Project 4 Update

I have been having trouble with this project for a while, trying to carry the fluxus influence through my work. The way I understand it to be, is that the fluxus movement is art that is accessible to everyone and can be seen through the everyday.
Because of this, I decided that I wanted to explore my daily movements and everyday life. I want the audience to have a connection with what I feel on the daily, and be able to interpret it. The idea I have behind the experimental video is documenting through physical movements the common feelings I have throughout a normal day. I'm not sure if I want to create any voice commentaries or not.

Project 4 update

Feeling a lot better since Monday's info. circle. I'm pretty sure I'm veering more to the idea of simply having people dress me; I feel that were I to try and add my own self into the mix as a personified mind that voices my thoughts and emotions, it would distract from the movements of the actual act of being dressed. Hopefully I will be able to get the point across of my moods based on my facial expressions of whether or not I enjoy my submission.

Project 4 in progress report

I'm feeling a lot better about the project now that I discussed it with the class. I'm definitely broadening it from just shoes, I just have to come up with enough ideas )along the lines of pouring water into rainboots) to fulfill the time requirement. Right now I'm keeping a list as I come up with it to film after class, but I can't say what they are because you, as the audience, are supposed to be caught off guard.

Project 4 - Update

Okay so I'm feeling better about this project now that I have a clear idea. I feel better because I'm not questioning myself as much and I also get to have that audience participation that I want. Remember my artist inspiration is Yoko Ono especially her "Cut Piece" performance. Right now I'm still planning everything to make sure I capture the right moment. I'm planning the camera angles, places I will record, questions about myself that I want my audience to answer, how I will act during the performance. As a reminder I want strangers to write on sticky notes their first impression of me and then place the sticky note on my body. I want to have the planning down before I go out there to do the performance, without preparation I may not have the outcome that I want. I'm making sure everything is in place so this project and performance will be successful.

Reading Response: The Death of the Author

I did not enjoy this reading, it was a little hard for me to understand. Or rather I understood it but disagree with it. I believe the author can do whatever they want and the work will not loose it's "spark." The article states things like "the Author is supposed to feed the book." To me the author can distance himself from the story because they are creating something that may not be real and they may not put there all into it but they may have certain "writing skills" and can create this creative work without trying. The same goes for if you put your all into a work it could be undesirable. The article also states, "once the Author is gone, the claim to “decipher” a text becomes quite useless."  Why? there is still a story being told, there is still something there to be understood. The biggest disagreement is to this statement of the reading, "once the Author is discovered, the text is explained." We as people change, our creativity changes, and our work changes. It may be one work but you could be going through so much that it can have several different "vibes" from it. My question is who is the author, there are so many thoughts that it may feel like there are multiple people. Does this lessen the work? Or if there is a painful experience that you have lost that desire to put your all into the work and you distance yourself is it still worthless. I just believe that anyone can create art with a spark because no one can define art. No one can define that "spark" in the work. I believe that as long as you create it and put it out there for the world to see that "spark" is always there it's just up to the audience to decide when they will except it. Society loves the work of many artist who are dead because we can create in our own mind that connection between the artist and there work. When in reality no one even knows the true person who created it work their thoughts behind it. We give the work an author for our own satisfaction.

In-Progress: Project 4

This project is challenging, but I'm feeling good about it.  This seems to be turning into a statement on the fashion industry to create a vision of the contemporary woman that ignores what is natural, and favors what is fabricated and camouflaged. All of the photos and video were uploaded into Final Cut Pro, and it turns out there is more than enough to work with my 1 look, so now I have to edit it and enhance it.  The transformation is detailed enough so that it feels like a few separate looks.  There are a couple of times in the video where it looks like the video will end, but depending on which direction I play the video, the look keeps being added to or subtracted from.
    The sound will consist of beauty tips I find in online tutorials or in fashion magazines to tie the subject of beauty and perfection into a unified piece.  I plan to put a filter on the sound, perhaps to make the the human voice sound inhuman to illustrate an unattainable strain of perfection, and to gradually layer the sound so the viewer is assaulted with 10 beauty tips at once.

