Remarks on marks on marks.

           Foster's piece begins with a distinction between the idea of "multimedia" and "intermedia", and he clearly favors the idea of intermedia. I personally remained confused as to the meanings of both words, so I looked up the definitions. "Intermedia" relates to the utilization of different genres in a piece of art, while "multimedia" refers to the more contemporary idea of modern electronic media. To Foster, intermedia (and more specifically video) works better because it serves as "an extension of ourselves."To be able to draw from different forms of art to create a coherent, singular piece is a practice that represents human activity, and the fact that as a human being we are experiencing all of our senses together all at once on a daily basis.

            It only works that video would come to the forefront of artistic preference considering that it has the ability to stimulate all or most of our senses at once. The imagery of a video, the use of sound in video, and the different ways a film maker can direct an audience serve to bring the audience into the piece more so than other forms of media. Personally I would like to use Nicolas Winding Refn's film Drive as an example of how powerful video is as intermedia. In the scene I have chosen, we can see how the music, lighting, and actions on screen purvey the point of the scene without actually telling the audience anything. Also, it's a pretty kick-ass scene.

link: http://youtu.be/i5ufgkJ-uVE