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ExPl0riNG new media site

i thought this website was really cool. i explored many of the art related to technology links but the two that stand out in my mind most was the electronic keyboard and the cardboard racing game. The concept and the way of the electronic keyboard video was recording the awesome, but the light synchronization with the guys fingers didn't match up good enough for me to be blown away.

The cardboard racing game was my favorite project. I loved remote control cars as a kid which really drew me into the whole concept. It is so cool, its like you are in an arcade yet controlling your surrounding in real time.

piplotti rist

Piplotti Rist is a well known performance artist. Although I find her performances kind of annoying, i find the actual quality of her work to be very impressive.  Her video we watched in class,"im not the girl who misses much" showed her artistic abilites with the camera. The way she distorted herself and the overall film (made and unbearably annoying video of girl jumping around) into a work of art. After researching some of her work, i found her "homo sapiens installations" much more appealing then some of her performances. I like her use of vibrant colors and they way she works with the human body.

                                                                                    
                                                                                    

musique concrete.

Started in 1940 by Pierre Schaeffer, music was about to be taken to a level that has never been explored before. Concrete artists were influenced by their surroundings and use of random objects around them to create noise they would later distort with the technology available to them. Concrete music gives the artist and opportunity to take sounds and distort them by playing them backwards,using repetition,ect. Tape recorders played such a major part in this movement because it meant even the most basic sounds could be transformed into something extraordinary. The overall movement reminds me of electronic music.

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leigh bowery

leigh bowery is most famously known for his performance art and rather unusual sense of fashion. He is considered one of the most influential figures in both New York & London's fashion circles during the 1980's-1990's. Unfortunately he life ended shortly after he contracted aids but he will forever be remembered for his image & style that reflected his artwork. He is also recognized for his influence in the then "underground" world of gay night clubs. He started Taboo which quickly turned into a much bigger scene called Studio 54 , where fashion and wild times were guaranteed. 

Laurie Anderson

Laurie Anderson is an American expiremtal performance artist. She is the master of "audio drag", the talking stick and many other experimental musical instruments. She is best known for her single "O superman" which hit the top of the UK pop charts. 

I really was impressed with Anderson's whole image and intelligence. She contributed so many musical instruments that changed the course of the way sound could be replicated, changed, and reproduced.

Klaus Nomi

I found Klaus Nomi to be very interesting. He is recognized for his AMAZING vocal range and stage persona.  He aways wore heavy makeup, unusual outfits, and rocked his signature hair due. While watching the video about him during class i was immediately reminded of the opera singers and how they would castrate boys at a young age so their voice wouldn't change.

Joseph Beuys

Joseph Beuys was a sculpture and performance artist that worked within the Fluxux movement during the 1960's. He was deeply involved with German politics. I found it interesting that the hat that he is recognized for always wearing was to cover up a war wound.The wound earned him a "wound badge" awarded by the Nazis which was the most highly honored, since it had to be "bought with blood". Although Beuys is highly against war and Nazism, his art was highly influenced by many of his experiences and views on the war and politics.

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FLUXUS

The Fluxus movement surfaced in New York in the 60's, then worked its way to Europe and evetually Japan. Influenced by Dada, Bauhaus, and Zen, Fluxus objects and performances are known for minimalistic approaches and gestural movements with in many cases, a risque burlesque standpoint. 

Often viewed as pranksters, the Fluxus performers were a group of radical leaders that aimed to change the social and political views of society in their time period. Yoko Ono is one of the best-known Fluxus artists.  

Extreme performance art & ko murobushi

Last class we discussed the The Viennese Aktionists and extreme performance art. The films were sexual, political, violent, and pretty gross. They followed the concept based on the natural aspects of human species- reproduction,sex,eating, and even explored all the wonderful way of ridding wastes out of the body.

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Ko Murobushi is one of the greatest Butoh-dancers. Along with Ushio Ama- gatsu and Akaji Maro, he founded the longest running Butoh dance company called Dairakudan. In 1974 he created the Butoh-magazine “Hageshii Kisetsu” and founded Ariadone (female Butoh Company) and Sebi (a male Butoh Company). Although his performances shocked the Japanese public they have been highly acknowledged in other locations.

Bauhaus

Walter Gropious founded Bauhaus architecture in Germany in the 1920s. Bauhaus inspired buildings are usually cubic and favor 90 degrees angle with a plan open floor plan. It shys aways from decoration and stays with a asymmetrical pattern of design.

The Bauhaus school of design was open from1919 to 1933. The concepts taught were greatly influenced by the machine age. The school advised its 700 students to forget everything they knew about design and targeted to merge all the arts under the concept of design.  With students such as Vassily Kandinsky, Lyonel Feininger, and Paul Klee one can see that The Bauhaus school of design was prominent.

an andalusian dog

If i was asked to explain this short film in one word it would definitely have to be STRANGE. The beginning scene with the eyeball being sliced open almost made my stomach turn as much as it did sunday night when i saw jackass in 3d. Although it was really weird, i thought it worked well for having no words. Also the scene changes and effects where pretty cool. I was surprised on how good the effects were, the bugs crawling out of the hand, the woman's underarm hair appearing over the guys mouth, and the scene changes from the guy rubbing the woman clothed switching to a woman naked are just some of the scenes i thought were executed very well.

grid assignment

7 deadly sins confessional

videogames & movies

Gaming has become a major part of our culture. So big in fact that with almost every action movie that comes out, a video game is usually released soon after it. I feel that this is done for many different reasons, not only does it promote the actual movie, it promotes the gaming industry as a whole. When people go out and buy a video game and really get into it they are more likely to go out and see the movie, or even stop while flipping through channels just from recognizing the title alone. The gaming industry is growing bigger and bigger and with all these new systems and gadgets, I don't see this industry stopping anytime soon. These games act as a major promotional frame for movies and likewise with the movies for the games.

