Final Project

For my final project I wanted to put together a collage of thoughts, images and sound that go through my daughter's head, on a daily basis. The pressures of having a Marine boyfriend on his first deployment, and the daily pressures of work, family and friends can become overwhelming at times. Enjoy the journey.

Final Project

Weird Carmen

MeTube: August sings Carmen 'Habanera'

This is a great combination of disruptive art and video effects. There is a lot of hidden meaning through out the video as well. I really enjoyed the scene switching with the old filters being applied like a vintage picture viewer.

There was some grotesque images to ad to the disruptive qualities of the video. Still, I enjoyed the craftsmanship of the video. It was very well done.

Violent Games

Penn Jillette on Video Games & Violence 

Stanton Samenow On MSNBC Demolishes Mythical Link Between Violenc

 FMFF - Do Video Games Cause Violence?

 Here are three different views on the ongoing arguments of video violence having a direct correlation to real life violence. There are many studies on the effects of violent video games and real world violence. I do not thing this question will be answered any time soon. I feel parents need to make decisions on what their children are exposed to as they grow up. All these videos are not able to prove that violent video games and real world violence.

 

Geoghean

Tom Geoghean : Performance Artist

This is Geoghean's Strange fruit pperformance piece. He hung motionless on a tree for most of the day. This type of performance takes an incredible amount of self control and a state of meditation. The artist is using his body as the art piece, a living canvas.

Another performance is called "Rubbish", where he dresses up in a pile of rubbish on the street, with his head sticking out a little. Most people walking by just ignore him. Some notice the head, but do not check him out. Someone actually kicked him in the head. The artist did not respond, keeping with the spirit of the performance. Great stuff.

History of Magnetic tape

     The History of Magnetic Audio Tape

This is such an interesting video on the history of the magnetic tape. I did not realize that Nazi Germany was the creators of this technology. They also figured out how to improve the device to remove the background noise. At that point as the Americans often did during the war, they stole the plans and a couple of the magnetic machines and reverse engineered them to construct the American version. These magnetic tape recorders revolutionize the radio and music industry for ever. This was the beginning of tape editing through splicing together sounds and music. 

       Her Morning Elegance / Oren Lavie

This still shot motion video really tells the story of the song. The use of every day garments to represent the sea life was great. There are a staggering amount of still shots that went into this animation video. Great choreography on this video performance.

Klaus Obermeier, Gideon Obarzaneks, and Kevin Warwick

Apparition HD all scenes - Klaus Obermaier and Ars Electronica Futurelab 

 

The  video interaction with the live performers made for some of the most stunning video effects I have ever seen. It is transporting the audience to a higher level of performance. An off-world experience in my mind.

 

Gideon Obarzaneks Digital Moves

 Another great video where video technology meets the human form in a ballet of movement, light, and sound. Stunning effects and choreography by Gideon Obarzaneks.

 

Kevin Warwick, Human Cyborg 

 He was the first human to have a chip implanted into his nervous system. He also did an experiment with his wife, where she moved her hand, after implanted with the same chip, and he received the signal directly into his brain. This was the first time two people have communicated directly through thought through a computed network.