Final Project Review

As I progressed with my project, I learned the value of concept. While I think that my concept was strong and carried through well, I feel as though overall, my project wont be considered seriously because of the drug related nature through which it was conceived. It's the same as with people: there are just certain things that we easily write off based on our own activities and conceptions. While I was working on the video, I began to become very discouraged, doubting my idea's value and relevance to the world of art and other people in general. However, I feel as though doing this project has opened me up to a whole new set of ideas so far as creating art. I don't think of art in the same terms as I used to, that art should be pretty, mostly pertaining to sculpture and paintings.
Video Installation is definitely something that I would like to continue with and take farther. I would love to create more extensive environments and more cohesive videos that come together to mean something more. For a first attempt, I feel as though my hallucinogenic thought process was well portrayed, but I feel there's so much more that I would be able to do with the medium. As well, I would like to learn more about motion graphics and animation. With these skills, I feel as though the possibilities would be endless in regards to what I could create.
When I played the video in class, I took more pleasure in watching everyone's face while they watched it than I did in actually watching the video myself. Artists in general are always striving for approval and nothing makes me happier than when someone smiles when looking at my work or says that they enjoyed it. That is another aspect of video installation that I think I like -- it demands attention. Were I to have simply painted a piece, no one would necessarily HAVE to pay attention to it. However, because the room was dark except for my movie and music, all eyes were on me, per se.

Jeremy Blake

Jeremy Blake's style of work in this music video for Beck is typical of the work he is most celebrated for. He combines still photographs with digital painting and sets it in motion, allowing it all to interact in time, to morph and to change. What I love most though are Blake's colors. He choses bright neon colors but brings them in slowly and in just the right way. Some of his arrangements remind me of color field painters like Morris Louis or Helen Frankenthaller. Blake overlaps is "painting" with photography and often uses it to accentuate certain parts of the photos that he choses. The technique is used slowly to add more drama to the change.