History of Tetris

Tetris was created in June 1985 by Alexey Pazhitnov. Before researching the actual history of the game I always thought of it as a game we all know and love,  regardless of  how long ago it was actually created it will always be a part of gaming history. The history of how it was legally tendered it much more of a headache then any video game can ever give you. To briefly summarize a hectic mess of legal issues and a bunch of different names, Tetris was the new hot product on the market and multiple people were trying to get their hands on the rights to the game in order to distribute it with their company's name stamped on the back. Detailed summary here

MzTv

My experience with Mztv.com was very interesting. After several minutes of browsing through the site I found that the Timeline of Television was very interesting and related to many of the material and discussions we have had in previous classes. I really liked the point that culture created television but television created culture at the same time. It amazed me that concepts of the television started to arise as early as 1925. My favorite part of the timeline was the pictures they provided with each year's description. I was able to see tons of television sets that i never knew existed. My visit to mztv was definitely eye-opening and informative!

wired.com blog

The article on wired.com was very interesting. It is fascinating to see how far the camera has come since the beginning. The article was also very insightful because not only did it supply information about how far cinema has come but it also gave examples of movies that changed along with time.  Spanning from the 1902 movie " A Trip to the Moon" to one of the best digital 3D films "Avatar"  showed me the breakthroughs that have been discovered over the last century. It made me appreciate how lucky we are to be able to go to the movies and be able to be blown away by digital creations.

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earthquake

When I called my Mom and asked her if  she has ever seen the movie Earthquake she said, " No, isn't that movie really old"?
My Dad said he didn't really remember much about it but he remembered that, "they made the music really loud so the theater would shake". He also said that there were a lot of movies about natural disasters at that time.

Singing in the Rain

Singing in the Rain (1952) was a great movie. It was upbeat, happy, funny, and had a great musical side to it. The woman were dressed conservatively with no indication of sex, vulgarity, or violence. (which is very rare to find in any current movies) There was no foul language or anything remotely disturbing. Seventeen years later (1970) Clockwork Orange came out. This movie did not follow the same guidelines or principles that Singing in the Rain followed. There was violence, murder, rape, and corruption throughout the movie. I found Clockwork Orange to be very disturbing in certain parts which is the total opposite feeling I got from Singing in the Rain.

abel gance

Abel Gance was a French writer, actor, and film director. Gance is most commonly recognized for his 6-hour film Napoleon, which was filmed with high knowledge and talent for period of time. Napolen was a highly anticipated film with an ending standing ovation which was nearly 15 minutes long. Napoleon’s biggest hit was exposing a technique he called "Polyvision". He used three screens side by side to make one big 40 feet wide screen. Gance also shot several scenes with three cameras to create a long continuous effect. 

Georges Méliès

 Georges Méliès was a French filmmaker who contributed many advancements to cinematography. He is most famously known for the stop trick, being the first to use multiple exposures, and adding color into the film by hand painting them himself.

Madame butterly video

I really liked this opera, the video was really cool with a lot of meaning behind it. The clay characters made it very interesting and the creators were able to make very cool transformations because of the medium that was chosen. I would enjoy opera so much more if there were more videos like this. It explained the story behind the words really well. It turned out to be very sad, and I love how I actually could feel her sadness. This goes to show that you do not need special effects to grasp the audiences attention. Through clay characters and great music, I was able to get into the storyline and feels the characters pain.

the 1929 stock market crash

The 1920's was a time of prosperity. The investment process during that time was going through the roof but was based on a unstable process. Investors would borrow money from brokers who borrowed money from the bank. This process was proven to be unreliable because when the stocks failed and investors needed to repay their loans back, the money was unavailable and permanently lost. Another causes of the crash was a slowly dwindling economy. The economy was booming years before with new forms of entertainment becoming available. Music, cars, television, and new toys set off a big uproar as mass media  started becoming apart of the household. But as the hype died down so did the economy, people were fine with what they had and weren't buying the newest types of entertainment. Broadway was another form of entertainment during the 1920's that went from such a high to such a low. The stock market crash hit broadway hard. It caused a number of productions to decline which put a large amount of people out of work.

Blackface performance

A blackface performance took place in the 19th century and was a big part of American theatre. Since African Americans didn’t have equal rights and were often segregated blackface performers were developed. White actors would apply theatrical makeup imitating the typical stereotypical image of a black man.

Origin of the word jazz

Jazz is a music genre that originated in the 20^th century. Jazz was influenced by African and European musical traditions. The word itself started to be heard around the 20^th century to describe “up beat & energetic music”.