For this project my focus was on how nature is there even though there are human dwellings. This was shot at Wildwood which is a metropark in Toledo Ohio. The audio is taken at the University of Toledo Visual arts building. There is a stairwell that whistles which I included. My main idea for this …
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Gaston Bachelard’s Poetics of Spaces Response
Why does the vertical nature of something dictate the way we view it? Compare a short tree to a tall one. Do you feel something different for each? Looking at a skyscraper and comparing it to a one story home do you feel something different for each? If no to both then forget about it …
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Italio calvino Invisible Cities Response
Details are meaningless unless given them. To describe the stairs that have no story is a waste of words. If the stairs mark a part of the history of that which they lead then go and describe them. If they are simply the means to an end of someone moving up and down then contemplate …
Smashed Cars and Chinese Chewing
Video art varies in style and format. For example, Nam June Paik with her TV Buddha uses a video of a still buddha statue that sits in front of the screen it plays on. Then there’s Bill Viola with his He Weeps for You which is a close-up shot of a water-dropping that after it …
Elevator Loop
For this project I played with looping something I use everyday. I struggled to concentrate on one area of focus for a bit but ended up deciding on this. For this the focus was on the repetitiveness of elevator doors. I connected this with the ideas I have about inanimate objects that are designed to …
Response to Loops in the work of Omer Fast and other contemporary artists
Although looping seems to be basic, possibly lacking in creativity today thanks to gifs, looping and repetitive actions and sounds can create intriguing art. Looping can be made into repetitive time changing creations. Some loops are simple and edit one portion of an already existing video that repeats. Other videos are made cinematic and shot …
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Art video StoryBoard and Ruff Video
Video Art I Found and Like
Horsey https://www.vdb.org/titles/horsey by Frédéric Moffet I enjoyed the playfulness of a serious topic. Even though this one is talking about horses not having to take sides in politics its also done in a simple but intriguing way. The style of the video is almost cinematic like an opening scene in a movie which intrigues me. …
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