Watching paint dry- the beginning

Seeing if it will upload now been having trouble upload to youtube and this blog but had a meeting with Mike which enabled me to try out a different method. Fingerscrossed.

Paying Due

I have been reading up on some of the first Video Artists. Above is a picture of Nam June Paik considered one of the first video artists. Among his work the one that really stood out for me is
Electronic Superhighway especially with the use of popular media to represent each of the states of America as well as the grand size of the installation. One site that I read (here) discussed that Paik's use of popular media was because it was through the media that Paik's understanding of America was shaped and defined.

Considering

I've been thinking about how technology has effected us and how our ways of learning has changed quite drastically consequently. These articles provided some interesting insights-

http://youarenotsosmart.com/2010/10/27/procrastination/

http://neuronarrative.wordpress.com/2008/12/15/the-brain-technology-built-an-interview-with-dr-gary-small/

A bit of humour for the day

This is a tad brilliant


And can't help but laugh at this one

Family guy can really put a twist on some sayings!!

Watching paint dry

I'm not quite sure how I could of gone so long without looking these up on youtube but there are some great clips of just watching paint dry

the interesting thing I found about this one was that there were suggestions as to music that could be played at the same time. Also this guys channel has a nice idea behind it of 10 minutes of your life and looking at all sorts of generally everyday activity's for 10 minutes. Brilliant in an unassuming way.
http://www.youtube.com/user/10minutesofyourlife

Struck gold a bit with this clip-

-as it led me to this online game where you wacth paint dry and that's the game!
I invite you to have a play, see how long you last-
http://www.arcadebliss.com/game/watch-paint-dry.htm

This clip uses timelapse which almost defeats the purpose of what I'm wanting to do but is interesting in a different way.

And finally,

I was really excited about this clip as it takes a science twist on watching paint dry and just how interesting it really is!!!

Kelli Anderson

Ryan sent me this link to a TED lecture by artist Kelli Anderson and I think I have been handed a new favourite artist! Brilliant and fascinating ways in which she has approached her art challenges!

And for further reference this is her website
http://kellianderson.com/projects/index.html

I can really appreciate a lot of what she is saying about the way which we view the world, that things have rules or things that we believe should be a certain way. I like how she said she looks for the 'hidden talents' of things. I also like how she incorporates humour into her work as well which is a gentle nudge for people to try different perspectives.

Designboom

Was linked this next site by my Dad which I have seen before but was even more excited to refind! If you haven't seen this before it's beautiful the stills that were captured from this project and I'd really recommend watching the video as it's amazing what we can do with technology. Even just watching how the droplets move!!! WOW!!
Check it out!
http://www.designboom.com/weblog/cat/10/view/11774/dentsu-paint-sound-sculptures.html

This has the potential for all sorts of ideas! Using sound again to create fantastic imagery!

Something to share

http://www.veryshortlist.com/intro/

This site is kind of brilliant. Have a quick look and enjoy.

Still going

Had a piece of advice to check out one of our lecturers websites who goes under the alter alias vjRex

http://vjrex.info/

It was really interesting to look at how he undertakes his art practice and presents it within a gallery context. He has a sculptural background and it is quite useful to consider sound and how it can be sculpted in different ways. Think of it outside of it's stereotyped qualities.

I think with all the problems I've had starting to make work can be put down to being a bit afraid of not making good work from the get go and subsequently I had a brief interest in the idea of phobias. Did you know that the fear of the colour white is 'Leukophobia' and the fear of loud noise is 'Ligyrophobia'?

Playing catch up

So. It has been a while since I have been on the blog and yes it is a tad unacceptable. I have a rather long email which I have continually added to and resent to myself with a variety of exciting sites to add to the blog but just have not gotten onto posting. ENOUGH IS ENOUGH! Buckle up as there is a bit to get through!
 First off, came across this really interesting book in the Massey Library that had links to sites. I was particularly interested in the sites that were around sound. The book was '2011 CyberArts, Prixars Electronica' By Hannes Leopoldseder, Christine Schopf and Gerfried Stocker. Which lead me to these artists sites-

http://soundcloud.com/apostolosloufopoulos/bee
From artist Apostolos Loufopoulos, fascinating! There is real sense of being taken on a journey and it allows the listener's imagination run riot with all the complexity of the sounds being used. Really interested to try something like this out. Being able to use sound to create a whole new experience.

http://www.monoeffect.com/index.php/works/recent/spiderbytes
Artist Lars Lundehave Hansen creates these funny, little creatures which shudder across the page creating light and beautiful drawings. Interesting use of translating from sound to something that can be seen.

http://www.davidetidoni.name/a-balloon-for-a-water-tower/
Artist Davide Tidoni, I like that the simple act of popping a balloon allows an experience of space in a different way. There's also this fun element to the work as well as a tension of anticipation to when the balloon will pop.

http://thomasankersmit.net/
Thomas Ankersmit. The sounds created here have a definite digital association but are interesting around what phases in and out and across. Visions of frequency and beyond scatter though my imagination.