Progress Report - Wed Class

Last week I posted two ideas for my project 4, and after I talked with Su I decided to do the second one.

The idea is talk about the different beauties in everyday life. I was imagining that some shots for different types of beauty, and what is beautiful for one person, can't be for another one. The main idea is to capture many personal expressions, like: laughing, singing, crying...!

And for this ideas I have some examples:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8cCFDSzDnUk

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=litXW91UauE

http://vimeo.com/50251576

The important thing for this project is see human expressions and that all types of beauty are beautiful!!

The Death of the Author Response

I really enjoyed this reading and the whole concept of what is written has been revealed. The article states that reading is best when the author is ambiguous and allows your readers to many interpretations. After reading this article, I could relate it directly to the Art, and think that the artist does not need to take viewers to understand the way he wants, but several possible interpretations. And that applies directly to our projects and our classes.

Death of the Author

I found the article very inspiring. Barthes's work definitely honed in on a topic that is more prevalent than people are aware of. This idea of having an assumption or preconceived notion of an article or topic, or any given information based solely on the author or source, rather than the information given to you. It is a similar topic I tried to engage in one of my projects, about creating a dissonance between a creator or a source and its creation. Barthes's believes we as viewers should move away from such thought processes, and eliminate his/her need to categorize an element based on all surrounding aspects and elements. We are meant to not fully comprehend the thoughts of a writer for "...assign[ing] a single, corresponding interpretation [...] 'is to impose a limit [...].'"

The Death of the Author

I think the reading is interesting--it claims that the main part or writing, the "locus," is "reading." It suggests that writing is best when the author is ambiguous. When the author tries to force himself or herself to be separate from the narrative (tries to maybe identify themself or make it clear that they are not involved in the story, that they are simply an "Author-God" and not, in fact, a character), the story loses some of its "passion" that the original content lacks. The author, interestingly enough, also references the Greek tragedy, and the utilization of ambiguous language. I think the passage is interesting, as it brings to mind something I feel like I've always thought but never really put into words or consciously put much thought into. I agree that oftentimes stories written with a certain perspective lack that emotion, and that I tend to prefer stories that are more immersed in the content rather than the storytelling.

Practice Video: Project 4

Practice Video: Project 4

In Process

Two fluxus artist that I became really interested in were Ben Vautier and Yoko Ono. The style of their work is really interesting and I would like to do similar things as them with including others in the art but use the idea of surveillance art without their knowledge such as Doug Rickard and Michael Kleir's. The idea I want to focus on is surveilling people without their knowledge. I have found that we all people watch, which a weird but common habit. So I want to focus on that aspect and concept in this video. For this I will sit in one place and examine what other people are doing. There is much more room left for this idea to expand but this is the start of my idea.

Surveillance Art:

http://mmcsurveyofnewmedia.wordpress.com/2012/12/17/curatorial-project-exploring-surveillance-art/

The death of the author

This article said a lot but the overall concept I got was that after a piece of work is created the interpretation is left solely to the viewer. The artist or "author" does not have the ability to correct or help the viewer to explain the work. This applies to many things, not just art.

The Death of The Author

From what I got out of the article, the purpose was to point out that after a work of art is produced, its power stems from the viewer, not the artist or author. I think this relates to everyone's work in that, yes, we are trying to convey an idea or a feeling, but ultimately the viewer is the final decider regardless of what explanation we give them. We, the creators, give up our rights once we present our work to the public.

Progress Report: Project 4

At first I was a little concerned about camera angles and perspective, but once I started filming, it didn't seem like such a huge obstacle. My only issue, I realize, will be filming from a low perspective to capture wet grass or puddles (which considering the great weather will have to be manmade) so as not to get the camera wet. but so far so good!

I did some more research on Fluxus and found better visual references.




