Response for 9/3/2014
After reading the article about performance work in class in addition to the activity that followed, it seems like performance art in general is yet another avenue that artists employ to break traditional art norms. I remember at point the article we read in class said performance art questions what artistic mediums are in the first place.
In some cases, the performance was solely the documentation of the work itself, and in others, the performance aspect was introduced via the actual events that transpired during it. In the latter, the documentation simply allowed the viewer to watch the artist creating their work.
After reading the article about performance work in class in addition to the activity that followed, it seems like performance art in general is yet another avenue that artists employ to break traditional art norms. I remember at point the article we read in class said performance art questions what artistic mediums are in the first place.
In some cases, the performance was solely the documentation of the work itself, and in others, the performance aspect was introduced via the actual events that transpired during it. In the latter, the documentation simply allowed the viewer to watch the artist creating their work.
Response for 9/24/2014 (John Cage article)
Frankly, I think the "genre" of "avant-garde" music is a bit nonsensical. I think it's rather interesting to let people focus on the silence around them, but that idea doesn't get me super excited. It's no wonder people have had reactions of "What the hell?" to pieces like "4'33" where it's just a 4 minutes and 33 seconds of silence, punctuated only by extra noises from the outside, like a police siren or something. I think people would react more positively if something like this happened in an environment like a special room in an exhibition in a museum, with set times to go in and experience the silence, or whatever noises you're trying to hear. I think once a person steps in and calls themselves an "artist," people really begin to question the legitimacy of the work.
Frankly, I think the "genre" of "avant-garde" music is a bit nonsensical. I think it's rather interesting to let people focus on the silence around them, but that idea doesn't get me super excited. It's no wonder people have had reactions of "What the hell?" to pieces like "4'33" where it's just a 4 minutes and 33 seconds of silence, punctuated only by extra noises from the outside, like a police siren or something. I think people would react more positively if something like this happened in an environment like a special room in an exhibition in a museum, with set times to go in and experience the silence, or whatever noises you're trying to hear. I think once a person steps in and calls themselves an "artist," people really begin to question the legitimacy of the work.
Response to Audacity found sound project
Finding found sound was pretty interesting actually. Hearing the subtle sounds everything around us makes was pretty cool! What was very difficult was to make something cool from these sounds in Audacity. Audacity is not the most user-friendly program I've used, and it was the first ever sound-editing program I've used. So even though my little composition didn't sound the best, I did like listening in on all the different sounds and the different connotations that we associate with them.
Finding found sound was pretty interesting actually. Hearing the subtle sounds everything around us makes was pretty cool! What was very difficult was to make something cool from these sounds in Audacity. Audacity is not the most user-friendly program I've used, and it was the first ever sound-editing program I've used. So even though my little composition didn't sound the best, I did like listening in on all the different sounds and the different connotations that we associate with them.
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Idea for documentary film trailer (10/8)
After some discussion and brainstorming, my group (Keely, Craig, and Kayla) decided to do a mock-umentary about the "plight" of pumpkin spice lattes on college students and how they're sweeping the nation. We intend to get footage by Starbucks locations on Green and at the book store, and we could potentially even have a staged interview or two for effect.
After some discussion and brainstorming, my group (Keely, Craig, and Kayla) decided to do a mock-umentary about the "plight" of pumpkin spice lattes on college students and how they're sweeping the nation. We intend to get footage by Starbucks locations on Green and at the book store, and we could potentially even have a staged interview or two for effect.