Project 2
Description
In this project it is important to begin to think about video as another material at your disposal, a material that can add texture, light, and drama. Think about the space you are creating as a stage and consider the experience of your viewers or participants. How will they move through the space or work? How will they interact with you, the space, object, or projection?
This project is to be a site specific installation, in which performance is encouraged (you do not have to be the performer).
The topic is open, but you can choose to tell a story, involve or implicate the viewer, place one space inside another (the desert in a computer lab) utilize a live feed, create an earthwork…etc.
Since this is a site specific / performative project, we will be viewing the documentation of the project in critique. Think about what it means to view a video of a performance. What does a video allow that viewing an artwork or live performance does not. Think about the perspective of the camera, think about its movement and positioning, think about composition – what is seen, what is not seen. You have full control over the viewpoint. Is the viewpoint above, below, or inside of an object?
Viewing the work as documentation allows you to also play with making a durational work. If you choose, your installation / performance could take place an hour everyday or 48 hours straight (seeing plants grow, fruit rotting).
You can also consider the disconnect between screens (the way it will be viewed) and face to face contact that a live performance can provide. (Pipilotti and Petra Cortright). How can a video create or reinforce the awareness this kind of disconnection/connection.
You should be very intentional with your post production. Consider what it means to alter the documentation of your performance, how could post enhance or hinder your concept. Could it add meaning? Could it be a way to further manipulate the viewer’s perspective or relationship with the performance?
Objectives
Create a site specific installation /performance that incorporates projection mapping with MadMapper and a set of at least 4 different original video sampling sources (your quadrants will be made up of different source videos, just like P1) you will transform a neutral space or installation using projection mapping as an element of your installation/ performance. You will need to document this installation / performance with a maximum of 5 minutes of video and any supplemental photos that might be needed.
Requirements
Your project should include but is not limited to:
- 4 video sampling sources of original video
- A mapped video projection at 1920×1080 res (should match project specs)
- Max 5 minutes video documentation of a site specific installation/performance
- concept that engages with space, objects, and audience through video projection and other mediums
On your blog:
- Project Proposal
- Artist Research Assignment
- Process Posts (min. 3)
- Artist Statement
- Final Project Documentation
Project Proposal guidelines
- Three sketches
- 2 paragraph description: what and why
- Timeline
- Materials list
- Fill your proposal with as much information as possible, treat it as if you were proposing this project to a gallery, residency, or city.
Artist research guidelines
- 2 paragraphs on the artist, a particular work, or body of work
- The artist’s artist statement (if one is no available, use a relevant interview)
- Attach an image of your favorite work of the artist and a few sentences on why you like that work
- See the list on the resources page for acceptable artists (for artists off that list please see instructor)
Artist Statement guidelines
- Minimum 2 Paragraphs
- Should be about why you made the work and your concept – not how you made it or what you made it with
- Can be written creatively to match the work, such as a poem.
ARTISTS / ARTWORKS / PROJECTS
Alt J Breezeblocks – why post production could be important/ the viewer’s perspective
Willow- sweater
The Alchemy of Light
MUTO
HYPER-REALITY
Yayoi Kusama
A history
Love is Calling at Tampa Museum of Art
Joan Jonas
Art21 Profile
Art21: Fiction segment
Marina Abramovic –
Here’s an interview with her talking about her work and technology: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qbUQF1lliMs
TED talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M4so_Z9a_u0
Art must be beautiful: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XmllstbdN9U
Martha Rosler
Semiotics of the Kitchen
Interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EMxo_3Ppr8Y
Adrian Piper
“What It’s Like, What It Is #3”
Retrospective at MoMA
Mythic Being 1973
The Power of Now: Adrian Piper’s Indexical Present
Nice summary: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SKPtKrKvXyo
Bruce Nauman
https://art21.org/artist/bruce-nauman/
TateShots
Make Me Think – documentary – its in German, but you can see a lot of the work
Gary Hill
http://garyhill.com/work/mixed-media-installation
Jenny Holzer – famous for her site specific works
About: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BiPlGSKygnk
culture show – interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y74WGcc084M
Projections for Chicago. Art 21: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QeOOFKzQxS0
Inflammatory Essays: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ONIUXi84YCc
Spiral Jetty – Robert Smithson
Andy Goldsworthy
Leaning into the wind
Rivers and Tides
Pippilotti Rist
Sip My Ocean
Pixel Forest
I’m not the girl who misses much
Ever is all over
Interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nCusgvPo5vM
Petra Cortright
https://www.petracortright.com/
Interview with Lindsay Howard
Cory Arcangel
http://www.coryarcangel.com/
Super Mario Clouds
Recent interview where he talks about his practice and materials: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0EieZIeOy4c
He also considers himself a composer and has a few sound installations
Mary Mattingly
http://www.marymattingly.com/
https://art21.org/artist/mary-mattingly/
Superflex
Working life
Flooded McDonald’s
George Jenne
http://www.georgejenne.com/invidus-vermem.html
Sabrina Ratté
http://sabrinaratte.com/
https://vimeo.com/222838063
Jennifer and Kevin McCoy
http://www.mccoyspace.com/project/7/
Mel Chin – Revival Field
Mierle Ukeles –How Mierle Laderman Ukeles Turned Maintenance Work into Art
Erica Isringhaus 