1. Performance-He often challenges acting by doing little or no action. He focuses on the idea that no action or acting, is still acting if its being viewed by an audience.
Minimalism-He doesn't think of himself as a minimalist. Work and effort still goes into his lack of non-action. He therefore, doesn't promote himself as a minimalist.
Fluxus-Some of his films were incredibly simple and there wasn't a focus on giving a "good" performance, rather simply putting on a performance.
2. He wants to present the films and have them show what they intend to show. Almost as if displaying art in a public space.
3. Their growth is related to the interest and education involved in the avant garde at scholarly levels. As more and more film students took an interest in avant garde films Canyon Cinema regularly updated their film library and added content to their existing library.
4. Many of the older generations wanted Canyon to stick with true film, 16mm, 8mm, etc, rather than begin to accept newer technologies associated with video. The younger generation didn't want to completely replace film, but rather wanted Canyon to place their video works beside the films. Angerame didn't really care one way or the other, so long as Canyon Cinema still survived to distribute films
5. The advantage was that they got plenty of money from the NEA and didn't have to worry about funding (something that is always a major concern for the arts). Yet, since it was now under government control, certain films weren't approved in their catalog and Canyon had to drop them. Eventually the government won out, and the NEA dropped the funding from Canyon.
Sunday, April 18, 2010
Sunday, April 11, 2010
Response 9
1. Benning was very invested in the do it yourself model (a la the punks) and often put a focus on the performance (or lack thereof) of the non-professional actors. Riot Grrl embraced this, however, because Benning was a female filmmaker in a male world, the film had to be much more expressive than most punks would have liked.
2. Milliken uses the term "visual essay" because Benning often uses her own stories, which feel very documented or autobiographical, but she does not limit her films to this kind of style or medium. By doing this Benning can approach virtually any subject and the audience can understand that the film is devoted to her personal feelings or viewpoints. However, while this "radical feminist essayist" might be very thought provoking and open ended, it often does not provide solutions or conflict.
3. Barney can describe his work as sculpture because in a gallery space, the audience can interact with the piece, moving around it, typically not being forced to sit down and watch it, as they would with a more traditional film. It allows the audience to interact with the piece in a more 3D environment, as they would with traditional sculpture pieces.
4. The minimal sculpture is seen as postmodern because it seems that many of those pieces could be recreated by non artists or, at least, by artists with less talent. Many of the pieces also don't seem to have a real signature or theme that define most pieces or artists. Finally, many of the pieces do not elicit much emotion, or the meaning the piece is trying to convey is often unclear to the audience.
5. These artists attempt to test the actual human body as a piece of art. They try to use the body as art, testing some physical and emotional endurance of it.
6. Again, Barney focuses on what the body can be put through and attempts to use this as art. The word blockbuster was used because, for a gallery work, it had a very high budget and publicity, falling very close to a capitalistic kind of model, which is extremely unusual for the art world.
7. Mode of film practice refers to a particular style or practice within the film world. Some examples included classic Hollywood, French new wave, or postmoderism within the avant garde. As long as films follow the guidelines within these schools of though they abide by the mode of film practice. By adhering to these guidelines, it creates an expectation from the audience and often aids the artist in finding ideas, exhibitions, and an audience.
8. While many avant garde films are much more difficult to find then mainstream films, there are still often venues and festivals to see them in. Even now with DVD and the Internet they can be distributed rather easily and in a model similar to a corporate method. Gallery films are much more limited and difficult to access and seem very limited and somewhat limited and elite.
2. Milliken uses the term "visual essay" because Benning often uses her own stories, which feel very documented or autobiographical, but she does not limit her films to this kind of style or medium. By doing this Benning can approach virtually any subject and the audience can understand that the film is devoted to her personal feelings or viewpoints. However, while this "radical feminist essayist" might be very thought provoking and open ended, it often does not provide solutions or conflict.
3. Barney can describe his work as sculpture because in a gallery space, the audience can interact with the piece, moving around it, typically not being forced to sit down and watch it, as they would with a more traditional film. It allows the audience to interact with the piece in a more 3D environment, as they would with traditional sculpture pieces.
