Favorite Performance Video Art

You may know him by his common name, Brooks, but don't be fooled. He shoots to kill.

 

 

 

Shoot

Brooks Dierdorff

                        

Body Issues in Performance Art

“A performance, live or recorded, is life itself: it is primarily real”

The most valuable performances are those that cross boundaries and express things that we cannot put into words. The body is composed of essentially 3 bodies: the body-body, the mind-body, and the psyche-body. Achieving an equilibrium between these three bodies is a task for many artists. Art can be seen as a tool for reflection onto reality where we communicate ideals through art. An action artist recognizes themselves as a tool of their own work. Performance art does not necessitate the human form but in ways it does encourage its use.

“The performer is a poet (of actions) and an artist at the same time.” This allows the performer to truly embrace the human form as a tool of reflection.

The task of an artist is to raise questions about the presence of humanity. The goal of production and action is to act ethically.

 

Ana Mendieta. Glass on Body Performance Art.

Sylvia Martin p.6-20 Video Art

Proposal

For the stop motion project, I am interested in exploring a Claymation type video. The main focus of this film will be a magician, his hat, and the revenge a particular rabbit is seeking. The scenes will play out so the rabbit keeps handing the magician different goofy objects to pull out of the hat instead of the rabbit. The magician will then fall in to the hat. The rabbit will the hop out of the hat and pull the magician out. I think this project will really challenge me to use sound effects, lighting, and precision of movements to make the storyline clear and compelling.