Fluxkit, by George Maciunas 
 representative selection of these objects, and encompasses the range of forms in which Fluxus editions were issued: graphical scores for events, interactive boxes and games, journals and films. 


LED throwies are considered and example of Fluxus art.

Project 4 Research

For this project, I originally intended to work with making heavy objects appear light. Although I havent completely abandoned the idea, I am not entertaining the possibility of switching to mirror images. I'm still unsure of what to do for my project, although I did capture some video while home this weekend and I'm curious to see how a split-down-the-middle and mirrored effect would alter the video. Similarly, for my original concept, I may play with camera angles to make heavy objects appear light.

Project 4/ Fluxus Overview

From my past experience and knowledge I  remember that the Fluxus, and the movement they created dealt largely with the notion of being the "anti-art;" they wanted to completely disassociate themselves from the aesthetics and ideals that were categorized as art, and the generalized connotations that came with the term. Fluxus was an international movement, that housed the ideas for many composers, artists and designers, who all shared this common goal of exploring and experimenting with objects, styles and techniques, in creating new forms and meanings of what is art. They were heavily influenced and experimental with the use of sound and movement in pieces and design. A lot of the ideals stated by the Futurist group were also acknowledged by Fluxus artists.

for Project 4 i'm still unsure of what my subject will be. I feel like some of my ideas are so closely linked to those I've already done, and I'm having a hard time deciphering what is necessary to show in this project and how it differs from a theme I've already done.

My Ideas

• my own demons
• recreate my psychological everyday issues that i go through
• under the influence
•  fast forward of my day to day outfits based on external forces [persona, weather, friends] 

Fluxus Art

Unlike previous artistic movements, Fluxus sought to change the history of the world, not just the history of art. The persistent goal of most Fluxus artists was to destroy any boundary between art and life. George Maciunas especially wanted to, "purge the world of bourgeoisie sickness...." He stated that Fluxus was "anti-art," in order to underscore the revolutionary mode of thinking about the practice and process of art.

A central Fluxus tenet was to dismiss and mock the elitist world of "high art" and to find any way possible to bring art to the masses, much in keeping with the social climate of the 1960s. Fluxus artists used humor to express their intent and, along with Dada, Fluxus was one of the few art movements to use humor throughout history. Despite their playful attitude, Fluxus artists were serious about their desire to change the balance of power in the art world. Their irreverence for "high art" had an impact on the perceived authority of the museum to determine what, and who, constituted "art."

Fluxus art involved the viewer, relying on the element of chance to shape the ultimate outcome of the piece. The use of chance was also employed by Dada,Marcel Duchamp, and other performance art of the time, such as Happenings. Fluxus artists were most heavily influenced by the ideas of John Cage, who believed that one should embark on a piece without having a conception of the eventual end. It was the process of creating that was important, not the finished product.

"In Fluxus there has never been any attempt to agree on aims or methods; individuals with something unnamable in common have simply naturally coalesced to publish and perform their work. Perhaps this common thing is a feeling that the bounds of art are much wider than they have conventionally seemed, or that art and certain long established bounds are no longer very useful."

http://www.theartstory.org/movement-fluxus.htm

The Death of the Author Response

I found this article to be very interesting if not a little challenging to understand. I think what the author is trying to say is that the reader must separate the author from the writing. By linking the author and the writing together and saying the the writing has been influenced by the authors past and his life would be to immediately identify the work and to stereotype it upon first reading. Barthes insists on separating the two, but personally I do not think they can be completely separated. Most authors write from what they know and are inspired by the things surrounding them so how can a reader not sense this link with the author and his writing. I agree that perhaps we should not completely categorize the writing but leave room for other interpretations and to immediately assume the writing was one things could hinder us from seeing it as something else entirely, and may make the reader miss the writers point entirely. I do not really understand how this applies to my work, because I am looking and drawing inspiration for my art from my life and to view my art I believe is to view part of my life and my identity. I draw inspiration from what surrounds me and that can easily be seen but I do understand in separating myself from my art at least a little because it allows for a broader interpretation and more understanding from different people. If I were to make art that was just about myself and entirely inspired by what only I see then I would  be limiting myself as well as other and their understanding of the piece. 

