Tuesday, January 26, 2010

an area where direct light from a light source cannot reach due to obstruction by an object

Group B
The group utilized the sheet by folding it so the folds effectively created the outline of an umbrella, then took turns walking up to the screen and having their shadows take shape and “hold” the umbrella. The repetitive act of walking forward, stating the weather, and walking away created an almost hypnotizing experience that we were quickly drawn out of with the splash of water.

Group C
By creating screens that touched the ground and went up well over their heads they created a cinematic experience. The use of different sounds added some humor and at times made it seem surreal because the sound was not what you’d normally match the visual with (I think there’s a word for that at this moment escapes me).

Group D
The idea of being fed by light made me think of exactly what a shadow is- without the light it cannot survive and I found it really interesting how this aspect of shadows was used. By using different angles and a moving light I felt as though I was at a play, this was heightened by their choice to not use a sheet or screen.

Tuesday, January 12, 2010

Performances I wasn't around for...

In the Jan Fabre's performance It Is Kill Or Cure, he positioned himself in front of six journalist, each with a loaded gun and invited them to shoot at him. The performance was part of a installation that featured a drilled through coin with John F. Kennedy on it.





Invitation to It Is Kill Or Cure.

Yes, I'm aware you can crop images, I just like the side of the book scan... I also like scanning.






  Photo from the performance.
Caption reads: It's Kill Or Cute, Franklin Furnace, New York, 1982


In Chris Burden's Shoot he and a friend walked into a gallery that he had invited guest into, his friend then walked about fifteen feet from Chris, pulled out a .22 rifle and shot Chris in the arm.

When asked why he did this piece he responded "I wanted to be taken seriously as an artist".


Still from "Shoot"



Alex Grey's Meditations On Mortality began in a dark room with the sounds of monks chanting. Alex covered in black body grease and his wife Allyson covered in white body grease walk onto a large ying-yang positioned on the floor. Alex sitting opposite of a white skeleton, Allyson lit twelve candles around the circle (in the same place numbers are on a clock). A strobe light started and the two met at the edge of the circle, embraced and the grease on their bodies blended. The strobe light then stopped, the chanting started again, and the two exited the circle.



Still from "Meditations On Mortality"


End Transmission.