Video Art =)

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it was a pleasure being in your class Santi :)
you're an amazing teacher

Organic Graffiti !!!

I wanted to share all of this with you because I think it's amazing.
If I had discovered this at the time of our performance art I would of used it to actually make my earth covered in REAL moss.

http://iwastesomuchtime.com/on/?i=25912

Enjoy :)

Ernesto Neto, installation at Pompidou Center, Paris

Six Machines That Changed The Music World

The Mutant
ROLAND TB-303 synthesizer


The Stepchild
ROLAND TR-808 DRUM MACHINE


The Workhorse
TECHNICS SL-1200 TURNTABLE


The Screamers
NORD LEAD 1 KEYBOARD, AMEK SYSTEM 9098 EQUALIZER 


The Transformer
AKAI S950 SAMPLER




Every one of these machines that their own unique characteristics that changed the music world forever, I believe that with the invention of one, it undoubtedly influenced the next generation of 'music machine.' Reading about to progression of all machines really is amazing. Without these machines recording and music wouldn't exist today, or be half as outstanding!

Rare 70's Electronical Music / Hunger Games Soundtrack

When reading the article about the rare 70's electronical music created by Laurie Spiegel, in the soundtrack of The Hunger Games I couldn't help to think about why they decided to use other popular indie rocker bands in their 'official' soundtrack rather than the  analog synthesizer and old-school tape machines that were used in the movies sound design. I believe that the rare music was definitely very fitting for the newly released movie, but at the same time the audiences would better relate to the new indie rocker groups such as Taylor Swift. Its a very drone sound at first but it really captures the essence of the film, it almost puts you in a trance! Very amazing, I haven't be fortunate enough to see The Hunger Games yet but this has definitely inspired me too a little more.

3 FLASHMOBS

1.)
http://youtu.be/nZESyu7fbOQ
FLASH MOB @ THE UNIVERSITY OF TAMPA!

2.)
http://youtu.be/XQkdUVJQqKo
BEACH FLASHMOB; ISRAEL

3.)
http://youtu.be/mG24E0EbQ7E
LADY GAGA FLASH MOB!

Sheryl Oring - I wish to say. ORG

                                                             Sheryl Oring - Iwishtosay.org


I've never heard of the "Iwishtosay.org" website or project until my art & technology class.  I really think it's amazing thing that Oring is doing, it gives the common person their freedom of speech and allows someone who would originally never be able to contact the president, a way to do so. That's amazing! I think the thing that I love most about this project is that Sheryl decides to dress up in 60's attire with an old-fashioned manual type-writer.  In my opinion this really gives off a sense of security with the people who approach her.  Instead of having a macbook open ready to type someones thoughts onto an LCD screen, the type-writer really allows an intimate connection between the author and the person dictating their thoughts aloud.  In this day and age whenever you participate in something you are ALWAYS asked a serious of questions, especially you are asked some kind of information so someone can send you ads or what not.  An old-fashioned manual type-writer breaks that barrier, because it's a machine only capable of doing one things --- putting thoughts on paper.

Joseph Beuys

                               

                               "Every man is a plastic artist who must determine things for himself."

I believe that every artist at some point or another favors one material more than the next. Beuys was commonly known for using animal fat and felt in his performance art pieces; one which is organic and one in which is fabricated. I believe that Beuys had such a fascination u with felt because it was one of the warmest materials you can buy; but at the same time practically worthless. I believe is "weird" or "odd" performance art is amazing because at first glace you will see nothing but what the your brain is telling you.  If you do your research you can see that all of the things that Beuys did have meaning behind them.  Such as his performance art piece "How to Explain Pictures to a Dead Hare" this was done symbolically when the Germans were just starting to realize the tragedies that have came to them in their recent past. It's about excepting the harsh realities of what is real, and what is in front of you.  Beuys saw things through a different perspective. 

Xerox Reviews

Megan Peacy:  She had the umbrella that was covered with her body parts.  The surface it was done on was the best.  One of the best in the class!

Cody: The mask out of hands, really really well done I loved it! Needed to be bigger

Me :) - 3 faces of Brama would have been more creative.

Brian- The worm, birds, trees, clouds. I loved how he used his arm fur for the feathers of the birds.

Nakota- I love how she used real bark and leaves to make it really come together as a tree, I also liked her story behind her piece.

Arielle- Used a tennis racket with hands and her face on the face of the racket. I think she should of entwined the fingers inside the racket strings, covering the whole racket would be better.

Michelle- Made a dog out of her hand like a shadow figure. It was very busy but I really liked it!! Her candy-cane pattern looked like a fabric.

Lauren- "conceited" I like the idea of the words all around it that describe her but I did not like how the glue was all over the front of her project; made it look sloppy.

