What an amazing interruption of the screen of 'reality' when one reality is 'under-shadowed' by another!
Have a look at this!
Wednesday, October 15, 2008
Saturday, October 11, 2008
The way things Go - Fischli and Weiss
Not a lot to do with Interrupting the Screen, but I just couldn't resist posting this for the sake of those of you who may never have seen it before.
NOTES FROM YouTube;
TO BUY THE DVD of the complete 30 minutes of this chain reaction called The Way Things Go go here: http://firstrunfeatures.com/shopsite_...
IN THIS SCENE: Fire is the instigator in this section of their chain reaction.
ABOUT THIS FILM: In 1987 Swiss artists Peter Fischli and David Weiss built a enormous, precarious structure 100 feet long out of common items. Using fire, water, gravity, and chemistry they create a mind-blowing chain reaction of physical and chemical interactions and precisely crafted chaos.
"A Rube Goldberg drawing come to life. How did they do it?"
-- Chicago Tribune
NOTES FROM YouTube;
TO BUY THE DVD of the complete 30 minutes of this chain reaction called The Way Things Go go here: http://firstrunfeatures.com/shopsite_...
IN THIS SCENE: Fire is the instigator in this section of their chain reaction.
ABOUT THIS FILM: In 1987 Swiss artists Peter Fischli and David Weiss built a enormous, precarious structure 100 feet long out of common items. Using fire, water, gravity, and chemistry they create a mind-blowing chain reaction of physical and chemical interactions and precisely crafted chaos.
"A Rube Goldberg drawing come to life. How did they do it?"
-- Chicago Tribune
Short, Sweet and to the point
I think maybe this might have been partly done with Blue Screen, but there's other MAGIC involved also!
Friday, October 10, 2008
Buddha with 1000 Hands
This brings back memories of visit to Bankok, and the small girls who showed us the dance they were going to do for the King's Birthday the next day.
What if anything does it have to do with interrupting the Screen? Somehow I am thinking of the illusion that isn't really an illusion since we know in a way how it's done, yet do we really?
What if anything does it have to do with interrupting the Screen? Somehow I am thinking of the illusion that isn't really an illusion since we know in a way how it's done, yet do we really?
Thursday, October 9, 2008
Ship of Tolerance - Ilya and Emelia KABOKOV AT Venice 2007
I saw the workshop where this ship was made when in Venice in 2007. It is great to see the work on video.
NOTES on the YouTube video
The "Ship of Tolerance," a fantasy ship sponsored by the Third Millennium Foundation, built to carry the message of the Foundation's SEEDS OF TOLERANCE CAMPAIGN was inaugurated at the annual Venice Biennale on June 6, 2007.
The Ship of Tolerance, was created by renowned Russian artists, Ilya and Emilia Kabakov. To fulfill the mission of the Third Millennium Foundation, children, ages 6-12, in schools throughout Venice made drawings to express their thoughts on the theme of tolerance. The colorful drawings will be attached to the Ship forming the port and starboard sides of the deck and sail; the hull of the ship is made of wood.
The children also took part in discussions in their classrooms as part of a pro-active education campaign to raise their awareness of the tolerance issue.
The Third Millennium Foundation is a private, non-for-profit foundation located in New York City. The Foundation was launched in the year 2000 as an initiative for unlearning intolerance in the new millennium. It makes grants all over the world and focuses on childhood education and human rights. The Foundation's principal goal is to support initiatives designed to promote tolerance and human rights, particularly among the young. For more information on the Third Millennium Foundation and its Campaign, please visit the Foundation's website.
NOTES on the YouTube video
The "Ship of Tolerance," a fantasy ship sponsored by the Third Millennium Foundation, built to carry the message of the Foundation's SEEDS OF TOLERANCE CAMPAIGN was inaugurated at the annual Venice Biennale on June 6, 2007.
The Ship of Tolerance, was created by renowned Russian artists, Ilya and Emilia Kabakov. To fulfill the mission of the Third Millennium Foundation, children, ages 6-12, in schools throughout Venice made drawings to express their thoughts on the theme of tolerance. The colorful drawings will be attached to the Ship forming the port and starboard sides of the deck and sail; the hull of the ship is made of wood.
The children also took part in discussions in their classrooms as part of a pro-active education campaign to raise their awareness of the tolerance issue.
The Third Millennium Foundation is a private, non-for-profit foundation located in New York City. The Foundation was launched in the year 2000 as an initiative for unlearning intolerance in the new millennium. It makes grants all over the world and focuses on childhood education and human rights. The Foundation's principal goal is to support initiatives designed to promote tolerance and human rights, particularly among the young. For more information on the Third Millennium Foundation and its Campaign, please visit the Foundation's website.
