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Wednesday, December 10, 2014
Tuesday, December 9, 2014
Monday, December 8, 2014
EXTRA CREDIT: Kate Weare, Naturalist
Kate Weare is an artist who is known for her exotic, simplistic and interesting art pieces within her community. Her company focuses on minimalist art and the documentation of it on camera. "While she is a minimalist choreographer, emotionally she explores the areas of love, femininity, strength and sexuality. Her movement ranges from seductive partnering and strong lifts, to witty gestures and lush movement phrases. She is interested in the kind of theatrical dance wherein narrative is implied but never specified and gives evidence of having thought deeply and fruitfully about her intentions." Weare's wide range of pieces reflect social justice, theatrical dance, and seductive nature all in a very unique and profound way. She eliminates the need to create "artsy" pieces by creating art in its rawest form and bringing it to the audiences.
In terms of filmography, she takes a very observational documentary approach to her films. With this fly on the wall approach, the directorial style does not take over the artwork and allows it to speak for itself and simply documents, rather than overtakes the piece. The usage of laissez faire direction allows for more focus on the art itself, while still making a piece that is cinematically pleasing.
laissez faire
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OTLUsjFSP4g#t=42
In terms of filmography, she takes a very observational documentary approach to her films. With this fly on the wall approach, the directorial style does not take over the artwork and allows it to speak for itself and simply documents, rather than overtakes the piece. The usage of laissez faire direction allows for more focus on the art itself, while still making a piece that is cinematically pleasing.
laissez faire
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OTLUsjFSP4g#t=42
REPOST: The Medium is the Message
In Marshal McLouhan's "The Medium is the Message" Marshall McLuhan was concerned with the observation that we always seem to focus on the obvious in media. In doing so, we miss the changes in our affairs that are subtly conveyed to us. When we create a new innovation, if its an invention or a new idea, many of its properties are fairly obvious to us. We know what it will nominally do, or at least what it is intended to do, and in the end we know what it might replace. We often know what its advantages and disadvantages might be. But it is also often the case that, after a long period of time and experience with the new innovation, we look backward and realize that there were some effects of which we were entirely unaware at the outset. These effects are known as "unintended consequences," although "unanticipated consequences" is another interesting way to convey this idea.
This is seen in the Ted Talk, "Changing the Educational Paradigm" where Sir Ken Robinson takes a very complex and mundane idea and makes it new and invigorating by the medium in which he uses. It is this idea, where the medium is an extension of the mind, where an idea that would otherwise be overlooked is heavily watched and praised.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zDZFcDGpL4U
This is seen in the Ted Talk, "Changing the Educational Paradigm" where Sir Ken Robinson takes a very complex and mundane idea and makes it new and invigorating by the medium in which he uses. It is this idea, where the medium is an extension of the mind, where an idea that would otherwise be overlooked is heavily watched and praised.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zDZFcDGpL4U
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