Project Research

Fluxus:
Joseph Beuys: I like America and America Likes Me at the René Block Gallery in New York. The action actually began at Kennedy Airport, where friends wrapped him in felt and transported him to the gallery in an ambulance. Beuys then spent several days in a room with only a felt blanket, a flashlight, a cane that looked like a shepherd's staff, copies of the Wall Street Journal (which were delivered daily), and a live coyote. His choice of employing a coyote was perhaps an acknowledgment of an animal that holds great spiritual significance for Native Americans, or a commentary on a country that through its Western expansion had become "lost" America. 
I'm inspired by this piece because I want to infuse my project with social commentary. I want to create art that has meaning, and want to try and use the fluxus way to gently push the audience into accepting that the video I create might have more to it than what meets the eye. 

Joe Jones participated in the Fluxus art movement, taking part in a number of Fluxus performance art activities with his automaton-like music machines - made from found ready-made instruments. In 1963 he performed his machinic noise music at the Yam festival in New Brunswick and a year later he performed again at the Avantgarde music festival in New York City. He created many machine drum exhibitions and art actions in New York City and Nice, France during this period. 

I love the inventive ness of the the instruments that he creates and the use of sound is very interesting. Maybe I can translate this auditory invention into a visual one and create a video that is as original as Jones instruments. 

Alison KNowles, is a fluxus artist known for her soundworks, installations, performances and publications. In 2000 Knowles began casting flax paper to make musical instruments and used beans for sound with the aid of text toys and silence.  Bean Rolls: A fluxus production. designed by George Maciunas in 1963. A four inch square cube contains seventeen tiny scrolls, each with material about beans in songs, recipes, stories, science, cartoons, ads etc. Each scroll is different held together with a small dental rubber band. Four or five real beans are in a can to make a sound in a book when it is shaken. 

I like the fact that she is using beans, an everyday object and transforming them into something worth listening to and looking at. I want my project to try and transform the everyday into something that is worth watching and worth creating

In all I still want to pursue my idea of using the tv in my project. I want to focus of commercials but want to explore social issues through commercials. I think commercials tend to depict this idealized, perfect world in which you get everything you want at a super low price too! I think this is highly unrealistic and want to create a video of my own that combines many commercials into one over stimulated, over produced video that depicts the face aspect of what they display of tv. 

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Progress Report

   After the research and discussions from Wednesday's class, I feel much more confident about my project idea.  I'm going to explore makeup/beauty products from a critical perspective, and how they abstract the face.  Although I believe makeup isn't always a negative thing, this project is more concerned with what makeup hides and changes, versus what it enhances.  Cindy Sherman's experimentation with different character types helped broaden the boundary for my makeup ideas, while Bruce Nauman showed me makeup as a dehumanizing process. I scrolled through countless youtube tutorials and makeup looks, but I think my idea will be most successful if I recreate runway makeup.  I don't want to use special effect makeup because that would look too costume-y, but I want something more dramatic than a person's 5 minute makeup routine.  Runway makeup illustrates exaggerated ideas of beauty that the community shares.  I've found most of these runway looks on Pinterest, which fascinates me because despite how odd (even ugly) the makeup is, Pinterest makes everything look perfect- perfect recipe, perfect nails, perfect house- and its audience is overwhelmingly female.

    Also, I wrote down a page of makeup quotes, which I will narrow down to include in the final video.

PROJECTO NUMERO 4

Self awareness, exploring self awareness, or sharing self awareness. Still need to determine what I want  explore and how I want to convey my actions.

