Video Installation Art

Select an artist from the video installation lecture

Pipilotti Rist

Nam June Paik

Bill Viola

Gary Hill

Michal Rovner

Krystof Wodzicko

Describe the work and why you chose this.  How does this artist use video installation as an art form?

David Small

David Small, author of  "Stitches"

How does David Small's "Stitches" succeed as a time-based work in exploring memory?

Describe David Small's "Stitches".

Questions to think about.

What is a graphic novel and how does it differ from a comic book?  What is the significance of sequencing images?

Performance Art

Performance Art

Select an example of performance art

(you may select another artist that was presented at the lecture)

1. Improv Everywhere - Frozen Grand Central

2. James Luna - American Indian artifact

3. Marina Abramovic - Imponderability

4. Miele Ukeles - Hartford Wash

5. Yes Men - Impersonating Corporations

Describe what you saw.  How does this artwork challenge the viewer in a way that differs from a conventional artwork and how does it utilize the performative and live aspect.

Jessica Frelinghuysen

Collaboration

Comment about the nature of collaborative work.  What are the features of working with other people.  Why is it important to collaborate.  Why is collaboration such an important aspect of filmmaking?

Non-fiction Film

Choose a non-fiction film technique presented at the lecture:

cinema verite

propaganda film

compilation video

documentary essay

Describe what you saw in your selected example.  How does this example work with the technique?

Sarah Christman

Sarah Christman

Brooklyn College

Post Production Workflow

"Dear Bill Gates"

"As Above, So Below"

Select one of the works that Sarah Christman presented.

Describe what you saw. Describe what techniques she uses to express her ideas artistically and personally, yet still communicate information such as history and data.

45 Minute Film School

Yesterday, Professor Andy Kirshner described several filmmaking techniques.

Eyeline Match from "Out of Sight" by Steven Soderbergh with Jennifer Lopez and George Clooney

Kuleshov Effect

Graphic Match

Jump Cutting from "Breathless" (1960, France) by Jean-Luc Goddard with Jean-Paul Belmondo and Jean Seberg

Describe what you saw, what does this technique do, why does the director want to use this technique.

Jodie Mack

Please add a comment about the presentation of Jodie Mack.  Select a work and describe what you saw.  Comment on how you reacted to this work and why you chose it.

Mini Assignment

Contrast

 Available Light

 Line

 Pattern

 Short Depth of Field

Janie Geiser

Janie Geiser
Visual Performance Artist and Experimental Filmmaker

http://www.janiegeiser.com

Ghost Algebra

Invisible Glass

The Red Book

The Reptile Under the Flowers

Select one of the works Janie Geiser presented in class. Describe what you saw.  Describe her techniques of bringing inanimate objects to life and how meaning is derived from placing objects together or one after the other.

Jorge Maldonado

 Available light

Contrast

DOF

 Line

Pattern

Alec Schweitzer's Photos

short depth of field

 Patterns/

 available light

 available light

 contrast

 lines

 lines/patterns

short depth of field

Cristina Ley Mini-assignment

Available light

Contrast

Lines

Patterns

Short Depth of Field

KayLee Gittleson -- Mini Assignment 2

Contrast 1

Contrast 2

Line 1

Line 2

Available Light 1

Available Light 2

Short DOF 1

Short DOF 2

Pattern/Texture 1

Pattern/Texture 2

Ziyi Su Photography

 available light

 available light

 contrast

 contrast

 lines

 lines

 patterns

patterns

 short depth of field

short depth of field