Wednesday, October 8, 2008
PERFORMANCE ART ESSAY 2008
I am in the throes of writing my essay on the topic of PERFORMANCE ART.
Found this delightful piece on You Tube.
As well as being about performance, I see it also as about SCREEN INTERRUPTION, my project theme.
Am I crazy to be trying to think of both at the same time.?
Found this delightful piece on You Tube.
As well as being about performance, I see it also as about SCREEN INTERRUPTION, my project theme.
Am I crazy to be trying to think of both at the same time.?
Sunday, October 5, 2008
INTERRUPTING THE SCREEN
I came down the stairs the other morning and saw a shadow fluttering on the wall near my hall-door.
Suddenly I remembered something that had been said at our recent tutorial meeting - something about Plato's Cave, and about the shadows of things that seemed to be there.
Suddenly I remembered something that had been said at our recent tutorial meeting - something about Plato's Cave, and about the shadows of things that seemed to be there.
From where I was standing, I couldn't see the origin of the shadows - the plants that the sun was shining on, yet in some way, a very special way, the plants were very present to me through their shadows.
Today, on my way home from visiting my sister, I noticed the shadows of my husband and myself as we walked along the platform in Heuston station.
I stopped to photograph them, and as I did my husband alerted me to the fact that someone was about to 'INTERRUPT' the shadows by overtaking us.
I began thinking of this process of interrupting the 'screen' on which our shadows were being projected by the sun.
In this case, the Interrupter, being on our left, between us and the shadows, would have passed within our field of vision, and if I had snapped the shutter at that moment, I would have seen a real person.
On the other hand, if the person had passed behind us, to our right, and I had snapped them, I would only have seen their shadow, alongside ours.
Is there a difference in the level of reality between photographing a shadow, and photographing an actual person?
When I came home, I looked up Plato's Cave on You Tube. There are dozen's of illustrations of this Allegory. I like this one for its clarity and slowness, but there are many more to choose from.
All address something of my conundrum about shadows and reality ....
***
Today, on my way home from visiting my sister, I noticed the shadows of my husband and myself as we walked along the platform in Heuston station.
I stopped to photograph them, and as I did my husband alerted me to the fact that someone was about to 'INTERRUPT' the shadows by overtaking us.
I began thinking of this process of interrupting the 'screen' on which our shadows were being projected by the sun.
In this case, the Interrupter, being on our left, between us and the shadows, would have passed within our field of vision, and if I had snapped the shutter at that moment, I would have seen a real person.
On the other hand, if the person had passed behind us, to our right, and I had snapped them, I would only have seen their shadow, alongside ours.
Is there a difference in the level of reality between photographing a shadow, and photographing an actual person?
***
When I came home, I looked up Plato's Cave on You Tube. There are dozen's of illustrations of this Allegory. I like this one for its clarity and slowness, but there are many more to choose from.
All address something of my conundrum about shadows and reality ....
Thursday, October 2, 2008
Back in college
See the Theatre Lights Art Blog for update on Theeatre Lights Project which is still unfinished.
Back in college, three days now and only two things on my mind:
(a) the first brief avout Interrupting the Screen
(b) the essays.
Am determined to give attention to the essays for a week each, and then let it go - that will make up the 20% of time for the 20% of marks proportion.
Have contacted Declan Long to tell him I want to write about the Art of Performance Art, but he hasn't replied.
Plan is to integrate this slightly with the brief by exploring the performance I saw at IMMA last week - Ulla Brandenbure. Claire is to email me a contact in the Education Dept.
Reading the Press Release from the exhibition, I think it will fit ideally in the assignment, though the performance isn't mentioned.
I also enjoyed reading notes on the four pieces on exhibition, and was interested to read about the second piece Forest 2008 which I had been strongly drawn to without having any idea what it was supposed to be about. (It's a room with walls painted black and white which I really enjoyed being in.)
Back in college, three days now and only two things on my mind:
(a) the first brief avout Interrupting the Screen
(b) the essays.
Am determined to give attention to the essays for a week each, and then let it go - that will make up the 20% of time for the 20% of marks proportion.
Have contacted Declan Long to tell him I want to write about the Art of Performance Art, but he hasn't replied.
Plan is to integrate this slightly with the brief by exploring the performance I saw at IMMA last week - Ulla Brandenbure. Claire is to email me a contact in the Education Dept.
Reading the Press Release from the exhibition, I think it will fit ideally in the assignment, though the performance isn't mentioned.
I also enjoyed reading notes on the four pieces on exhibition, and was interested to read about the second piece Forest 2008 which I had been strongly drawn to without having any idea what it was supposed to be about. (It's a room with walls painted black and white which I really enjoyed being in.)
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