Disc Q's 4/16

1) According to the Participative Systems reading, because new media changes the process and the systems we use to make our art. Does the medium in which the audience views it change their role in the audience of the art? Or is it the same as old media, in which, an artist creates their piece of work, intending for the audience to view it whichever way intended, without the thought of the medium used? In other words, I feel that an artist creates their work through a medium they choose to correlate efficiently with the type and structure of the art constructed, not thinking that just because a piece is a painting vs. on computer will change the effect the creator had in mind. I am confused as to the overall role of the audience from the author.


2)  With a new emphasis on the audience and their role in artwork, are these categories truly descriptive when it comes to describing artwork? The author did say that the audience has always played a role in art, so why has it changed now due to a new, possible medium?

YOUTUBEmixer

I hope you all enjoy. I did everything i wanted to do with it. While i wish i could have adjusted some of the decibel levels a little more i am still proud of the assignment and its outcome. The project is self explanatory, i love music so thats why i did it. i recorded the yellow, white, orange, purple, green and a portion of the blue videos.

Visual Lecture #2 Kevin Kremler 4/5/12

Kevin Kremler gave a lecture on April 5^th 2012 that I attended. This is the second lecture I decided to write about because I thought his artwork was intriguing. The lecture room itself was extremely packed come presentation time. Kevin had lots of friends and colleagues come, which I thought was pretty cool, but also nerve-racking. I thought for the attendance in the crowd Kevin did a great job. Public speaking is extremely difficult especially in front of family, friends, and other important spectators. For his presentation, I thought he was a little uninformed on his examples of the work he used to describe the type of artwork that he participates in. I felt that he did not know the names of each and every piece he showed and their authors, which I understand because it is a lot to remember and again, the public speaking factor always tends to show. Plus I saw him read from a card a lot, as if he froze up constantly, but again, quite understandable for someone in his position. Despite that, I really enjoyed his presentation. He discussed his process, which, as a beginning artist I appreciated because Its very helpful to see another artists form for his success. Kevin was also extremely funny and entertaining with his lecture. I enjoyed the comedy aspect, and so did the crowd. He was able to keep the crowd very engaged and open to his work. Overall, he presented for about 50 minutes and showed some great examples, but before I saw his gallery I did not understand whatsoever. I found it confusing that he did not show any of his artwork and just examples of other people’s that he went off of. This was until we went up to the gallery. He only had about 4 pieces but each one was pretty cool. I really enjoyed the shovel and colored sand. I thought it was a very complex design but beautifully mastered. As soon as I saw the gallery his presentation made complete sense. He was getting the audience hyped up to view his artwork. I’m sure most people felt the same way that I did about it and truly enjoyed the presentation and Kevin Kremmler’s artwork.

discussion q's 4/2

1) - what exactly is analog media? did the changing of digital representation change media altogether, in that, analog media was now more easily accessible and portrayable?

2) - Manovich says that numerical representation made media programmable, How exactly does this change the nature o media? Media is still media, now just used in a more accessible way

New Intervention website remake

After getting the help i needed, here is the following finished product of my website

Visual Lecture #1

Bret Holmes

Digital Media ART 245

Visual Lecture #1

3/6/12

            For my first lecture I attended a visual one by a University of Nevada, Reno graduate of 2003 named Ariana Page Russell. This lecture was extremely interesting for it brought new aspects of thought into my life. The entire presentation is about her artwork, which is done on no ordinary canvas/medium but rather her very own skin. Ariana has been diagnosed with an extremely severe skin disease called Dermatographia in which the skin is highly sensitive and red, swollen lines appear at minor injury. Most cases of the disease are very minor but her condition is of the top severities. Since the pain is not an issue Ariana decided to play around with the disease and as an artist combine the two. Use her skin to make art. Some of the work was fascinating but others I did not like at all. She began by first writing texts on her skin and on all areas. Her disease spread all over making the possibilities of what her skin can do infinite, I personally enjoyed the texts she wrote. Out of her 40-picture slideshow two of them were of texts and close to my favorites. She also began by connecting certain points on her skin to create what looked like mimic constellations. I was intrigued by her skin, amazed at the fact that she can draw and scratch such an irritated skin condition without any pain. I thought that the idea of her work was marvelous but something was missing. I believe it was color. She used every shade of skin color possible and all tints of red that skin color can appear. However, during the presentation I thought of an idea. For the ending to the lecture she portrayed a movie in which she took a sharp object and made designs on her body showing the audience how fast her skin swells up. I thought to myself, it would be extremely interesting if a professional painter painted her body first, leaving areas alone that, when aroused, would create the perfect shade of red to complete the piece. The parts I enjoyed the most were her wallpapers that she created from skin and pigments of skin. Plus I truly enjoyed her making of temporary tattoos with her artwork. In the pictures she displayed the artwork looked well done, with much effort and time put in. The part I enjoyed least were the videos she put up. They were both rather boring and seemed to me quite meaningless. I thought the ideas she put onto her stomach were creative, but overall some parts are missing to her artwork.

Disc. q's 3/26

1) - Why is relating war and tactical media so important? WHat tactics can be used to exploit tactical media in warfare, and if so, how are they utilized to be "successful?"

2) - How do certain tactical media techniques relate to war as a whole, or to individual frames and aspects of warfare itself? What role and how big is the role that tactical media represents in such warfare in the wave of technology driven by our era?