The Death of the Author

The Death of the Author was wildly thought-provoking and inspiring, and heightened my understanding of Fluxus.  The Death of the Author leading to the Birth of the Reader is profound, because I had never realized that before the modern day writer, the reader is always secondary to the writer, a kind of afterthought.  Yet, readers give power and life to the author's words: they analyze the author's thoughts, and without the ability to read, words are reduced to nothing.  I never thought that whenever I read a book, it is to hear someone else's story and escape to a different world, and writing is a personal activity involving documenting one's life, thoughts, and observation.  There is a beauty in that, but at the same time, the "birth of the reader" and the reader's rise to a role that equivalents the importance of the author is beautiful as well.  The modern writer removes himself completely, erasing a hidden meaning in his words, realizing he is not original, but his words (and they are merely that, words with no hidden agenda) derive from a "readymade dictionary."  Even the author's choice of saying the modern "writer"instead of "author" is intriguing, as if the word "author" has such a strong connotation as one of a God-like creator and thought documenter, the modern "writer" and practice of writing must be removed from that completely.  At the bottom of page 4, Ronald Barthes says the writer must "combine different types of writing"from this "Readymade dictionary," which reminds me of the intermedia and use of everyday materials of the Fluxus movement.  It was fascinating to read that critiques of an Author's work usually involve critiquing the man himself, rather than the words, which is so true.  I was reminded of Hollywood, and how celebrities are often criticized for who they are as people rather than artists.  Lastly, the idea that the Author and his work is viewed by the public as a work of the past about the past is moving with its truth.  The modern writer's removal from this, to create a comprehensive work that moves with time and doesn't involve the reader to analyze is an inspiring artistic notion that I will be more aware of when creating my work.

Project 4 Ideas

YOKO ONO CUT PIECE by TECHNOLOGOS

For my experiment video I am most inspired by Yoko Ono. Specifically her performance art. Above is a simple performance piece that she did where she let random people in the audience cut her clothes off.  She said that "if half the people didn't get up and leave during the performance than she was not doing it right." This is because she wanted to create some type of emotion in the audience. She wanted them to react even if it was in a simple way. I'm also intrigued by her personal life with her daughter going missing and than of course her and John Lennon, she was a very interesting person to learn about.

Of course I'm not going to let people cut off my clothes but I'm thinking about doing a very short performance that will somehow make people react. I'm quiet sure what the performance will be. I'm still questioning and brainstorming. Like all familiar things can be abnormal and surreal, but how?

Fluxus movement started around the 1960s and had a dadaist attitude. I also have a big interest in the artist who use mixed-media and humor in their work. This movement was the anti-art. Fluxus encouraged a "'do-it-yourself' aesthetic, and valued simplicity over complexity." This is the route I want to go with my work.

I had ideas right now both involving self degradation or self degrading thoughts and screaming them out loud in a public place. But Su help inspire me to simplify it into just screams. Me with help from my friends will go into public places like the grocery store, bus, turlington, etc. and just simply scream. These are everyday places that I go to and I will try to experience then in a new light. I am really interested in peoples reaction. Yes, I know people might think I'm crazy but I'm really excited to make this project. I will also explore how each crowds reactions are different. I will use multiple cameras and people to help me bring this project to life.

Fluxus and Video Experiment

Fluxus was a movement of artists that sought to blend different artistic mediums and approaches to make art for "everyone." The movement served as a rebellion that desegragated art, making it available to those artistically "non-educated" individuals.

As far as the direction of my project, I'm not sure where I am headed. This will be determined by more research. Depicting everyday things can be a broad subject, and truly honing in on one of the aspects is something that I continue to explore.

Project 4

For project four I am continuing with my original surveillance idea but I will tailor it toward one of these things:

• critique a person's action while they're being surveyed
• how surveillance impacts me personally
• create a surveillance video that entails humor
• or creating a surveillance that focuses on a specific object and my daily interaction with that object

Project 4: Experimental Video

After I read a little bit about Fluxus movement I could think more about my project 4 idea.

Starting from the principle that "everyday can become art, and art become everyday"I imagine two options for my project 4. 

