Video art

Society would not exist without Art Is art as important as math? It has become common practice in schools, and centers for higher learning across the nation to eliminate art courses in attempts to save money in their shrinking budgets. Art courses are routinely cut from the curriculum, taking a back seat to other programs perceived to be of greater importance, i.e. mathematics, literature, reading, writing, and history. Although these areas of study are essential in becoming a productive…

Steyerl - A case study of an up and coming Stakeholder in the Art Market. Hito Steyerl (b1966) Munich, is a filmmaker, philosopher, theorist and writer. Steyerl studied film at Tokyo’s Academy of Visual Arts and at the University of Television and Film in Munich. She also holds a PhD in Philosophy from the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna. She is based in Berlin where she has been Professor for Experimental film and video, University of Arts Berlin since 2011. Some of her other lecturing…

Glass Puzzle, a 1973 video performance by Joan Jonas, is a work of recursive introspection. It is simultaneously a video of a performance and a performance of video, using the medium as a form of spatial sculpture. The core elements in the piece consist of Jonas and her doppelganger, Lois Lane, the studio they’re performing in, a swinging bar affixed to the ceiling, their gestures and poses, the camera recording their performance (the active camera), the monitor receiving the projection of that…

Monica Bonvicini, born in 1965 in Venice, a sculptor, video and installation artist, is arguably one of the leading Italian artists today. Bonvicini, educated at the University of Arts in Berlin (1986-93) and the California Institute of Arts in Valencia (1991-2), became seriously recognized by the international art scene in the late-90s. In her vast artistic repertoire, Bonvicini work through a wide range of media and thematics, primarily maintaining the critical, post-conceptual attitude. In…

Kara Walker -- an African American artist -- creates a space for race, gender, sexuality, violence, and identity through her art. Walker, according to bio.com, was born in Stockton California, during the fall of 1969. Where does a seasoned artist like Walker draw her inspiration? Many have speculated that her inspirations came from her father, who was also a painter, and influenced Walker to become a painter herself at the age of the three. But, In a report by the Wall Street Journal’s 2014…

Not only did AP Art History solidify my passion for the study of history through the lens of art, it has positively influenced my own artwork. History has become my foremost artistic muse. The class discussions were one of my favorite aspects of the class. These classroom exchanges not only energized me and motivated me to further explore the different perspectives discussed through additional outside study, but, with the teacher’s encouragement and support, pushed me to voice my thoughts and…

The mind is a complex term that is always changing and forming. It is not easy to define the mind but it can be proven to exist. Throughout the ages the perception of human kind has always changed. It is human nature to change and become a different self but the person always stays the same. Now in the present, the topic of history is presented in almost every school to promote the mistakes done by certain groups of people. The reason this is made is because without knowing the mistakes and…

to Japonism and ukiyo-e because his brother ran an art gallery and he lived next to one. He was fascinated with the designs, colors, and compositions of the artwork he had seen in Japonisme work and started collecting ukiyo-e prints. In 1887, he was inspired by a Japanese landscape painter, Utagawa Hiroshige, and started creating his oil painting. This makes his piece a form of Japonisme, as this means the influence of Japanese art on Western art (“Japonisme”). Van Gogh’s recreation slightly…

My experience with art focus on the three years in high school I took some art class. My freshman year of comprehensive art focused on bookwork. We still did drawings in-between the textbook sessions. Like lighting and shades of objects, such as shapes 2d and 3d perspectives. We continued on to face sketches, which I wasn’t very good at nor did I want to do it as much. My sophomore year of drawing and painting covered several of art forms. Most of the time we copied pictures off of the internet…

Harun Farocki’s “Parallel vol 1” exhibits how the digital representation of water, trees, fire, and clouds in video games have progressed over time. The video highlights the transformation from simply pixelated squares to realistic movements. The advanced CPGs have made distinguishing a video game from film difficult, as seen by the side-by-side moving clouds example. Farocki argues that computer images seek to relieve film of its duty to depict reality. This argument is similar to that made by…