Monday, February 28, 2011
Thinking Images v.10: Jodi Bieber’s Afghan girl portrait in context (Journal #7)
This is the image I was referring to a couple of weeks ago, please read the post and respond as your 7th journal entry. http://www.david-campbell.org/2011/02/14/thinking-images-v10-bieber-afghan-portrait/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+DavidCampbell+%28David+Campbell%29&utm_content=FeedBurner
Saturday, February 26, 2011
Koki Tanaka
In this charming show at the Box, L.A. artist Koki Tanaka playfully questions assumptions about art’s place and function. The video, “Showing Objects to a Dog,” is just what it sounds like: Tanaka tries to get the attention of a dog named Shadey by presenting him with several objects made out of cardboard boxes, Styrofoam cups, a bucket and broom, etc. The conceit of course is patently absurd, but it does shine an alternate light on the bizarre constructions we routinely venerate as art, which to Shadey, are either of no interest at all or are simply playthings — he is particularly taken with a stick attached by string to a large ball of tape. Who’s to say whether we have any better use for art? http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/culturemonster/2011/02/art-review-koki-tanaka-at-the-box.html
Wednesday, February 23, 2011
Howard Fried: 40 Winks
"With a single exception the audience one by one slowly fell away from their exhausted Pied Piper.” –Moira Roth
“On December 10, 1971 I staged a piece called 40 Winks for a show of free live performances at the Berkeley Art Museum. The piece had two parts. The first was a long involved message which was posed as a riddle and delivered by me. It began as I destroyed a candled birthday cake by eating it and kneading it with my hands. Among those topics dealt with in riddled form were the Biblical use of the number “40” and the history of corporate and communal abuse of the individual in the name of large social configurations. At the message’s conclusion I posed the riddle’s specific directive “Who is they?” At this point I cut the table I was reading from in half and walked out of the museum. A narrator told the audience that the second part of 40 Winks, “The Journey” was about to begin. It would progressively add information possibly leading to the comprehension of the riddle. Those who wished to participate were asked to follow me. I began walking. A crowd followed. I answered no questions. The large group eventually dissipated. After about six hours of walking everyone had left except one person, Robin Winters. At about 2 a.m. we were stopped by the police in Hayward, California. They made me tell them the answer to the riddle. We went into a parking lot so Robin couldn’t hear.
The number “40” was used twice by Executive decree to wipe out specific generations of people. Agent Moses presided over one job for 40 years while Agent Noah presided over another for 40 days. I based my strategy on Agent Moses’ performance…
I planned to walk until everyone had freed themselves and gone home to their respective promised lands.” (source: Howard Fried, “Synchromatic Baseball,” Arts Magazine, v. 47, April 1973, pp. 60-63)
“By freeing themselves from the bondage of the situation, they gained at least a functional understanding of the piece. Fried structured it as a self-revelatory process of enlightenment or understanding for the participants, paralleling metaphorically Moses’ wandering for forty years until all those who had been slaves had died; in this case until they had stopped following him and had freed themselves.” (source: Suzanne Foley, Space/Time/Sound: A Decade in the Bay Area, 1981, p. 71)
(Feedback to the Future)
“On December 10, 1971 I staged a piece called 40 Winks for a show of free live performances at the Berkeley Art Museum. The piece had two parts. The first was a long involved message which was posed as a riddle and delivered by me. It began as I destroyed a candled birthday cake by eating it and kneading it with my hands. Among those topics dealt with in riddled form were the Biblical use of the number “40” and the history of corporate and communal abuse of the individual in the name of large social configurations. At the message’s conclusion I posed the riddle’s specific directive “Who is they?” At this point I cut the table I was reading from in half and walked out of the museum. A narrator told the audience that the second part of 40 Winks, “The Journey” was about to begin. It would progressively add information possibly leading to the comprehension of the riddle. Those who wished to participate were asked to follow me. I began walking. A crowd followed. I answered no questions. The large group eventually dissipated. After about six hours of walking everyone had left except one person, Robin Winters. At about 2 a.m. we were stopped by the police in Hayward, California. They made me tell them the answer to the riddle. We went into a parking lot so Robin couldn’t hear.