James: "hand of God" looks like a monster cartoon ! I loved it but it definitely was unfinished.

Kim- Crossed fingers; very abstract.  She made three separate designs and then put them together like a exquisite corpse. EXCELLENT !!!!!

Catherine-   Boombox ; face as speakers. I would of liked this better if she used a different surface than what her felix the cat was on.

Erin- Really abstract, great job!

Juan- I didn't understand the story behind it, I thought the cutting was sloppy also, but I do remember Juan saying he's bad at cutting things with sizzors. Mediocre

Christopher- I loved the meaning behind the sun "praying hands" the sun was my favorite part. Great job like always !

Maria- Used 200 zoom on her face, loved it !!!

Xerox Projext - Six Armed Ganesha God

Grid Art - Miss Pacman

The medium I used for my 

grid-art project was three different types of beans, glass marbles, and red hot candies :)

Grid-Art "People as Pixels"

I thought this was really amazing & I wanted to share! :)

Flip-Book Critiques: Post #8

Chris Sherman- I would of like it better if the man was dancing instead of only one position. Amazing how the person turned into a face and then crawled back out of the face, reminded me of BLU BLU - wonderful drawer!

Maria Useche-  She had a lot of thoughts and ideas going on and they were done very well. I loved the little rastafarian dancer and the skateboarder was awesome!

Erin Hewitt-  The bouncing ball (even though Santiago said there should of been more on the page) was outrageous, it really looked like it was bouncing. The flying bird that turned into a tree was really really well done - another great artist!

Brian Macedo- The spider shooting the evil box/pumpkin in the face was pretty cool.  I think it would have been easier to see if it was black marker instead of pen.

Juan Setano-  I thought that he should of continued with the Pokemon story. It was very sad but very good.

Kim Adams- There were a lot of ideas here- her pages were sticking together. Very very well done, you can definitely tell this took her awhile.

Lauren Acri-  Laurens was 100 pages short which was not what the assigment was BUT it was definitely one of the best ones. I loved the color and the whole entire idea of the spraypaint can being given humanistic qualities and the grafitii that spelled out her name - AMAZING!!!!

Arielle Speert-  I couldn't figure out what it spelled out.

Cody Thayer-  This was definitely my favorite - it was a really quality flip-book and was hilarious to watch it.  Honestly I want a copy !! :)

Megan- She used pencil, not enough pages - honestly this was not the best I saw, she needed more color. (maybe more time also?)

James Rutter- I loved the bike that rode around the pages, best part!

Michelle- Loved it! Same idea as me only she used a whale, very very cool and well done!

Nakota Wagner- This was a serious story going on - Very sad :( but it was amazing. She should turn this animation into a video.


LAST BUT NOT LEAST ME!
Sabrina Brandsema - I loved my shark eating the fish but like Santiago said I should have continued with that story instead of changing it.

OTR.com "Sherlock Holmes" Post #7

I chose Sherlock Holmes because I love mystery and I actually used to listen to casset-tapes on long care drives with my mom when I was little, we'd listen to mysteries and comedy.  Most of the cassets were Sherlock Holmes. I think this website is awesome, just to think that i'm listening to something that someone a very long time ago listened to and it captivated them. The voices and the music in the recordings are great, they really sound mysterious!  I do find it hard to concentrate on listening to it, which I find interesting since in my generation we have so much visual stimulation that maybe our brains are loosing the ability to visualize without a screen infront of our face - freaky!

MUTO- a wall painted animated BLU BLUE. Post #6

I thought that the video MUTO was extremely creative and imaginative.  The idea that the artists had in the begining was totally transformed when they got to the end, I feel as if they didn't really have a plan but they created the story as they went. I believe that this is what we should do when creating our flip-book animation, start out with a specific thought but let our minds wonder and dont plan it exactly how you want it, let it come together.  I think it's amazing how they create this painted wall animation, someone from the outside looking in would probably just think its cool.  But in class we've been told how much effort flip-book animation can be. You need to draw something many many manyyyy times to make it look like its moving when you go through it fast.  I can't even begin to image how long MUTO took to make.
AMAZING ! :)

Where Does Jazz Come From? Post #5

Back in the 1500's is when slave labor started to become popular, Africans were taken out of their native land and sent over to European countries also known as 'The New World' -- I'm also taking a Intercultural Communications course which believe it or not, we are talking about where Jazz originated! As these African laborers arrived they were begining to be exposed to different types of rythems and intruments, which influenced the style of Jazz today.  As we move closer to the 1600's laborers were working on plantations and being exposed to Catholic Church music, I believe that Jazz came from an array of different influences, including the Blues. 

