ASPECT RESPONSE
I enjoyed how Joan Jonas used mirrors and word repetition to speak about the different sides of a human, both physically and mentally, as well as symmetry. I thought the way she used the technology as a physical and valid part of the piece was both strong and effective.
I disliked Tony Oursler's presentation as it reminded me of drug induced psychedelic trips across the universe with Frank Zappa and Bob Ross. It reminded me too much of that Heavy Metal movie, and seemed as though he was rambling and randomly animating things. His message was lost to me.
Latour's video did not reach me visually or emotionally, however, the concept that it was some sortof parody on the art world itself interested me. I have my own ideas about how faulted our fine arts system is, and this reassured me that I was not alone in my thinking.
The Yes Men portion was insanely entertaining and highly engrossing. The idea that they were able to infiltrate and convince the BBC that they were Reps from Dow was fantastic and quite a feat to be had. I found it amazing, because Dow had to go back and say "No, we aren't going to do the right thing", basically. Which makes them sound like horrible horrible people. I loved that their work was almost like Robin-Hood-esque Art Terrorism. Quite fantastic.
Christian Jankowski's portion was also quite fantastic. Having my own personal experience with Karaoke, and having actually done Japanese-styled Karaoke, I know it to be an embarrassing event. Christian was basically telling stories in a quite embarrassing way--for both the viewer, and the man within the karaoke film portion (which I can only assume is Christian himself, or a representation of him). By doing this, he brought a humanity to his film piece that I haven't really seen in many others. It was real feeling, raw, and silly--but some parts felt almost as though they shouldn't be singing along because they were too serious or somber--which was very effective.
Adrianne Wortzel's robot-psychiatrist versus human patient turned vice-versa was quite refreshing. It was an interesting piece, focusing on our own humanity and how far, perhaps, artificial intelligence could go. I think that this could have even have been pushed further. I'm not sure in what way, but I have a feeling that it might have been able to be more extreme. It was quite a beautiful experience to realize that the robot was demonstrating more human qualities than the human was. That type of visual and auditory dialog opens up a great point for discussion, both externally with peers and internally with one's own belief system and moral standings.
The last two presentations, who's names I did not get for some reason or another, were both interesting in valid in their own ways. The first one, wherein a machine did 'ye old wine glass trick' was quite attractive. That tone is so so very beautiful and enriching, but we rarely ever hear it produced because only a few people have the knack for it. The presentation was beautiful, but I felt that it could have been cut in a different way and it didn't need to be as long as it was.
The next one, where blenders were used instead of the voices for various dramatic moments on television, was quite interesting and effective. However, I do things like this in my spare time, and never once truly considered them artwork. It seems like such a simple thing to do, and I wondered why I didn't just do something like that and get an early start on making a name for myself. It was interesting, as someone noted, that men probably think that's what women sound like. That's why I have to repeat myself ten times... -sigh-
I disliked Tony Oursler's presentation as it reminded me of drug induced psychedelic trips across the universe with Frank Zappa and Bob Ross. It reminded me too much of that Heavy Metal movie, and seemed as though he was rambling and randomly animating things. His message was lost to me.
Latour's video did not reach me visually or emotionally, however, the concept that it was some sortof parody on the art world itself interested me. I have my own ideas about how faulted our fine arts system is, and this reassured me that I was not alone in my thinking.
The Yes Men portion was insanely entertaining and highly engrossing. The idea that they were able to infiltrate and convince the BBC that they were Reps from Dow was fantastic and quite a feat to be had. I found it amazing, because Dow had to go back and say "No, we aren't going to do the right thing", basically. Which makes them sound like horrible horrible people. I loved that their work was almost like Robin-Hood-esque Art Terrorism. Quite fantastic.
Christian Jankowski's portion was also quite fantastic. Having my own personal experience with Karaoke, and having actually done Japanese-styled Karaoke, I know it to be an embarrassing event. Christian was basically telling stories in a quite embarrassing way--for both the viewer, and the man within the karaoke film portion (which I can only assume is Christian himself, or a representation of him). By doing this, he brought a humanity to his film piece that I haven't really seen in many others. It was real feeling, raw, and silly--but some parts felt almost as though they shouldn't be singing along because they were too serious or somber--which was very effective.
Adrianne Wortzel's robot-psychiatrist versus human patient turned vice-versa was quite refreshing. It was an interesting piece, focusing on our own humanity and how far, perhaps, artificial intelligence could go. I think that this could have even have been pushed further. I'm not sure in what way, but I have a feeling that it might have been able to be more extreme. It was quite a beautiful experience to realize that the robot was demonstrating more human qualities than the human was. That type of visual and auditory dialog opens up a great point for discussion, both externally with peers and internally with one's own belief system and moral standings.
The last two presentations, who's names I did not get for some reason or another, were both interesting in valid in their own ways. The first one, wherein a machine did 'ye old wine glass trick' was quite attractive. That tone is so so very beautiful and enriching, but we rarely ever hear it produced because only a few people have the knack for it. The presentation was beautiful, but I felt that it could have been cut in a different way and it didn't need to be as long as it was.
The next one, where blenders were used instead of the voices for various dramatic moments on television, was quite interesting and effective. However, I do things like this in my spare time, and never once truly considered them artwork. It seems like such a simple thing to do, and I wondered why I didn't just do something like that and get an early start on making a name for myself. It was interesting, as someone noted, that men probably think that's what women sound like. That's why I have to repeat myself ten times... -sigh-
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