer has to move, sometimes the lack of movement is just as powerful as movement itself
• Performance art is becoming more oriented towards communication and globalization 
• Art is not something that that can be imposed on man like other things in life, it is a voluntary experience
• Performance art is one of the few forms of art that cannot exist without the human form
• In order for performance art to be accessible and tolerable a performer must never be artificial or pretentious
• Performance art is unique in the way that not only does it have an individual meaning and purpose but it can be interpreted and through of in many other ways depending on your perspective. 

Homework Notes - Monday February 17

Video Art by Sylvia Martin

• Video art truly emerged in the 1960's
• Video is an instant turned into hours in front of a computer watching, editing, and re-watching
• 1983 saw the introduction of the camcorder 
• 1997 saw the digital camera
• Since the introduction of the digital camera the field of video art has been in constant evolution
• There is an ever growing and varied number of ideas about what video art should be about, with ideas ranging from the human body, action art to the mundane. 
• Video art is not entirely about the video itself and often is just a part in a much larger plan or idea. 
• Video art is unique in the way that it can be combined with so many other different forms of art.
• Unlike other art forms however, video art is an explicitly time based medium. 
• Early v.a. was often recorded in real time, where as new technology emerged editing and splicing of video became more common place.

Stop Motion Project

Stop Motion project is complete!

Hope you enjoy my video!