Art
I am earning 2 art credits this year. The work involved is:
Developing Craft and Performing, Presenting, Producing
If you look at all the work I have ever created it falls into three distinct categories: Film, Installation, and Performance. Although in recent times they have begun to overlap.
This year I have greatly improved in all these areas.
Tempered Glass is the most extensive piece of film I have ever created, and in which I have been able to use all the skills I’ve ever developed. From dealing with sound to editing creatively and effectively to applying my knowledge of my equipment, I have been able to do some of my best film work. (As a side note: I have also developed interviewing skills in this process, as part of the film Zak is interviewed, and I have needed to learn how to guide him to saying important, powerful things.)
My installation work has been moving forward continuously, and this semester it hit a new high. In String~Wind~Paper~BodyPiece, I utilized materials and space in ways that I have touched on before, but never to this extent. I also added an element of performance to the space which I have never done before, and begins to blur the edges between avant-garde theater and installation. When it comes down to it, art is all about communicating ideas in nontraditional ways, and often a multidisciplinary approach is the most effective way to do so.
Zero Hour was an incredible experience. It has changed the way I perceive theater and performance alike, helped me become more in touch with myself and my work. I struggle to talk about it because I do not know where to start. I feel like I have created a piece that was just so beyond what I thought that I could.
While creating Zero Hour I utilized all my technical theater skills. There was sound that needed to be played right, complicated projections, special light setups. And on top of that I knew every moment of the whole show. It was me at the peak of my craft.
Connecting
My work is strongly influenced by that of artists whose work I enjoy. Miguel Gutierrez, Yoko Ono, Nick Cave, Vicki Bennett, Laurie Anderson, Meredith Monk. All these artist’s works influence my own. In Vicki Bennett’s No One Is An Island she explores the power of ideas, how they are passed between people, and whether or not new ideas exist.
I feel as though this is represented in my work I draw on ideas that I have seen others work with, and explore them myself, in my own ways. I draw parallel lines between my work and the work of those I look up to, and compare their work to that of each other.
Everything that I do within the Pilot program feeds back into itself and the rest of my work. Connections are everywhere.
I remember one point while reading Artificial Hells where I had just seen a work by an artist being talked about on a trip into New York, and then a few lines later reading a reference to Viennese Actionism, an artistic movement that I explored some earlier this year.
Responding
I have done a fair amount of responding to artworks during conversation with my peers and with Amy. Although, for the most part I do not document this,
Most notably was the field trip to Mass Moca, upon entering the museum I realized that I did want to find some way to document my experience of the space, so I put my phone in my front pocket and began a voice memo which I left recording for the entirety of the visit.
With me I brought a booklet on responding to art, which I have used to structure things such as the Zero Hour response and art responses I have done in the past.
The middle section of Zero Hour was a guided response that I had the audience perform and record. This helped me identify what responding to art really consists of and has aided me in my own responding, through understanding what I like to hear from others.
I am earning 2 art credits this year. The work involved is:
Developing Craft and Performing, Presenting, Producing
If you look at all the work I have ever created it falls into three distinct categories: Film, Installation, and Performance. Although in recent times they have begun to overlap.
This year I have greatly improved in all these areas.
Tempered Glass is the most extensive piece of film I have ever created, and in which I have been able to use all the skills I’ve ever developed. From dealing with sound to editing creatively and effectively to applying my knowledge of my equipment, I have been able to do some of my best film work. (As a side note: I have also developed interviewing skills in this process, as part of the film Zak is interviewed, and I have needed to learn how to guide him to saying important, powerful things.)
My installation work has been moving forward continuously, and this semester it hit a new high. In String~Wind~Paper~BodyPiece, I utilized materials and space in ways that I have touched on before, but never to this extent. I also added an element of performance to the space which I have never done before, and begins to blur the edges between avant-garde theater and installation. When it comes down to it, art is all about communicating ideas in nontraditional ways, and often a multidisciplinary approach is the most effective way to do so.
Zero Hour was an incredible experience. It has changed the way I perceive theater and performance alike, helped me become more in touch with myself and my work. I struggle to talk about it because I do not know where to start. I feel like I have created a piece that was just so beyond what I thought that I could.
While creating Zero Hour I utilized all my technical theater skills. There was sound that needed to be played right, complicated projections, special light setups. And on top of that I knew every moment of the whole show. It was me at the peak of my craft.
Connecting
My work is strongly influenced by that of artists whose work I enjoy. Miguel Gutierrez, Yoko Ono, Nick Cave, Vicki Bennett, Laurie Anderson, Meredith Monk. All these artist’s works influence my own. In Vicki Bennett’s No One Is An Island she explores the power of ideas, how they are passed between people, and whether or not new ideas exist.
I feel as though this is represented in my work I draw on ideas that I have seen others work with, and explore them myself, in my own ways. I draw parallel lines between my work and the work of those I look up to, and compare their work to that of each other.
Everything that I do within the Pilot program feeds back into itself and the rest of my work. Connections are everywhere.
I remember one point while reading Artificial Hells where I had just seen a work by an artist being talked about on a trip into New York, and then a few lines later reading a reference to Viennese Actionism, an artistic movement that I explored some earlier this year.
Responding
I have done a fair amount of responding to artworks during conversation with my peers and with Amy. Although, for the most part I do not document this,
Most notably was the field trip to Mass Moca, upon entering the museum I realized that I did want to find some way to document my experience of the space, so I put my phone in my front pocket and began a voice memo which I left recording for the entirety of the visit.
With me I brought a booklet on responding to art, which I have used to structure things such as the Zero Hour response and art responses I have done in the past.
The middle section of Zero Hour was a guided response that I had the audience perform and record. This helped me identify what responding to art really consists of and has aided me in my own responding, through understanding what I like to hear from others.