Monday, April 28, 2008
Monday, April 7, 2008
artists of the week:
Martha Graham
She was an American dancer and choreographer. She mainly works with modern dance. She is widely considered one of the greatest artists of the 20th century. She danced and choreographed for over seventy years, and during that time, she was the first woman to ever perform at the White House. She was born in PA. In 1936, she made "Chronicle" which led to a new era of contemporary dance. This dance focused on depression and isolation reflected in the dark nature of both the set and the costumes. The Martha Graham Center of Contemporary Dance was esablished in 1926.
"There is a vitality, a life force, an energy, a quickening that is translated through you into action, and because there is only one of you in all of time, this expression is unique. And if you block it, it will never exist through any other medium and it will be lost. The world will not have it. It is not your business to determine how good it is nor how valuable nor how it compares with other expressions. It is your business to keep it yours clearly and directly, to keep the channel open. You do not even have to believe in yourself or your work. You have to keep yourself open and aware to the urges that motivate you. Keep the channel open. ... No artist is pleased. [There is] no satisfaction whatever at any time. There is only a queer divine dissatisfaction, a blessed unrest that keeps us marching and makes us more alive than the others"
http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&q=Martha+Graham&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wi
Twyla Tharp
She was born in 1931, attended college in California. She created more than a dozen works for the American Ballet Theatre in 1988. Since then she has choreographed dances for companies such as Paris Opera Ballet, The Royal Ballet, New York City Ballet, The Boston Ballet, The Joffrey Ballet, Hubbard Street Dance, and The Martha Graham Dance Company. Besides dancing and choreographing, Thwarp has written several books.
"I had to become the greatest choreographer of my time. That was my mission, and that's what I set out to do."
"You have to be either hopelessly passionate, or very stupid."
"Art is the only way to run away without leaving home."
"Dancing is like bank-robbery. It takes split-second timing."
"Modern dance is not less; modern dance is more. It's everything that came before it, plus."
http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&q=Twyla+Tharp&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wi
Mark Morris
He is an American modern dancer, choreographer and director. He is known for his craftsmanship, ingenuity, and humor. He grew up in Seattle, Washington. He later on moved to New York, establishing The Mart Morris Dance Group...1980. Notable works of Morris include "Gloria" (1981), set to Vivaldi, "Championship Wrestling" (1985), based on an essay by Roland Barthes, L'Allegro, Il Penseroso, ed Il Moderato (1988), Dido and Aeneas (1989), The Hard Nut (1991), a campy version of The Nutcracker set in the 1960s, The Office (1995), Greek to Me (2000), a dance version of the Virgil Thomson–Gertrude Stein opera Four Saints in Three Acts (2001), the ballet The Garden (2001), and the modern dance pieces Grand Duo (1993), V (2002) and All Fours (2004).
http://markmorrisdancegroup.org/the_company
She was an American dancer and choreographer. She mainly works with modern dance. She is widely considered one of the greatest artists of the 20th century. She danced and choreographed for over seventy years, and during that time, she was the first woman to ever perform at the White House. She was born in PA. In 1936, she made "Chronicle" which led to a new era of contemporary dance. This dance focused on depression and isolation reflected in the dark nature of both the set and the costumes. The Martha Graham Center of Contemporary Dance was esablished in 1926.
"There is a vitality, a life force, an energy, a quickening that is translated through you into action, and because there is only one of you in all of time, this expression is unique. And if you block it, it will never exist through any other medium and it will be lost. The world will not have it. It is not your business to determine how good it is nor how valuable nor how it compares with other expressions. It is your business to keep it yours clearly and directly, to keep the channel open. You do not even have to believe in yourself or your work. You have to keep yourself open and aware to the urges that motivate you. Keep the channel open. ... No artist is pleased. [There is] no satisfaction whatever at any time. There is only a queer divine dissatisfaction, a blessed unrest that keeps us marching and makes us more alive than the others"
http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&q=Martha+Graham&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wi
Twyla Tharp
She was born in 1931, attended college in California. She created more than a dozen works for the American Ballet Theatre in 1988. Since then she has choreographed dances for companies such as Paris Opera Ballet, The Royal Ballet, New York City Ballet, The Boston Ballet, The Joffrey Ballet, Hubbard Street Dance, and The Martha Graham Dance Company. Besides dancing and choreographing, Thwarp has written several books.
