Marks List of possible artists :
Playing For Change
http://playingforchange.com/journey/introduction
I first found this group through this youtube video, which was realy cool.
I like their ideas that music can be this universal worldwide tie-in that connects all people, and I think their project is particularly well-suited to new media, and the internet is continuing to spread worldwide and reach a larger and larger audience. Some of their work is also borderline doccumentary, giving musical artists/cultures a way to get recorded and archived for the future.
Eepy Birds
http://eepybird.com/
I remember hearing about these guys back when it became a fad to put mentos in diet coke and watch the rather explosive reaction that followed. Actually, these guys WERE the fad - they pretty much started its most recent incarnation. Anyone who can take a bottle of coke and a candy and make cool performance art from it is cool. Period.
(View video here)
http://revver.com/video/27335/extreme-diet-coke-mentos-experiments/
Their latest work has involved sticky notes, but I'm not sure they've really done much since. . .
Eepybird's Sticky Note Experiment from Eepybird on Vimeo.
From the creators of the Diet Coke and Mentos experiment, EepyBird show us how to have fun with sticky notes.
Mike Stimpson
http://www.redbubble.com/people/balakov
Mike makes re-creations of famoust artwork (mostly photographs) in lego.
I like these two, since they represent a range of complicated to simple renderings.
I love the idea of high art being rendered in a childrens play medium.
FEB 2
3 artists - your interest to : jhall@massart.edu
-Start collecting info on chosen artists
-Artists Name
-URL with their work
-Why did I pick the artist?
-Check out steve wilsons link list (from class babel page) - Good place to get ideas
FEB 9
(Probably a work day)
Research includes citations
1)Web resources
2)Massart Databases
Feb 16
-Present your artist
1 comment:
interesting observation about new media art. I would argue that there have always been artists who work outside the traditional venues in art. There have also always been artists working without interest in a professional practice. I think what is interesting is that now you can see more of these individuals as they can self-publish/self-promote on the internet. So the question you may want to ask is what makes the difference between an artist who just does a single artwork and someone who has a life-long commitment to making art?
I would suggest that you will find that the "professionals" have peer review articles, critical reviews, on-going shows, etc. So there will be a development of ideas from individual work to individual work, creating a larger (meta) discussion about the content they work with. So in this way, they make a contribution to the arts -- moving the content area forward.
This distinction is not trivial -- it is the difference between someone who gives a try in the arts and then someone who has/is building a career. For this project, we are looking at career artists. This is why I want you to make sure that you can find published critiques on your chosen artist. We will talk more in class today. Cheers!
-jen
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