The number “40” was used twice by Executive decree to wipe out specific generations of people. Agent Moses presided over one job for 40 years while Agent Noah presided over another for 40 days. I based my strategy on Agent Moses’ performance…
I planned to walk until everyone had freed themselves and gone home to their respective promised lands.” (source: Howard Fried, “Synchromatic Baseball,” Arts Magazine, v. 47, April 1973, pp. 60-63)
“By freeing themselves from the bondage of the situation, they gained at least a functional understanding of the piece. Fried structured it as a self-revelatory process of enlightenment or understanding for the participants, paralleling metaphorically Moses’ wandering for forty years until all those who had been slaves had died; in this case until they had stopped following him and had freed themselves.” (source: Suzanne Foley, Space/Time/Sound: A Decade in the Bay Area, 1981, p. 71)
(Feedback to the Future)
Ashkan Honarvar
The saying goes that beauty comes in various sorts and shapes. Even in places least to expect. The human
body is one of many concepts in which beauty can reveal its art. Yet this beauty can also be absent in a cruel
way by the presence of deformations and scars. With this is mind Ashkan Honarvar (1980) is able to show
an undeniable and unavoidable beauty by accepting the darker sides of human body and mind, of which you
rather look away from.
body is one of many concepts in which beauty can reveal its art. Yet this beauty can also be absent in a cruel
way by the presence of deformations and scars. With this is mind Ashkan Honarvar (1980) is able to show
an undeniable and unavoidable beauty by accepting the darker sides of human body and mind, of which you
rather look away from.
The human body, torn by acts of war, exploited by the sex industry, or as tool for searching for your identity, is
the focus point of the paintings, drawings and collages of Honarvar. Where this fascination of the dark side of
the human existence comes from is something Honarvar tries to define in his art.
http://www.ashkanhonarvar.com/?page_id=370
the focus point of the paintings, drawings and collages of Honarvar. Where this fascination of the dark side of
the human existence comes from is something Honarvar tries to define in his art.
http://www.ashkanhonarvar.com/?page_id=370
Sunday, February 20, 2011
Marlon Kowalski
Thursday, February 17, 2011
The New Breed of Documentary Photographers
http://vervephoto.wordpress.com/
This is the site I was referring to tonight when Jason was asking about contemporary documentary photographers! Enjoy!
Wednesday, February 16, 2011
YOU DON'T KNOW WHO DAVE BERMAN IS? WTF?
okay, okay. we all have obsessions. kate w loves lynch, rachel chick loves dolly, oh yeah loves michael jordan, everyone loves laath. i love dave berman of the (late) silver jews. what? you don't know him? his song lyrics rock, his blog rocks and his best collaborations are w his wife and dogs...here is your introduction:
blog: http://mentholmountains.blogspot.com/
my favorite music video of all time:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UVwamE7t_YQ
blog: http://mentholmountains.blogspot.com/
my favorite music video of all time:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UVwamE7t_YQ
Madame Peripetie aka Sylwana Zybura
So, I am trying to post a variety of images on this blog, I know a couple of students are interested in the pursuit of "fashion photography"....I saw this woman's work and think she is definitely unique, she shows her work in galleries as well as works for cash money. What do you guys think?
Tuesday, February 15, 2011
Peter Beste
Over the last two decades, a bizarre and violent musical subculture called black metal has emerged in Norway. Its roots stem from a blend of horror movies, heavy metal music, satanism, pagan mythology, and adolescent angst. In the early to mid-1990s, members of this extremist underground committed murder, burned down medieval wooden churches, and desecrated graveyards. Read more here: http://www.americansuburbx.com/2011/02/peter-beste-true-norwegian-black-metal.html
Monday, February 14, 2011
Nobuhiro Nakanishi
Incredible installations by Japanese artist Nobuhiro Nakanishi. Nakanishi photographs an object repeatedly for a given period of time, then mounts each shot on plexiglass acrylic. When layered, the individual pieces create a new effect, brought on by the transparent nature of the pieces revealing the subtle changes in each shot due to the passage of time.
Saturday, February 12, 2011
The Art of Alex Fischer
Alex Fischer offers a human view of futurist landscapes, a view that explores the ideologies and projections of society through the lens of contemporary art.
Friday, February 11, 2011
Stephen Gill
http://www.lensculture.com/gill_outsidein.html
The photographs in this series were made in Brighton and Hove during 2010. They feature objects and creatures that I scooped up from the local surroundings and introduced into the body of my camera.
The photographs in this series were made in Brighton and Hove during 2010. They feature objects and creatures that I scooped up from the local surroundings and introduced into the body of my camera.
Welcome Friends!
As mentioned last night, I started this blog for the class (and other photo students/recent grads!) to share ideas and post anything relevant to your projects! Photo dorks unite!
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