"I had to become the greatest choreographer of my time. That was my mission, and that's what I set out to do."
"You have to be either hopelessly passionate, or very stupid."
"Art is the only way to run away without leaving home."
"Dancing is like bank-robbery. It takes split-second timing."
"Modern dance is not less; modern dance is more. It's everything that came before it, plus."
http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&q=Twyla+Tharp&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wi
Mark Morris
He is an American modern dancer, choreographer and director. He is known for his craftsmanship, ingenuity, and humor. He grew up in Seattle, Washington. He later on moved to New York, establishing The Mart Morris Dance Group...1980. Notable works of Morris include "Gloria" (1981), set to Vivaldi, "Championship Wrestling" (1985), based on an essay by Roland Barthes, L'Allegro, Il Penseroso, ed Il Moderato (1988), Dido and Aeneas (1989), The Hard Nut (1991), a campy version of The Nutcracker set in the 1960s, The Office (1995), Greek to Me (2000), a dance version of the Virgil Thomson–Gertrude Stein opera Four Saints in Three Acts (2001), the ballet The Garden (2001), and the modern dance pieces Grand Duo (1993), V (2002) and All Fours (2004).
http://markmorrisdancegroup.org/the_company
Thursday, March 27, 2008
artists for next week
Paul Pfeiffer
He was born in Honolulu, Hawaii in 1966. He moved to New York in 1990, where he attended Hunter College and the Whitney Independent Study Program. He is a video, sculpture and photography artist. He uses his computer technology to dissect the role that mass media plays in shaping consciousness. He plays a lot with sports, taking the players out of the game, and keeping close watch onto spectators, the equiptment, and trophies. Several of his works include eerie regenerated props from movies such as "The Exorcist" and "Poltergist."
http://www.pbs.org/art21/slideshow/?artist=62
Vito Acconci
Acconci grew up in New York. He is an architect, landscape architect, and installation artist. A known piece created by Acconci is "Seedbed", 1971. He laid hidden underneath a gallery-wide ramp, masturbating while vocalizing into a loudspeaker his fantasies about the visitors walking above him on the ramp. He has recently been working on more architect-related projects. "Walkways Through the Wall" is located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Another piece of his, called "Dirt Wall" made in 1992, is at the Arvada Center Sculpture Garden in Colorado. Besides making art, Vito has taught at various amounts of places throughout his life.
http://www.acconci.com/
Alex Bag - http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9B00E0D71331F93AA25750C0A9629C8B63
Female video artist.
next assignment: had to bring in an image/ piece of art...
recreate ur peice of art as a one minute video.
this means...
if ur peice of art is a painting of a baraque woman in the S curve, u have to find an actress, match the background, someone to immitate the exact image.
(make sculpture small, then zoom in?)
bc its video, n in time, bring life into video...have something that gives it reason for being a video. subtle movements, breathing, just some kind of movement. something that tells us that time is moving through this peice.
timing for a minute??!!
brainstorm on how to recreate the piece. set design, n set building. detailed!
in class on tues - working on set, costumes, etc. building of main scene.
how are you going to show movement? is there a narrative to ur peice? the figure can move, w/o moving away from the original. MUST BE A MINUTE LONG
can add sound if it makes sense.
due date: TBA
He was born in Honolulu, Hawaii in 1966. He moved to New York in 1990, where he attended Hunter College and the Whitney Independent Study Program. He is a video, sculpture and photography artist. He uses his computer technology to dissect the role that mass media plays in shaping consciousness. He plays a lot with sports, taking the players out of the game, and keeping close watch onto spectators, the equiptment, and trophies. Several of his works include eerie regenerated props from movies such as "The Exorcist" and "Poltergist."
