Critique Response

I really enjoyed everyones final project and the way that everyone had a different idea. I think that it was pretty interesting the way that all of us used the projector and made it a portable object that could move and fit into any space provided. I really liked my feedback, I think the video aspect of my piece personally was a little weak and would have benefited with testing but that was a bit out of my control, so next time hopefully if I should further this project I could correct it. I really am glad that my audience was able to understand the piece and pick up on the hidden subtleties and I hope they enjoyed the performance aspect. I can say now that it was definitely out of my comfort zone and terrifying to perform and that I dont think I am cut out to be a performance artist! But it was a great experience and I am glad that I gave it a shot. 

Final Critique Response

  

Completely in awe with us all. I honestly can say each installation had something very unique and special, that made it such a success. So much creativity and approach is seen in each one of our works, I am truly inspired by us all. Installations ARE ALWAYS stressful, but they are also the most fun in my opinion, and I enjoyed each one. The feedback I received definitely echoed my own thoughts, and I thank the class and Su for all of your Honesty throughout the semester.

Happy Holidays!!!

Final Crit Response

Everyone's final projects were incredible. It was fun and quite an experience to see all the ways everyone went with their project--everyone's was completely different, exciting, and memorable, and all the pieces reflected the artist who worked on it. I love to see how the projects all are distinguishable from one another--I feel as though even if I werent aware of who made what, I could figure it out, and I'm glad to see this as a sign of how everyone evolved through the semester. The effort everyone put into their projects is obvious, and it really showed through during the critique. I'm thankful to have shared this class with everyone, and I'm so happy to see the ways through which everyone has excelled in the medium. While I feel my progress may not have been up to par with everyone's (I may be overly critical--I worked and worked on this project, so it's flaws are evident to me), I still feel as though I've definitely grown and become more comfortable with Time Based Media, and that this final project was the best example I have to show for that.

Final Critique Response

Thanks for everyone enjoyed my final project! I am really very grateful for all the help I had during this semester, each one helps me in a different way.
About the final projects, I think that everyone was very well, and the variety of the projects was so interested too. The project were different and the creativity was amazing!!!  Good job guys and good luck to everyone during finals week!!

Final Critique Response

Overall I really enjoyed the final critique! Everyone had a different idea, vision, and execution; it was awesome. I really enjoyed something out of each person's piece! I think my favorite was Isabella and Scarlett's work. With Isabells's I just enjoyed how vulnerable and intimate it was. With Scarlett I love how she explored the movement of these deceased creatures. Yes, everyone did a great job. I'm glad we could finish them all in one day because I enjoyed watching and participating in all of them. I think it would have been cool if we could have done one other project in this matter because it makes a huge difference on how the audience feels by the way you present your video. I believe this project was my favorite, I just enjoy installations in general. I'm very happy with the way my installation turned out. I was very worried about how I should present my video and then I had a lot of technical issues, but it all ended up working out. The size of the screen/projection was perfect and the whole dark space was nice. I wanted it to just be the video and the audience with little distractions and it all worked out. Su also helped me with many of my technical issues, thanks. This project was awesome. Going into this time-based media and video work was new to me. I've learned a lot and I hope to make many more projects using the skills and techniques that I've learned in the class. It's been a journey with this class and we all made it! Great work everyone! Happy Holidays!

Final Project Results

Overall I'm very happy with how my installation turned out. The screen size, the room, the darkness; I think it all just flowed. Below are pictures of how it turned out. After spending hours editing and having techniques issues all the way through, even while I was trying to present, I believe it all come together the way I envisioned it. It's a very fulfilling experience to have my project come out the way I planned. 

Final Project Link

http://isabelastroubles.blogspot.com/

Final Project Link

http://noncense-verse.tumblr.com

Final Project

Here is the video for my installation.

Wed Final Critique Order

1. Tyra 
2. Isabela
3. Madeline M
4. Scarlett
5. Tara
6. Estaban
7. Dreezy
8. Tatyana 
9. Madeiline L

Everyone please meets up in our classroom at Norman at 2:45pm tomorrow instead of 3:00 pm. 

We will start the critique from Tyra's presentation at sharply 3:00. Please adjust the room and computer monitors to display your work before the show time. 

Everyone will have at most 15 mins to finish the work's presentation and Q&As. 

We will move to FAD 113 after Tara's critique inside the Norman hallway. 

For those of you whom are presenting at FAD, if you need extra objects for your installation, please get everything installed before our class time. The room is clear to use after 2:15pm. (The door code is 3056*, do not spread)

Please bring your headphones tomorrow.

A few pictures or a short clip of the "exhibition view" of your final project is required in the final DVD package. Keep in mind to document your work with a camera in your tomorrow critique.

Final Project Update

All in all, very comfortable with this last project. Most of my footage has already been taken, all that's left is the compilation and final editing. Surprisingly enough I am still sticking to my original idea, of showing the complications of love through the eyes of a women- we have a constant need to be assured that we are loved, and yet even with this assurance, we continually questions such a fact. I aim to show this notion in three steps, from youth-to adolescence-to marriage- and how the cycle never ends.

As you can tell, I am completely infatuated with themes of continuation, and cycles. I don't in anyway consider myself a feminist, yet I seem to gravitate towards that genre.

In Progress Report

I forgot to post my progress over the weekend!

