ann arbor film fest

The festival was an AMAZING experience. Clark and I watch a lot of videos that we really enjoyed and some that are questionable, but overall the experience was great. One of my favorite days was when we had the student showing. It was a good experience seeing what other students are making and what they used and their techniques. I think its good to see other film or video students and view what they are making with different backgrounds of study.

Clark and I missed the gala opening of the film fest but we made it in time to watch the first set of films being shown. I really enjoyed western spaghetti by Pes. What I enjoyed about the animation was the immense attention to detail and also the comical feel of it. Something so simple like making spaghetti and viewing it in a fun form makes it really exciting.

Dahlia by Michael Langan was another one of my favorites… pretty much the whole fest was great I have lots of faves. meeting new people and being able to experience it with classmates made it really fun.

When can we do it again?!?!?!

taking the train was cool, but after a few hours i start feeling claustrophobic, yet its pretty relaxing.

luminaria 2

"Get schooled" is video that is lighthearted but packs a punch on serious topics relating to art and it's importance or to some it's inimportance

luminaria

I think Luminaria was really good this year I believe it was a larger turn out than last.
People really enjoyed what us video kids had to offer. And making work that can be easily understood and viewer friendly . seeing people take Utah’s giveaway art and interacting with johns pieces made me feel really happy because people are letting their guard down and opening them selves to “new media” and checking out the goods. My parents really enjoyed it specially my mom and my dad took one of Utah’s videos, not sure if he has watched it yet…

On another note Sarah did an amazing job with the article before and after Luminaria. She makes us seem really hardcore. I like that!

I’m glad that we pulled a kick ass show that was a great with the “normal crowd”

Luminaria proposal

I have been really thinking about this project and I have had ideas come in and out of my head and trying to really do something that hints art and education and how it is truly needed in our public school. Weather it being art or music, being a band geek myself in my youthful years in grade school. So I would like to do some kind of mockery about what would happen if there were never arts involved in schools or something like that. Maybe a video relating to the importance the arts had on me as a child or what not. The work would probably be a single channel either projection or flat screen depending on what kind of space we have to work with.

bcffest

1st critique images

How ive been wanting to show case "tell ons"

i choose largely embellished frames because every household at least has one. so i want something relatable not only in the video but also in a physical way.

Self

In December of 2008 i was lucky enough to catch Pipilotti Rist's show at the MoMA.
I consider this work to be a self portrait not mainly because of the artist, but because of what she asks the viewer to do.

The work is made of seven projections, and its ten minutes long. The Panoramic projections measuring twenty-five feet in height and two hundred feet in length creating a fully integrated sensory experience filled with vivid colors and lush images of vegetation, fauna and human activity. A sculptural seating island designed by the artist and Atelier Rist Sisters accompanies the show. The seating is supposed to represent the iris of an eye. Underneath the seating is the audio,
which consists of abstract sound but also melodic tunes

Pipilotti in a way makes this installation interactive; as a viewer you are meant to interact with the couch and surroundings by taking your shoes off, walking on a plush carpet, laying on the couch, relaxing stretching out watching and listening to the video not only with your eyes, but with your legs, arms, and with your body while stretching out and rolling around, taking in the video and pouring your body out.

This instillation starts becoming about the viewer not in the sense of the imagery and such but in what Pipilotti asks us to do while viewing the work and we are experiencing it through our bodies or one self.