One of the more interesting perspectives presented in this article is the notion that in intermedia, the viewer must ignore parts of the piece that are anomalous, or not "pure art" in order to gain an understanding of the piece itself. I tend to agree. With many of the examples of intermedia that I've seen, I feel like I can't appreciate the whole piece, but I can appreciate the parts that appeal to me most. The rest of the work often seems foreign or weird.
Secondly, the idean that one of the elements of art is festival is my favorite part of intermedia or any artwork. The most interesting part of any artwork for me is discussing it with friends or peers. The very fact that art can be interpreted so many ways is why it is so magical, and is the reason that it brings people together in the first place.
This video is an example of what i like and dislike about performance art. I don't understand the message, or the content necessarily. However I respect the time and effort that was put in to framing and setting up the shots and their edits to evoke a certain mood. Therefore for me to appreciate this video I overlook the parts I do not get in order to obtain some meaning from the piece.
Saturday, March 2, 2013
Art as Performative Enactment - Kevin Silverstein
The author of this article brings up the truth of art and how, "The truth of art asserts itself when the work engages us and says something to us about what it means to be ourselves in the world." I can see how this can be connected to performance art. Performance art is meant to express human emotions and show how the human body interacts with environments. It engages an audience and tells us about ourselves in the world. This is when the truth of the art comes out. People can connect to the performance. They can see themselves or others in the shoes of the performer or in their imagination.
I like this aspect of performance art, the interaction with the audience and the connection you can make with them. A lot of the performance art that I have seen I could connect with or imagine someone who could connect with it. A lot of the performances can create extreme emotional fluctuations in viewers because of how strong they can be.
Many performance pieces are duration pieces, many of which I do have a problem with. Although most of them need that duration to prove a point or say what they want to say, some are plain boring. The one I have selected is far from boring and is extremely entertaining. It incorporates sounds and artistic talent along with the performance aspect, in front of a live audience.
I like this aspect of performance art, the interaction with the audience and the connection you can make with them. A lot of the performance art that I have seen I could connect with or imagine someone who could connect with it. A lot of the performances can create extreme emotional fluctuations in viewers because of how strong they can be.
Many performance pieces are duration pieces, many of which I do have a problem with. Although most of them need that duration to prove a point or say what they want to say, some are plain boring. The one I have selected is far from boring and is extremely entertaining. It incorporates sounds and artistic talent along with the performance aspect, in front of a live audience.
Thursday, February 28, 2013
Performance Art Response- Zoe
My favorite excerpt from the reading is the final section that addresses arts relationship to community and festival. The passage acknowledges festivals and art both, “unite us through its communicative function.” Essentially, art and festivals create proximity between voices and excite topics to bring about discourse and connection. I’d like to add to this similarity between performance art and festivals by addressing their similar relationship to time. In class we’ve discussed the idea of playback culture in relation to post media. Our ability to record events and distribute them to larger audiences has both heightened their overall impact and dulled the significance of the initial performance. Yet, for this argument I will address only the initial performance, and assume that there is a difference when experiencing live art and recorded art.
Festivals and performance art both escape playback culture. Post media escapes by altering how the art is experience every time, and performance art and festivals do the same. Festivals for example happen annually, biennially, semiannually, quarterly, but no matter how many times the same festival is repeated it is never the same. The people who attend are different, the tents are different, the bands are different and therefore the atmosphere and experience is different. Similarly, performance art can never be repeated the same way twice.
While the performance itself may be stunning or gory or thought-provoking, there also something very beautiful about this ephemeralness. Because the piece is short lived, their is a community created by those who experienced it and an out group for those who did not. As the author describes, “art is a power to enact an experience of a community in solidarity.” But, in the time based scenario the solidarity is not based upon reaction to the art, but whether or not it was seen at all.
Wednesday, February 27, 2013
Response to Art as Performative Enactment
After reading this article, I redefined what “performative”
means to me, and I really like the part talking about “play” among the three
notions: play, symbol, and festival. In
my mind, performative is no longer something being performed and recorded. It’s
about the performance of the thoughts, converted by the physical movement
instead of direct language. It does not matter who is seeing it, but it matters
about how the audience perceive it.
Also this article answers a question I came up with when I
first time read the article about the term “intermedia” before. Is intermedia something also determined by
subjective thoughts and experience? Not everyone has the same perception and
impression when they are seeing the same art piece. This article gave out a
solid answer: “…intermedia only exists or comes into being as such through the
interaction between objective elements and the subjectivity of the viewer…the
subjective side of the experience is essential and integral to the work of
art.” And intermedia depends on our each individual’s experience and life, we
are all having the different perspectives while seeing the same thing, and
that’s the magic of intermedia.
Here I’m sharing a
funny piece (seems like performance piece in my understanding of performance) made
by Joe Wong, a Chinese American comedian who always makes fun of himself about
his own experience when he first came to US. He was invited to speak at white
house dinner, and also is invited to come to U of R in April. I still can’t
tell what performance is all about, but at least get some sense about it after
searching online and watched some performance videos.
In camera edit
always watching from Javier Torres on Vimeo.
Laundry from Richard Lick on Vimeo.
Allow me to explain: Vimeo only allows a certain amount of data to be uploaded weekly. I uploaded a video as a test to make sure I knew how to do it. Then I uploaded "always watching". I went to upload "laundry" but there was not enough room. To make up for this, I created a new vimeo account.
Tuesday, February 26, 2013
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