4. The minimal sculpture is seen as postmodern because it seems that many of those pieces could be recreated by non artists or, at least, by artists with less talent. Many of the pieces also don't seem to have a real signature or theme that define most pieces or artists. Finally, many of the pieces do not elicit much emotion, or the meaning the piece is trying to convey is often unclear to the audience.
5. These artists attempt to test the actual human body as a piece of art. They try to use the body as art, testing some physical and emotional endurance of it.
6. Again, Barney focuses on what the body can be put through and attempts to use this as art. The word blockbuster was used because, for a gallery work, it had a very high budget and publicity, falling very close to a capitalistic kind of model, which is extremely unusual for the art world.
7. Mode of film practice refers to a particular style or practice within the film world. Some examples included classic Hollywood, French new wave, or postmoderism within the avant garde. As long as films follow the guidelines within these schools of though they abide by the mode of film practice. By adhering to these guidelines, it creates an expectation from the audience and often aids the artist in finding ideas, exhibitions, and an audience.
8. While many avant garde films are much more difficult to find then mainstream films, there are still often venues and festivals to see them in. Even now with DVD and the Internet they can be distributed rather easily and in a model similar to a corporate method. Gallery films are much more limited and difficult to access and seem very limited and somewhat limited and elite.
Sunday, April 4, 2010
Responce 8
1. When realists use found footage, they use it to serve as physical evidence to prove a point. These typically are more for TV such as the History Channel or things like that. However, figurative use is when the filmmaker uses found footage to make a metaphorical point in relation to the idea. Baldwin obviously employs the figurative side as all the footage he uses, while real, is meant to extend, and humorously juxtapose, his voice overs.
2. Three similarities between the punk music scene and the punk/no wave film scene are the idea of just attempting to create (pick up a camera or guitar and use it), there is a group outside the mainstream audience that wants to participate or wants to watch/listen to this art, and that the unpolished or unedited work gives a very authentic and real sense of what was actually captured as opposed to the polished and glamorized real world.
3. These five characteristics are: exploiting aspects of specific mediums, the admiration and respect of high art over pop culture, the concept of the autonomy of art, individual sensibility through unique work, and to reflect universal and individual sensibility.
4. Her films often felt very improvised or spontaneous. She rejected high art and more often opted for a more raw and pure (that is, honest) image.
5. She opts to shoot are cheep, homemade Super 8 (as oppose to 16mm), use non-professional actors, and use members of her community to make the film as opposed to experienced filmmakers. This gives a much less polished and more authentic feel to it which the punks were very attracted to. Both just wanted to get out and shoot without learning the art or technique.
6. Typically in pornography, the audience looks and is attracted towards the penis and the confirmation that the male is satisfied. In the color of love, this doesn't play any part since the penis is flaccid and the man is so distorted that we cannot tell if he is gratified or even care.
7. Here Lara Croft, the protagonist, is not violent, but rather uses repeated actions and dream like environments to have her interact with her surroundings.
2. Three similarities between the punk music scene and the punk/no wave film scene are the idea of just attempting to create (pick up a camera or guitar and use it), there is a group outside the mainstream audience that wants to participate or wants to watch/listen to this art, and that the unpolished or unedited work gives a very authentic and real sense of what was actually captured as opposed to the polished and glamorized real world.
3. These five characteristics are: exploiting aspects of specific mediums, the admiration and respect of high art over pop culture, the concept of the autonomy of art, individual sensibility through unique work, and to reflect universal and individual sensibility.
4. Her films often felt very improvised or spontaneous. She rejected high art and more often opted for a more raw and pure (that is, honest) image.
5. She opts to shoot are cheep, homemade Super 8 (as oppose to 16mm), use non-professional actors, and use members of her community to make the film as opposed to experienced filmmakers. This gives a much less polished and more authentic feel to it which the punks were very attracted to. Both just wanted to get out and shoot without learning the art or technique.
6. Typically in pornography, the audience looks and is attracted towards the penis and the confirmation that the male is satisfied. In the color of love, this doesn't play any part since the penis is flaccid and the man is so distorted that we cannot tell if he is gratified or even care.
7. Here Lara Croft, the protagonist, is not violent, but rather uses repeated actions and dream like environments to have her interact with her surroundings.
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