The first is about emotion. What people feel and what the good feelings they have when they do what they like. For this idea I can work with a friend of mine, she sings and acts, and I can take many shots of her.

The second idea is talk about the different beauties in everyday life. I was imagining that some shots for different types of beauty, and what is beautiful for one person, can't be for another one. The main idea is to capture many personal expressions, like: laughing, singing, crying...!

I am not 100% about this ideas and I have to talk with Su.

Fluxus Art

I see fluxus art as an experimental avant garde movement that is closely related to Dada. Fluxus artists wanted to avoid categorizing them selves into one aesthetic or one medium and instead chose to experiment with mixed media, found object and many different types of mediums. Fluxus means flow and change and watching the fluxus video : Wolf Vostell "Sun in your Eyes" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z5krhw54oqs
I am inspired by his use of the tv as a medium. I want to embody the meaning of fluxus in my art and find that the medium of Tv is ever changing, especially commercials. Commercials on tv are usually loud, the volume seems much louder than the original tv show you had been watching, they use lots of colors, and they are always on tv. I want to try and film commercials, as many as I can and distort them into a continuous and riotous loop of color. Using video effects I hope to confuse the viewer even more and turn an annoying tv commercial into an even more annoying video/visual experiment. 

Project 4: Fluxus and Ideation

The Fluxus movement is an "anti-art" movement dealing in areas from literature to urban planning that created an international network of artists from various fields and combined their disciplines in order to open up the definition of art. It combined the work of the revolutionaries from culture to politics.

     "Under the leadership of George Maciunas. Fluxus staged a series of festivals in Paris, Copenhagen,
     Amsterdam, London and New York, with avant-garde performances often spilling out into the street."

Fluxus came about through a series of concepts explored by John Cage, a composer of experimental music in the 50s. It was also hugely influenced by French artist, Marcel Duchamp, who had previously been active in the Dada movement. With his work made of found objects, he eliminated the need for artistic ability in order to create what we qualify as art.

For this project I'm interested in working on the idea of shoes and how we dress for the weather. Recently forecast will say there's a chance of rain, so you'll wear boots (like me today!), but the day is entirely clear and cloudless. The same thing goes for the opposite where it will appear sunny but then you have to slosh through puddles and walk through wet grass. The idea is entirely relatable but can also be comical as the Fluxus video was today, especially if it includes some audio of the subject protesting about the weather. So I'll most likely take shots of someone walking in wet shoes, walking in shoes with dirt in them, etc.

Project 4: Experimental Video

    Prior to Fluxus, art's audience was those who belonged to the upper class and high society.  With the conception of Fluxus, art became accessible and relatable to all walks of life by emphasizing our everyday lives, questioning what art is and who can create it.
    John Cage envelops the ideology of the Fluxus movement with his musical compositions, particularly his renowned and controversial work, 4'33".  This 3 movement piece lasts 4 minutes and 33 seconds, and is written for any and all instrumentation... but Cage instructs the musicians not to play their instruments.  Ultimately, even though none of the musicians are playing, I feel the piece's purpose is not to create complete silence, but become aware of the musical score around us: the hum of the stagelights, the whispering audience members, the slight movements of the unplaying musicians.  And in that situation, everyone and everything becomes the musician.
    Apparently, there is a wrong way to "play" 4'33," as I coincidentally read this article the other day: http://www.newsbiscuit.com/2013/10/13/amateur-performers-botch-up-john-cages-433/
    As the article states, when performed correctly, 4'33" is about ‘challenging the very nature of challenging the very nature of music,’ which screams Fluxus to me.
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As for where this leads my project idea, I have yet to formulate anything remotely concrete.  Although John Cage is inspiring, I'm not sure I want to take what seems like a sound-heavy route.  One roughly developed idea includes studying fashion/couture somehow.  I hope to talk more about this tomorrow, even to further understand what an experiment video is!

