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.

 

 

 

 

 

Performance Art Project

I recorded this performance art piece at the Brandon Westfield Mall food court. It was a great experience for me and my little helpers. My Daughter Maria in the Robin Suit and her friend Alyssa, wearing the black fedora, did a great job connecting to the patrons of the food court. Most people gave them a positive reaction, some were indifferent. We were finally escorted out of the mall by some very polite and professional security personnel. Enjoy the video.

Link: Mozz Performance Art

Josh Walton and Golan Levin

Josh Walton: Digital Storie Telling Through Physical Space.

This video was very enlightening. I hadn't thought of virtual spaces interacting with other spaces over the web. The building with graphics that were fueled by twitter interactions as well as the physical interactions of the people in the plaza in front of the building, was actually changing the routines of people in that space. The interaction of the physical world and the virtual world are becoming a part of everyones life. The video columns in the hotel were amazing. The generative content that grows all the time through collaborative outside works is very forward thinking.


Golan Levi's AMA Video Uses Experimental #D Camera.

After watching this video I wanted to go out and purchase the kinect developer kit. I found this video interesting and informative, especially about the future of video art and the new technologies and uses for the kinect. This device is cheap for it's capabilities. It will really help people that have sight disabilities. With the personal computers getting smaller and smaller we can develop a smaller version of the kinect that can be worn to assist the blind in getting around obstacles.

Dubstep

Extra Dubstep Music we didn't watch in class:

This artist is the real deal!!!! He makes the loops right on the spot with his portable equipment. You have to listen to this artist!!

The Guttural sound he makes must come from the aboriginal influences of living in Australia. This is one of the sounds I really like.

The amount of different sound effects he can produce are endless. No instruments are used in any of his performances.

Another Video I really enjoyed was :

       First Of The Year (Equinox) - Skrillex [OFFICIAL] 

The music was fantastic, but the video was unbelievable! You have to watch this!!!

Juan Carlos Delgodo

CUARTO NOTE

This is a brass bust, made by the artist Juan Carlos Delgado. He has embedded refrigeration coils inside the sculpture. The stand houses the refrigeration unit. As the refrigerant runs through the cooling pipes inside the sculpture, ice crystals form all over the sculpture.

The entire sculpture transforms into a different art piece over time. This is a performance art piece in my mind. The sculpture is taking on a life of it's own through the transformation of ice crystals.

Once the refrigerator cooling system is shut off, the sculpture returns to its original state.

Kurzweil

Ray Kurzweil at SXSW

Ray Kurzweil talks about artificial intelligence in this interview. He said by the year 2029 computers like WATSON will become as intelligent as the human brain. This computer can read the entire library of Wikipedia, 200 million documents at the time of this interview, and remember all of it. There are dangers with new technologies, its a double edge sword. What really astonished me was the fact that a child in Africa today has more information access on his cell phone than the president of the united states had 15 years ago. The same child is using a billion dollar worth of communication and computation networks.