Video Art?

Hi all,

I was messing about on youtube earlier and came across a few videos by this guy called Lasse Gjertsen. He seems to have a lot of similarities with Martin Arnold in the fact that he takes video footage and edits it in order to make a new art piece (although Arnold seems to use found footage that already exists as its own separate entity) and thought that I'd put one of his videos up on here for discussion. He also has a video of himself beatboxing which is in a similar style and worth looking at. What does everyone think of this? Do you think that we can draw comparisons with some of the artists that we have looked at in seminars?

Dean and Zacs research project

Dear class

As part of our research project Dean and I would like it very much if each member of the group could post 1 song of your choice in the comment box, simply stating the artist and title of the song (nothing too obscure) of any musical genre. Thanks

Contact lense Technology

Here is one of many articles on the web about contact lenses being developed that provide computer-aided vision, exiting in terms of the ability to layer virtual worlds in front of the human eye with no obviouse screen or boundary. The technology of the AVIE and the neccesity of the screen seem to soon be obsolete????

Flash Mob Leamington

Just putting this up for anyone that didnt see the flash mob that we did in Tesco, Leamington. However, you may need a facebook account to access it... not sure though.

Sarajevo Story, at the Lyric Hammersmith Studio

Would anyone like to see Lightwork's latest show, Sarajevo Story, at the Lyric Hammersmith Studio, London, from 26 February - 15 March?

Sarajevo Story is a devised multimedia piece and interweaves a number of elements. Its main narrative concerns an American couple - a judge serving in the Bosnian war crimes court in Sarajevo, and her husband, a sound designer based in London and making a major sound installation for the Prague Quadrennial. They meet regularly in cities that are a flight from each of London and Sarajevo - Budapest, Prague, Vienna... Their work leads to opportunities and discoveries that will test their relationship to breaking point.

Their daughter is about to marry an Irishman. The wedding is planned for a barn in Vemont. There are difficulties along the way.

The judge's Bosnian taxi driver tells stories about Sarajevo.

Drawing on verbatim witness testimony, a series of scenes trace one of the cases concerning the Bosnian conflict, handled by the international court in which the judge serves.

And the patron saints of actors, lawyers, travellers, lost causes and sudden death weave fleetingly through the piece.

Sarajevo Story features hyper-naturalist performance (in which a number of conversations are mediated by communications technologies), direct address, balkan dance, and all-through sound and video designs.

It deals with personal betrayals, conflict between those who are inseparable, the business of speaking/testifying/bearing witness/telling stories, the machinery of justice, the contingencies of love and truth, in an international setting. It is funded by ACE both for its R&D (last year) and London run.


Here is a link to further details:

http://www.lyric.co.uk/pl332.html

powerpoint training

dear class if anyone would like to do an intro to powerpoint please let me know asap if you want to do this course with IT services on Thursday 14th February 13:00 to 16:00 IT Services Training Suite

PS I don't think you need it but for those who are worried about using it you might want to do this to allay your anxieties... (its dead simple to use)

Square Map Of Q4

In a paper I came across a dance company called Bonachela Dance Company, who are putting on a show at the moment called 'Square Map Of Q4'. Amongst its physical and sensual components, it deals with the interraction between technology and dance. It is a combination of four individual sections, (Q1, Q2, etc) 6 dancers and bizzare body movements that are characteristic of Bonachela (the choreographer) and his technical critique. Their website (the link) explains,

'Bonachela has a reputation for pushing at the boundaries of what dance can be. In his new work, he explores the increasingly blurred borders between technology and classicism, the synthetic and the organic and between high art and popular culture.'

However, what caught my eye especially, was that they collaborated with lighting designer Alan MacDonald to create a 3-Dimensional effect on the peformance. The idea, apparently, is to use film as a source of light that gets subliminally filtered through the movement. You will see fleeting images, some of which will be as quick as a human blink, adding to the human/technological divide. If you blink, you will miss it. These sources of light would be a lot like the ones we saw in 'OR' by Dumbtype. They are images that, like when a shutter is opened on a camera, are imprinted on our minds until the next flash of illuminating light hits the stage. Photographs are on the website as well as a good few videos on youtube.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ou1IC3OS7Ak
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T-AIU8qaAKs
Rafael Bonachela's website hosts images and records of his work:
http://www.rafaelbonachela.com/web_english/web_content/portfolio/portfolio_choreographic/portfolio_proffesional.html
ESPECIALLY THESE PROJECTIONS:http://www.rafaelbonachela.com/web_english/web_content/photo_gallery/gallery/gallery_21.html