http://www.pbs.org/art21/slideshow/?artist=62
Vito Acconci
Acconci grew up in New York. He is an architect, landscape architect, and installation artist. A known piece created by Acconci is "Seedbed", 1971. He laid hidden underneath a gallery-wide ramp, masturbating while vocalizing into a loudspeaker his fantasies about the visitors walking above him on the ramp. He has recently been working on more architect-related projects. "Walkways Through the Wall" is located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Another piece of his, called "Dirt Wall" made in 1992, is at the Arvada Center Sculpture Garden in Colorado. Besides making art, Vito has taught at various amounts of places throughout his life.
http://www.acconci.com/
Alex Bag - http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9B00E0D71331F93AA25750C0A9629C8B63
Female video artist.
next assignment: had to bring in an image/ piece of art...
recreate ur peice of art as a one minute video.
this means...
if ur peice of art is a painting of a baraque woman in the S curve, u have to find an actress, match the background, someone to immitate the exact image.
(make sculpture small, then zoom in?)
bc its video, n in time, bring life into video...have something that gives it reason for being a video. subtle movements, breathing, just some kind of movement. something that tells us that time is moving through this peice.
timing for a minute??!!
brainstorm on how to recreate the piece. set design, n set building. detailed!
in class on tues - working on set, costumes, etc. building of main scene.
how are you going to show movement? is there a narrative to ur peice? the figure can move, w/o moving away from the original. MUST BE A MINUTE LONG
can add sound if it makes sense.
due date: TBA
Tuesday, March 25, 2008
Artists for the Week
Matthew Barney
-born March 25, 1967 in San Francisco, California. He is a contemporary artist who works with film, video, installations, sculpture, photography, drawing, and performance art. HE says he is primarily a sculptor. He graduated from Yale. His well known film that he created is called Cremaster Cycle. *When I image searched his work, all of the Cremaster Cycles peices came across as very weird.
Bill Viola
-Focuses primarily on video art; one of todays leading artists. He recieved his BFA in Experimental Studios from Syracuse University in 1973. He know lives in Long Beach, VA, where he is still a contemporary video artist. Bill grew up in Queens, NY, attended Syracuse University. He deals mainly with the central themes of human consciousness and experience (birth, death, love, emotion, and a kind of humanist spirituality) He has drawn ideas from Zen Buddhism, Christian Mysticism, and Islamic Sufism. Bill likes to work a lot with emotions. He also uses extreme slow motion. An example where he uses extreme slow motion is in "The Quintet Series" (2000)
Pipolotti Rist
-She was born in 1962 in Grabs, Sankt Gallen, in Switzerland. Herstudued at the Institute of Applied Arts in Vienna, through 1986. Her work Pickelporno (1992) made her famous worldwide. She made super 8 films, which last generally a couple of minutes, w altered colors and speed and sound. Her works generally treat issues related to gender, sexuality and the human body. Her works transmit a sense of happiness and simplicity. Her work was initially considered by feminist art critics. Rist's works are owned by the most important art collections worldwide.
-born March 25, 1967 in San Francisco, California. He is a contemporary artist who works with film, video, installations, sculpture, photography, drawing, and performance art. HE says he is primarily a sculptor. He graduated from Yale. His well known film that he created is called Cremaster Cycle. *When I image searched his work, all of the Cremaster Cycles peices came across as very weird.
Bill Viola
-Focuses primarily on video art; one of todays leading artists. He recieved his BFA in Experimental Studios from Syracuse University in 1973. He know lives in Long Beach, VA, where he is still a contemporary video artist. Bill grew up in Queens, NY, attended Syracuse University. He deals mainly with the central themes of human consciousness and experience (birth, death, love, emotion, and a kind of humanist spirituality) He has drawn ideas from Zen Buddhism, Christian Mysticism, and Islamic Sufism. Bill likes to work a lot with emotions. He also uses extreme slow motion. An example where he uses extreme slow motion is in "The Quintet Series" (2000)
Pipolotti Rist
-She was born in 1962 in Grabs, Sankt Gallen, in Switzerland. Herstudued at the Institute of Applied Arts in Vienna, through 1986. Her work Pickelporno (1992) made her famous worldwide. She made super 8 films, which last generally a couple of minutes, w altered colors and speed and sound. Her works generally treat issues related to gender, sexuality and the human body. Her works transmit a sense of happiness and simplicity. Her work was initially considered by feminist art critics. Rist's works are owned by the most important art collections worldwide.
