Reading #4: Rita Raley "Tactical Media" Questions

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Project #5 Video Cover

For my Video Cover, I did Cory Archangels "Mario Movie" as my inspiration. When creating this video, I thought a lot about how mario was effected as his environment deteriorated. It made me think of all the times when I was growing up where I thought a particular place or person was going to be a constant. I later found out that nothing is constant. For example, I started feeling this way after my first relationship ended. I thought that was going to be a constant and then one day it was ripped away from me. I thought a lot about it and realized people were never going to be a constant. They were always changing and adapting so it was ridiculous of me to think that their presense was so stable in my life. I accepted this but it still hit hard when my parents got divorced and my step-brother moved out. I never realized that he would be gone. That we would no longer be siblings after having been raised together. I realized that even the people closest to you don't have a permanent spot in your life.

I also discovered that this was the same for certain places and events. During my senior year of high school, there was a popular coffee shop that our group of friends often visited together. Over winter break, my boyfriend and I decided to visit. We realized that despite the place still being there, it wasn't the same. It was never going to be the same as it was during our senior year despite the location not having changed. It was the people and the memories that made it what it was. It was a safe haven that was suddenly gone just because the crowd that inhabited it was different.

It's a sad realization but everyone eventually goes through it and I wanted to capture that in my video cover.

Link to the original video

Reading #3 "Chapter 2 Video Art"

1. What is the difference between film and video? (Page 4, Para. 1)

2. Why was the introduction of video art such a drastic change for the art community? How was moving picture really any different from a canvas?

Project #4 Final Animations with Sound and Transitions

I had a lot of fun with this part of the project. Picking sounds was interesting and it was nice to see it all come together. I had trouble finding something in my room that would make a sound that would fit in with my visuals though. I feel like all the sounds found off the internet were very professional-like, but sounds that I recorded ended up just sounding cheap. Overall, I have enjoyed this project a lot and it has taught me a lot about the various programs we used.

Reading #2 Discussion

1. Does the ability of reproducing art reduce the value? Does having many prints/replicas of an artwork in many homes increase it's publicity, or devalue it. For example, the Statue of David is one of a kind. Has the ability to make tiny replicas that are easy to obtainable reduced the original value of the statue, or increased it's publicity by being a presence in many homes today. Does it keep the work alive?

 2. Do photographs, film, digital media, etc. still have an "aura" despite not being physically present? Will digital media ever have the publicity such as past art legends(Mona Lisa, Statue of David, etc) due to lack of this aura and no present originals?

Project #3 Animation

For this project, the obvious thing to do was to make the machines that are often seen moving in real life, move in the animation. I feel like if it was just the plane and blimps moving, it would be a bit boring so I added the tidbit with the octopus and the boat. I have some good ideas regarding the transition phase too.

Project #3 Digital Triptych Montage

For this project, I was really inspired by the technology relating to steampunk. I decided to do each panel based on a certain category of steampunk inventions. Those categories include air(airships, blimps, etc), land(bikes, motorcycles), and sea(boats, creatures, submarines). I also thought it would be neat to make each panel like a vacation destination for the family in the photos.