1) List two specific key
relationships between Sam Taylor Wood's photography and film work?
Sam Taylor Wood’s work
has a huge element of her in it. It includes the thoughts how she sees the
world. Self Portrait as a Tree 2000 was made during the period when she was
going through her chemotherapy treatment. At first she didn’t recognised the
meaning of this picture. Later on she realised she had captured the way she was
feeling. Sam’s work is strongly affiliated with her life and reflects her
thoughts and feeling which make it autobiographical.
2) How does the use of
multi-screen installation in her work reflect narrative?
Sam Taylor Wood uses
multi-screen installation to reflect her vision but more importantly create
high emotion and decadence for the viewer. It also might confuse the viewer who
is part of the environment. For instance
in a piece ‘Travesty of Mockery’ (1995) the audience is situated in the middle
of arguments between two people which may feel claustrophobic. The narrative
usually is unfinished which encourages us to think creatively and make our own story.
3) What other
photographers use film as an integral part of their work. List two with
examples?
Bill Viola is a
contemporary video artist. His artistic expression depends on electronic, sound,
image technology and are distinguished by their precision and direct
simplicity.
Andy Warhol was an
American artist who was a leading figure in the visual art. He used many forms
of media including hand drawing, printmaking, photography, silk screening,
sculpture, film and music. One of his pieces, the 35-minute film ,,Blow Job’’
is one continuous shot of the face of DeVeren Bookwalter supposedly receiving oral sex from the filmmaker.
The camera never goes down to see this.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EBI2y-QlnHo
4) Research three other
Video artists and explain their working philosophy
Bill Viola
His works focus on human
experiences like birth, death and aspects of consciousness. His videos strongly
communicates with the audience and allows them to experience them directly but
also in a personal way.
Matthew Barney
An American artist who
works in sculpture, photography, drawing and film. His purpose is not to produce works of art,
but to build a new arts culture by exploring and exceeding new boundaries and
mixing art with philosophy, psychology and fetish. The ,,The Cremaster Cycle”
is the perfect mixture of these elements.
Gary Hill
An American video artist
who internationally exhibited installations and performance art which includes
innovative language. Hill's work thoroughly exploits the capacity of video to
offer complex nonlinear narratives that encourage active engagement on the part
of the viewer.
5) Show an example of a
specific gallery space or a site specific location where a video artist or film
maker has created work specifically for that space and been influenced by it
Matthew Barney has
created this specific gallery space in the piece called ,,the Cremaster
cycle’’. The exhibition took place in 5 different locations which eventually
would come together as one body. Once the locations were selected Matthew
started to write the stories. Most of the images and characters where created
and influenced by available methodologies that exist in these places. Other
characters come from Matthews own narrative. The way he works is the way he
absorbs thing on a daily basis. The location and the entire team completed the
project.
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