Video Art Project
Thursday, May 5, 2011
Monday, May 2, 2011
Paul Allen: "Idea Man"
Paul Allen
"Here is the tale of one of the most restlessly curious and broadly imaginative people of our times, which in simple and eloquent language tells how he changed those times forever."
- Jann S. Wenner, editor and publisher, Rolling Stone
The co-founder of Microsoft is Paul Allen. He is a long-time friend of Bill Gates. However, it was not always a good relationship between the two. It has been described as the equivalent of a bad first marriage. In his memoir, Idea Man, Allen discusses the rocky relationship that eventually led to the creation of the billion dollar company, Microsoft. Allen believes he was cheated out of shares of the company. Yet, he still owned enough stock to be worth $13 billion today.
One reason many people haven't heard of Allen is because he left Microsoft in 1983. And this is when Gates excelled at making the company spread.
Beginning in 1974, at 21-years-old, he instantly became interested in electronics after reading an issue of Popular Electronics. At such an early age it seems inevitable that Allen would continue his love for technology and electronics. His recent release of Idea Man is said to be rather candid recollections of his life. The New York Times says, "It is primarily a book about the advance of technology, and about Mr. Allen’s truly forward-thinking, sometimes staggeringly important innovations."
Sunday, April 17, 2011
Music Then and Now
Original :Tom Petty Free Falling
Remake: John Mayer Free Falling
Original: Youth Group Forever Young
Remake: Jay Z Forever Young
Original: Beyonce Halo
Remake: Mike Posner Halo
All of these songs are examples of music that has been recreated by different artists. It seems to be becoming a lot more common for artists to take old songs and turn them into something newer with a different style.
Remake: John Mayer Free Falling
Original: Youth Group Forever Young
Remake: Jay Z Forever Young
Original: Beyonce Halo
Remake: Mike Posner Halo
All of these songs are examples of music that has been recreated by different artists. It seems to be becoming a lot more common for artists to take old songs and turn them into something newer with a different style.
Monday, April 4, 2011
Saturday, April 2, 2011
Troika Ranch
After watching this in class I realized once again how technology is amazing. The motions of the dancers are controlling the background "images" and the way they are drawn. I had never heard of this type of program, or seen it in action. I think it is a great way to enhance the performance by this group.
The way it works...
Art changes in London
Anthony d'Offay.
Interview with d'Offay
Art in Europe was much different than what was going on in the United States during the 1960s and 1970s. Anthony d'Offay was a British art dealer who closed down his dealership in 2002. This shocked everyone, especially in the art world. D'Offay represented well-known artists like, Joseph Beuys, Christian Boltanski, Gerherd Richter, Gilbert and George, Richard Long, Jeff Koons, Richard Hamilton and several others. During the 1990s, d'Offay was representing the young British artists.
When he decided to sell the store, he also had to rid of the art. The art was valued at over 100 million Euros. However, he only sold it for about 26.5 million Euros, just about what he paid for all of it. How crazy. What is even more crazy is the way in which the public responded to his announcement of the closing of his art dealership and further, his retirement. Luckily, he didn't retire and was working with an exhibition in Europe, Artist Rooms.
An excerpt from an article about d'Offay:
D’Offay last year sold 725 postwar and contemporary works to the nation at the price he paid for them, forgoing an estimated profit of some 100 million pounds ($165 million). He bought them for 26.5 million pounds and they were valued last year at 125 million pounds. His proviso: that they tour the country, giving under-18s easy access to recent art.
“Museums in this country are free, which is a great gift to the British people, but they have no money with which to buy,” says d’Offay. “If I’m able to help to improve the collections in this country, then I feel like a good guy.”
Xerox Projects
Alicia: Really interesting topic for the project, i really liked how you used the subject of a horror movie to make the collage. The different faces and items you used tied it all together.
Rupert: Awesome idea. You were able to express yourself and disguise your face but still make the project "you." I think it worked out really well how you used the symmetry.
Matt: Good idea with using your face/hands, I think it could be made bigger so it is more intense.
Katelin: Perfect! I loved the idea you used and how it was created into a movie. I think your project was amazing in the way that you showed how you got ready for a typical day and how it repeats itself everyday.
Patrick: Nice use of an object, "decontextualization." It was nice the way you organized the different pieces of your body and then used the quote over it.
Jon: Cool idea using the banana, I think it would look even better if you covered the entire banana with more faces and hands.
Amanda: Your project was a perfect way to describe you. Without even seeing who was on the skateboard, I think everyone knew who's project it was. It was a great representation of you and how you are.
Darlene: The "tree of life" was a great idea, I think it should have more hands or even use your eye as the center of the flowers or add more parts to the tree other than just objects.
Cierra: Great way to think "out of the box." I never would have thought of the idea to use mirrors to create this project. It was a really neat way to use the cutouts.
Constantin: I think your project showed you worked hard and spent a lot of time creating the letters. I could only imagine trying to do that. Good job.
Katilin: Monster Radio. It was another great use of "decontextualization." My favorite part was the eyes you used on the CD part of the radio.
Kelly: I really liked your tree that you made. You could have arranged the parts of the tree in any way but you did it in a way that roots=feet, legs=the trunk, and arms/hands= branches. That was an awesome way to make the project into a life-size object.
David: Like Santi said, it was a great idea and I think it is personal to you, but in the long run anyone could have just put hands on the basketball. I think the idea you had about the names of the basketball teams was a really interesting idea to include.
Sean: I think the idea was pretty cool by using your hands as criminals but I think you could have used your hands to describe yourself in a different way.
Ryan: Awesome project. The way the body was displayed on the car was perfect and realistic.
Rupert: Awesome idea. You were able to express yourself and disguise your face but still make the project "you." I think it worked out really well how you used the symmetry.
Matt: Good idea with using your face/hands, I think it could be made bigger so it is more intense.
Katelin: Perfect! I loved the idea you used and how it was created into a movie. I think your project was amazing in the way that you showed how you got ready for a typical day and how it repeats itself everyday.
Patrick: Nice use of an object, "decontextualization." It was nice the way you organized the different pieces of your body and then used the quote over it.
Jon: Cool idea using the banana, I think it would look even better if you covered the entire banana with more faces and hands.
Amanda: Your project was a perfect way to describe you. Without even seeing who was on the skateboard, I think everyone knew who's project it was. It was a great representation of you and how you are.
Darlene: The "tree of life" was a great idea, I think it should have more hands or even use your eye as the center of the flowers or add more parts to the tree other than just objects.
Cierra: Great way to think "out of the box." I never would have thought of the idea to use mirrors to create this project. It was a really neat way to use the cutouts.
Constantin: I think your project showed you worked hard and spent a lot of time creating the letters. I could only imagine trying to do that. Good job.
Katilin: Monster Radio. It was another great use of "decontextualization." My favorite part was the eyes you used on the CD part of the radio.
Kelly: I really liked your tree that you made. You could have arranged the parts of the tree in any way but you did it in a way that roots=feet, legs=the trunk, and arms/hands= branches. That was an awesome way to make the project into a life-size object.
David: Like Santi said, it was a great idea and I think it is personal to you, but in the long run anyone could have just put hands on the basketball. I think the idea you had about the names of the basketball teams was a really interesting idea to include.
Sean: I think the idea was pretty cool by using your hands as criminals but I think you could have used your hands to describe yourself in a different way.
Ryan: Awesome project. The way the body was displayed on the car was perfect and realistic.
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