Project 2-1 (Reading Response QUIZ)

1)Name an Early artist mentioned in the article for CONCEPTUAL WORK performing in front of the camera.Describe a work. (2points)

John Baldessari is an artist from the 1960’s and in 1971 I produced a series of black and white short films entitled in I Am Making Art. The film was about twenty minutes long and consisted of a series of gestures and he repeats the title of the film over and over.

2)Name an artist mentioned who deals with PERSONAL NARRATIVE. Describe a work. (2 points)

One artist that deals with personal narrative is Bill Viola, in 1973 he made a video called, Information. The video dealt with a sequence of images that he could control from the out side of the camera, often he add light and dark interplay on the center of his images. He also wore a loud speaker on his back to add sound.

3)Describe the piece you were most interested in viewing after reading this article. Look the work up on the links, and expand on Rush's comments. (2 points)

The video that found most interesting was Peter Campus’s Three Transitions. In Rush’s article he discusses how the video is a metaphor for internal and external selves. Which is very evident in the first two transitions, but he does not explain or even introduce the third transition. Which is a reflection of him on a piece of paper that he burns. Which emulates an underling tone of emotion. The film is an interesting fete of editing, which like his other films if shot with a series of cameras.

4)What do you better understand now about Video Art? (2 points)

Before reading this article my perception of filming and video art was more less that it was used for trying to tell a story. But Rush has opened my eyes and helped me realize that it can be much more then that. Video art is also about trying to convey a feeling to your target audience. Also, film allows you to incorporate all different types of medias into art, such as filming a painting, or a photograph. Just because you are using video does not necessarily mean that there has to be movement taking place in shot. Overall this article was very informative, a bit long, but I am glad that I was exposed to it.

5)Based on Rush and this article, what makes Video Art vs. an "artful video"? (2 points)

Video Art consist of things such as documentaries, news reporting’s. Although many artful techniques help make commercial television and advertising more interesting they are not to be considered and artful video. An artful video lies within the intentions of the artist. It is to produce something with out limits and for no other purpose but your own. Even though the differences in these two types of videos are minute, ultimately it is the artist who makes the decision.