I've modified my project a little so that I could capture as much footage within the limited amount of time I had. If you don't remember, mine was on the subject of bodily decay, only I ran into some major obstacles because THE ANTS WOULD NOT EAT THE DEAD ANIMALS. So after many hours of sitting like a proper creeper in the parking lot, filming ants not-eat the dead animals, I called it a day and took a different approach.

I was really fascinated by the way Danse Macabre was filmed, so I did something similar with the animals. It's less about the corrosive process and more about the stillness versus movement of the body in death using the two animal corpses I found. After much sloshing through a questionable canal, I got what footage I wanted!

Final Project Progress

For this I will continue my idea about the conversation about love & lust inspired by Candace Breitz. The lab was closed this weekend and i'm having a hard time finding people to participate in my video but I should have things edited smoothed out by critique. I plan on doing my critique in our usually classroom, using 3-4 of the monitors.

Final Project Inspiration

For this final project I will talk about my difficult to study abroad. Live in a different country with no family is really hard, and since I am here I had some troubles!! This video will be personal and I will talk about myself.
It will be like Art Must be Beautiful - Marina Abramovic.

I will shot only my face and talk a lot in my own language, for my audience understand I will put subtitles.

Final Project In-Progress Update

Last week, I intended my project to be a recorded performative piece.  It was supposed to take place in our new house under construction, but by the time I came home, the construction crew's schedule and an newly constructed unsightly wall ruined my vision.  It would have been a piece of a person performing different actions, to represent self expression and statements about the self, occurring in this unfinished space.

Still inspired by the idea of strange and personal forms of self expression, I photographed people and their belongings.  People's "things" reveal a lot about them, for example, their shoes.  I want 2 side-by-side projections: one being a reel of portraits, the other being a reel of objects.  It would be interesting to go against people's expectations, and mix the items with the incorrect owners.

Esteban – Final Project Inspiration

This is a little late...but I think i finally found what I wanted to do for my project.

As previously seen through my work, I am fascinated by human behaviors and experiences. I think that the brain is an object largely underestimated by many and is just in the beginning stages of being understood (somewhat). I am very interested in Bill Viola's work with water and the feelings of being submerged. He recreates an experience that, for many is scary, and spins it into an almost heavenly and soothing one.

http://channel.louisiana.dk/video/bill-viola-tone-being

Recently, I have been reading a lot about mood spikes on individuals. My project serves as a platform to study subjects as they undergo a "positive spike" in their mood. I want to explore the relations between a physical sensation and the positivity that comes from it. It has been said that plunging in cold water can be very , yet positively good for a persons overall mood. I would create videos that recreate the sensation of dipping into cold water, and complement it by providing a cold bath for the audience (I need to figure out how I would go about this).

Final Project Proposal

For my final project I still want to use the birds to film their decay, and I've looked at a couple of videos, including the ones Dreezy posted. I'm considering changing the angle of the camera as the animals decompose, and setting up the installation with a video accompanying the result of the decomposition process and some related illustrations.

Inspiration

For those of you who are doing videos dealing with decay here are some cool examples for inspiration (my .gif may take a second to load):

Final Project Ideation

I have no clue what I am going to do for the final project performance installation. But I would like to use multiple screens in the sense of a conversation kind of like Candice Breitz video.

But the following videos have interesting concepts:

Candice Breitz, Him and Her



In this piece she uses clips from different movies with the same actor and actress to create a conversation relating to relationships and the roles of each of the sexes. It uses multiple screens to portray this idea.

Vito Acconci, Claim



Claim Excerpts is a highly confrontational work, an exercise in self-induced, heightened behavioral states, and an aggressive psychological exploration of the artist/viewer relationship. 

Chris Cunningham, Monkey Drummer


The short video installation is a humorous, kinetic study of a mechanical being with nine appendages -- six arms, two legs, and one drumstick penis -- all seemingly controlled by the head of a monkey, though it's unclear what's in control. Each flesh-and-blood body part, jutting from a black steel appendage. The overall effect is somewhat off-putting. Each body part acts authentically human, while being controlled so mechanically.

Final Project Ideation

     Unfortunately my inspirational videos aren't available for download so I've just linked them here.
     I'm interested in working with time lapse photography for this project whether exclusively in photographs or with video. Going off of the last project where the subject was the body after death, I'm interested in recording the decomposition of birds. Earlier I found a small dead bird and have been wanting to work with the bones, but would have to let it decompose first before being able to use it.
      I think this project is a good opportunity to get started on that while also using the process of decay to my advantage. I'm thinking of comparing it to the decomposition of another object, maybe a leaf or food item since as we consume we also destroy.

Earth

 I absolutely loved this video. It's obviously not something I can really strive to do for this project since it uses footage shot by NASA, but I love how intriguing it was. I kept wanting to find out more, to have the planet keep turning, and show what auroras and thunderstorms look like from a distance. It's interesting because it's something we know happens and have seen from one angle, but the change in perspective and distance makes a huge impact.

Melancholia

This video mostly focuses on environments, but the periodic panning of the camera is intriguing and well handled. Although I know special equipment is needed to move the camera that way while still maintaining a steady image, I'm interested in the process nonetheless since it may be possible to improvise using makeshift gear.




Requiem

Manipulation of time and music are useful to reference in this video since I've previously had issues with joining sound and visuals cohesively. I think for this project I really need to sit down and explore my options in terms of audio and end on a strong note.