I believe Jazz has a sexual connotation behind it because of the way that the performers moved their bodies: there are also other sexual references in worlds used in the jazz era. Such as the term 'swing dancing' also known as wife swapping!

Post #5 Stage Door

The first video clip I watched was Godspell on Broadway, I really loved how the stage was set up where its in a circular shape and the audience it all around them.  One creative aspect that I noticed when watching this is how they used the 'Baroque style' of controlling the natural elements, in this situation it was water coming down from the ceiling into a little open board on the actual stage. Another amazing thing I noticed in this same video was how many secret doors they have on stage that open up, one which opened in atleast 7 places where miniature trampolines were used by the past to jump up and down on. They utalized each others trampolines by jumping back and forth which was awesome and extremely creative.

The second video clip I watched was Oliver! which I thought had amazing background scenes for an onstage play.  I really liked how they incorporated the tables the children would eat on with the night life scenes that they had, making multiple uses out of scenery and props is really good.  It was outstanding how they made the sewer hole into something that led to a secret place under the main part of the stage which totally transformed the scene into something different.  Another little, but really cool thing that I noticed was the use of invisable line.  When one man dropped his hankercheif and the child went to pick it up it magically flew right back up into his hand, sometimes the little thigs are the things that make you say WOW! I believe that the scenery used in Oliver! was definitely something that used technology to create, when looking at the scene were they're on the rooftop, the chimneys look so real, and the 3D dimentions of the backdrop are outrageous, it looks like it's actually real!

The third video clip I watched was one of my childhood favorites, The Adams Family. One of the great things that everyone knew about if they watched The Adams Family was Thing, the hand without a body.  It was amazing how they used technology to make a character that was just a hand, and made it walk around and do all these crazy things. A great use of techology on the broardway clip I watched was the moving steel gates, which most likely weren't steel but they looked so real you wouldn't think twice.  Also the fog that they used on stage to give it the errie feel of The Adams Family. I believe that the use of techology in this broadway play in particular was important because without Thing the hand, and the fog... The Adams Family woulnd't be possible on broadway.

Farinelli & Castrato Post #4

I had all my research printed out for class on Farinelli and castrato. Didn't realize I needed to post it on here ! :)

Farinelli also known as Carlo Broschi was known as one of the greatest castrati there was. There is no record or any recording or Farinelli's actual voice but recreations have been made to depict the sound that he would have produced.  Castrati were known for there amazingly high pitched voices, which were obtainted by a surgery performed on them while they're still in their abolencent years. They would remove the testicles of a man in his pubecent years which would allow no testosterone to be released into the body. Since men have a larger lung capacity, castrati singers would be able to hold unbelieveable high pitched notes for more than one minute!

Madama Butterfly Post #2

I've never got to see the opera Madama Butterfly, but from the clip we saw in class I can tell why professor always cries! It's so sad and as a woman I think we can all relate to our first love, or being dissapointed by love. It's so sad how she actually gave him all of her heart and he had no intention of actually loving her back the way that she loved him. I love the video linked in the syllabus where they are animated as plastic Barbie dolls; even through plastic you can still feel how much pain she is going through.  After their steamy outdoor sex scene, he says fairwell to her and even gives her his Navy had to keep so she will always think of him.  It's so sad because you see him walk away and then day turns into night and she is still waiting - longing for him to come back to her. I personally like that the animation is through plastic dolls because I feel even more sad for some reason. He finally comes back for her only for her to find him with another woman 'a perfect Barbie like blonde' completely opposite of what she is.  He proceeds to take her child away from her and leave her forever. I think it was extremely creative how the creator of the video let her walk off the cliff right into the studio that created the video. She rips her face off, skin, and begins to unscew all her gears with a screwdriver (a nicer way to portray suicide).

Bach's music used in breakdancing: amazing!

http://youtu.be/QgCnKd1p5OU

Cuarto Norte: Post #1

Alright well here we go... i've never used a blog before in my entire life! Here goes nothing!

I believe that we were supposed to post our first blog on Cuarto Norte "the sculpture that was not supposed to evolve." From class notes I believe that this sculpture was placed in the Ice Hotel and began forming frost on the sculpture, depending on the lighting and time day some parts of the sculpture would be denser with frost than others, creating a abnormal looking face.  This would most definitely be a great example of synery, which is two (or more) tools working together.  This piece of art was originally not supposed to evolve but the circumstances it was persented with made a serious of time controlling tools that worked together to form synergy. For example the movie by Artificial Intelligence when David finds the sculpture of the angel, they were under he water for 500+ years and the once featured statue in NYC was now covered thick with ice.  I used this example because I believe that this sculpture was not meant to evolve, but did, therefore is a perfect example of multi media.