Visiting Artist- Projection Mapping

We had a visiting artist that graduated from the CIA program that worked with digital projection mapping. She spoke to us about some of the software she has designed for mapping and her work with a projection mapping company that allowed her to work on huge projects such as projection mapping onto a mosque. She had some really cool stuff to show us and her work has got me interested in projection mapping.

Place Piece

I made a stop motion video for our screening! Here it is:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ppMwKAO-b3E

Lighting
An artist came in to talk to us about lighting and photography within our videos. Her tips were very useful and she got me thinking how to pay more attention to lighting. She showed us some pictures of her work and how she was able to accomplish her effects.

Pre post- Identity

The first assignment we did focused on identity. We first did a 1 minute unedited clip that can be seen here :http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MkNjmtiTcGo  before we showed the final edit.

Time pieces

For this section we did three video exercises on time. The first video assignment started our introduction to sound. Our second video focused on gaze. I filmed my roommate playing with her dog. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l-X75TkrmmU&feature=youtu.be
The final time piece I focused on aging, vulnerability, intimacy, and uncomfort. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z3GVz2Ft3gQ&feature=youtu.be

Response to digital video history article:
I found Video Art: An Historical Sketch by Christine Tamblyn very interesting and informative. One thing that struck me was the way the medium was constructed by artists in workshops rather than gallery spaces or professionals. This technology had  novelty at the time that is probably unlike anything that we have ever experienced due to the fact that my generation has grown up with these advances. I can only marvel at the idea of these technologies opening a door to possibilities that were never dreamed before.

http://www.moma.org/collection/object.php?object_id=81792
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4eD2vF8epeQ

Influential Videos

Rubber opening scene
Doxology 
Here are a couple of film links that inspire me. I am particularly interested in surrealist film and nonsensical, humor related content. Rubber is a fantastic film done by a surrealist french director by the name of Quentin Dupieux that stars a telepathic rubber tire that goes on a murdering spree in the desert. The whole movie conveys a message 'against reason' that is especially clear with the opening scene that I linked. Doxology, another excellent surrealist film, is done by Michael Landan and juxtaposes different scenes of no reason and humorous oxymorons.

Dora the Explora From Hell
I do not have any films that I have directly worked on, however I did pick a link of a part of a Robot Chicken exert to show my interest in stop motion animation. I have been very fortunate to have interned with Stoopid Buddy Stoodios in the puppet department where my interest in stop-motion animation started and I got to see behind the scenes what was possible in this medium. I have since worked on sculpture with the goal to learn digital video in order to combine the two with stop motion animation. Robot Chicken has been very innovative in the use of dolls and action figures turned into puppets for a stop-motion TV series. RC is one of the best and longest running examples of stop motion animation on air, which is why it was recently exhibited at the Walt Disney Museum in the Presidio.

My first exposure to film
Finally I thought I'd share a link to my first experience with film. It is me as a baby on my father's public access show in Los Angeles that he did from 1984 up until a few years ago when the public access station shut down. The show was names Art Fein's Poker Party and features my pops and his buddies talking about their niche interests in Rock and Roll history and features thousands of guest performers.