Tuesday, March 18, 2008
FLASH
I have never worked with the Flash application before. Even after going through the steps and different techniques in class, it's still a foreign subject to me. I am impressed by the people who can come up with such great pieces. Below are my responses to some of the websites that were given to us in class.
www.itwillneverbethesame.com
- this creator of this Flash project made the peice interactive. The flash piece is simply a drawn in road, and when you press down on the mouse, and direct the mouse in a certain direction, then whichever way you move, is the same way the road moves on the screen, as if you are actually driving a car down this road. I like this one because it's so simple, but it's still very cool at the same time.
http://alanbecker.deviantart.com/art/Animator-vs-Animation-34244097
- this flash piece is my favorite out of all of the ones listed. It shows man vs. technology, the computer. I like how the artist was able to incorporate items on the desktop and move icons around. That just makes the peice more interesting that they were able to take a normal flash project, and take it out of the actual application, and onto the main desktop. The way he fights with the different objects to is very entertaining. Very eye pleasing also.
www.thehalcyonhours.com
- THe Halcyon Hours. This is probably my second favorite out of all of these links. You can tell that the artist of this peice must have spent an insane amount of time to produce such work, and detail. I think by adding the effect that you are looking out a window makes the peice that more interesting. If it were just the sky, then I would find it still as appealing, but less pleasing. Also all of the quick links that are posted next to this piece are very cool pieces.
www.itwillneverbethesame.com
- this creator of this Flash project made the peice interactive. The flash piece is simply a drawn in road, and when you press down on the mouse, and direct the mouse in a certain direction, then whichever way you move, is the same way the road moves on the screen, as if you are actually driving a car down this road. I like this one because it's so simple, but it's still very cool at the same time.
http://alanbecker.deviantart.com/art/Animator-vs-Animation-34244097
- this flash piece is my favorite out of all of the ones listed. It shows man vs. technology, the computer. I like how the artist was able to incorporate items on the desktop and move icons around. That just makes the peice more interesting that they were able to take a normal flash project, and take it out of the actual application, and onto the main desktop. The way he fights with the different objects to is very entertaining. Very eye pleasing also.
www.thehalcyonhours.com
- THe Halcyon Hours. This is probably my second favorite out of all of these links. You can tell that the artist of this peice must have spent an insane amount of time to produce such work, and detail. I think by adding the effect that you are looking out a window makes the peice that more interesting. If it were just the sky, then I would find it still as appealing, but less pleasing. Also all of the quick links that are posted next to this piece are very cool pieces.
Thursday, January 17, 2008
Time is on my side...
<- Old Trail, Crozet before and after a period of time.Time is precious. If I could change the way time works, I might consider making life like a DVD. At one point in life, the thought of being able to go back in time and take care of things that weren't done, seemed just too cool. Then again, if everyone had this opportunity, life wouldn't be as interesting as it is, because events would always be changed and altered with. Everything happens for a reason. Time has changed. What once were woods is now an expansion of industrialism. I live in Crozet, VA, not far from Charlottesville. In the past two years, so many wooded areas have been destroyed and made into a place for business. It would be interesting to photograph all of these changes over time. So much renovating has been done to the area. Last fall, they were shooting the film Evan Almighty. I enjoyed driving through this area to get to school everyday. I think the only reason why I enjoyed doing this so much was because I saw a different pair of animals cross the street everytime. One day it was the elephants, the next... the giraffes. I would have loved to photograph everyday of this. It would have been interesting for someone to start taking pictures of Old Trail when it first started to become more developed.
http://www.lyricsfreak.com/p/pink+floyd/time_20108616.html
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