Experiment Video

For this project I intend to record daily activity in my house/day-to-day activity with a surveillance type of feel. I haven't developed idea too far but this is the concept I want to start with. An artist that deals with fluxus ideations is Yoko Ono.

Project 4

The gist of the fluxus movement was to eliminate the disparity between high art and people--to make art more accessible to everyone, not just the upper class. By doing this, the fluxus art movement became a sort of "anti-art," giving the mundane or everyday the label of "art," similar to Duchamp's previous works with found objects. Though the movement is not still prominent, its effects are lasting--many artists now continue to create work that is meant for everyone, work that doesn't necessarily require skill in areas like drawing or painting (traditional mediums), and work that is no longer rooted in concepts only higher class individuals (individuals with more access to education) can understand; regardless of whether or not the artist is someone who has been active since the peak of the fluxus movement in the 60s or a new emerging artist. For this upcoming project, I looked at the work of Geoffrey Hendricks--specifically, the pieces which involved painting the sky onto everyday objects. Geoffrey Hendricks likes to refer to himself as a "cloudsmith," and this particular body of work focuses on bringing the clouds and sky down to earth. I particularly like his pieces because they have a light, airy feel to them, regardless of the actual physical mass of the objects (staircases and old boots painted with cloud patterns seem almost weightless). While I'm still unsure exactly what I hope to do for my final project, I want to create a piece to utilizes a similar aesthetic--making heavy things appear weightless, either by illusion or by re-purposing an object. I like the juxtaposition and the almost-confusion it causes.

Critique response

I enjoyed last class's critique, as always, and was very happy that everyone responded to my video the way they did. Everyone seems to have grown in how they compose their projects in order to evoke a particular response and I think everyone was spot on, including Dreezy, who I know had trouble with her footage. It still turned out great! That just goes to show how well we've learned to work around our problems.

Critique Response

In this critique I can see and understand the different ideas class. Each one has a particular art and a particular way to do it.

The last critique class was very useful and I could understand many steps to improve my project. One of these is to create the fight written in Portuguese so that video can be more convincing. I definitely will redo my project to my improvement.

Critique Response

I really enjoyed critique. Everyone's work is starting to grow. I also enjoyed how each person took a different route with this project. Overall I think my feedback was accurate. I wish I could have stuck with my original plan for my work but I still used what I had to go with my split screen and overlapping sounds. I may take the advise and show all the sounds overlapping in the beginning of the video. I'm still not sure because I'm going to go a different route when I redo my video so depending on exactly what I do will decide what effects I will use. I'm leaning toward using sounds that we all hear everyday but they flow differently when overlapped. I don't think I will attempt to record my family again, instead I will record my friends. With changing things so that it is not so personal it will help me be able to record my friends and some of the "college kid" sounds we make. It will also help the viewer be able to relate more to the sounds they hear.

Project 4 - Sound

Artist Statement

I explored the idea of overlapping sounds. I showed different clips and pieces of the sounds that I heard and made throughout the day while at home. It would be kind of like a montage/time lapse sort of video because it would be everything I heard throughout the day except it is shortened into one video. I would try to show more than one video at the same time, including all the sounds from each video playing at the same time also. You will see up to 4 scenes being shown at once and you will also here those sounds that relate to the scenes. I'm hoping it will turn out to be like a collage of sounds/clips that combine and flow together. I'm also hoping the viewer can relate to some of the average sounds. These normal sounds when combined create rhythm and are turned into one extraordinary piece of work. At some point I made all the videos to stop and just have the overlapping sounds. I will also be playing the single sounds with a blank screen so the viewer can know how to relate the sound with a visual.

I had a lot of issues with this project. First I lost a large portion of my sounds, I think it was deleted by someone who did not want me to record them. The biggest event that happened when I was home was the crab fry and fish boil and it had A LOT of sounds I planned to use. With it being gone I had to just worked with the sound I had and focused on the sounds of coming home and then the sounds of being home. I hope I can make lots of improvements in the week we are aloud corrections.