When thinking about visual arts, the art of performance is different from many art forms because it often requires active audience participation as opposed to passive viewing. While there are many examples of performance art, dance, live music, and environmental art and installations are a few examples of art forms which require the presence of the viewer in order for the art to be fully appreciated. With the emergence of various forms of technology, these art forms have become more accessible to audiences without necessarily requiring a physical presence at the show or event. As performances are photographed, filmed, written about, and posted on the internet, what is lost in the art form? How is the art changed through the use of technology? Likewise, what elements of the performance art cannot be changed regardless of the presence if technology? These are just a few questions of interest which are relevant to the exploration of performance art and technology. The goal of this Tumblr page is to provide examples of how performance art is talked about as well as enhanced or distorted through the use of new media and technology.
The experimental hip-hop group Death Grips regularly pulls off some insane stunts. Some critics are even going as far to say that these actions are to be considered as performance art by the band. For example, the band showed up to virtually none of their scheduled tour dates in 2013. At one of the shows, it is rumored that they had staged angry fans coming on stage and destroying their equipment at on of their no shows.
Is this to be considered performance art? or just pure laziness/lack of respect on behalf of the performer.
I found this interesting because I am working on a projection piece right now and this inspired me. He typically uses everyday object to create shadows and light which then create visual portraits or landscapes.
The Unwoven light by Soo Sunny Parks is explained as a world of light installation taking up a great amount of space. She works with the varieties of light and this piece really brings that out. Her work is very proportionate and her sculptures allow us to see patterns and creations made with the light she uses.
This lab installation made of colored yarn is truly a breathtaking installation. It stimulates the space and awareness to the community and really gives a warm and welcome feeling to the audience. Visitors literally have to push their way through.
Custom made snow globe for a performance artist as a ballerina. The Body Cast Co hosted this installation just like many other performance art events. It accommodated this performance artist for six hours.
This image of the dancer catches her in a pose that cannot be possible to hold in real time. The camera allows for the dancer to be seen in this way, but the art is in the image, not the dance. -Kendra
Videos like these pop up everywhere. A simple documentation of a concert that you went to. "That"person standing in front of you recording the band or DJ for the whole concert. Most people have experienced this. Find a way to be in the here and now, instead of filled with the attention of the technology that is in your pocket. Our generation has found its crutch, "the photographing, recording, life extension... the phone."
The amount of times I have talked to an adult from an older generation and have them say to me "The music kids listen to today is not music....when I was younger...rock music... man those are the classics", is crazy. Thinking about it though, I have found a new understanding. The way technology has influenced the production and interpretation of music is completely different than that of 30 years ago. Using computers to create drum beats and piano music versus a traditional band is way more common today. Artists like David Guetta have found a way to catch our generation of music enthusiasts. Rave or electronic formed music has become extremely popular and is influencing the pop industry as well. I think we will find this tech based music to continue into the future as a thriving new genre.
I happened to stumble across the MOWA. It is an interesting site and has a very unconventional way of displaying a curating it's art work. While my only problem is that it looks like its straight out of 1994, the site is great at creating interest in the work it is displaying.
www.neave.com is an interactive art website, with games, creative tools, and community based art projects that people are participating in without even knowing it. Created by Paul Neave, this site is a brilliant example of how internet art is evolving and becoming more prevalent.
Lets then consider for a second an image that was taken by the Hubble Space Telescope in 1995 by Robert Williams and the Hubble deep field team. The image is what is called the Hubble deep field image and is a picture of the deepest view of the universe and only covers an area of the sky equal to 1/30th the size of the full moon. The image is of Myriad galaxies, some of which formed only a billion years after the big bang (which is significant because it means that they exist, have been existing, or existed long before Earth existed let alone humans). The image was assembled from many different seperate pictures taken with seperate exposers (267 out of the 342 taken). Is this image art? Or is this image real? Is it ‘nature’? One might be tempted to say yes,it is nature, because after all, there is no way that humans could have had physical contact with that reigon of the universe, and therefore, that reigon of the universe came to exist by foreign will. However, once we start to think about and break apart the different aspects of the image, we can start to see that this image is not actually real at all. First of all, the fact that the image was made as a result of 267 other images, proves that the image cannot exist without these human processes let alone the fact that the only reason we can see any of the 267 images in the first place is because of the human construction of the telescope.
In short, this image is more 'art' than it ever could be 'science'
The Green River project was done in six different locations from 1998 to 2001. These location were: Bremen, Germany 1998; Moss, Norway 1998; The Northern Fjallabak Route, Iceland 1998; Los Angeles, USA 1999; Stockholm, Sweden 2000; and Tokyo, Japan 2001. As the name suggests he colored the rivers bright green. He did so by dumping uranine into the water which is a non-toxic dye usually used by reseachers to observe ocean currents, into the rivers at particular locations in each river. By doing this Eliasson culturally constructs an artificial environment, and due to the awareness of that artificiality (it is obvious that it is a artificial or built environment) it becomes real, or is exposed.
This project is interesting because the project changed depending on the different location of each installment. For example, in LA the Green River gave notice to the cities own artificiality, while in Iceland, the Green River became one giant brush stroke, turning the landscape into a painting.
Shown is the technological advances from a cassette player, to a portable cassette player, to that of a walkman disk player, the generation of iPods, and concept player of the future.
Keezy Music App, demonstrates the new creative way to make music through the advancement of technology. Its fairly user friendly and gives musicians a simple way of quickly creating a song/ composition.
Artists are involved in sports in a few different ways, athletes, coaches, and designers. The people who design jerseys for teams should get major credit because it takes a lot to create a jersey that will make a team look professional and clean. The creators need to make jerseys that fans are willing to purchase and wear to show their support for their teams. Oregon football has a huge creative jersey designing team. Oregon has never repeated a jersey in 11 years. They have about 500 combinations of uniforms that they can choose from over the course of 15 years. They've used about 140 combinations in just 11 years. The contract that they have is about 15 years so they most likely won't even use all the possibilities out there.
Sports scientists could help musicians and other artists endure the stresses of their craft.
"Rest is not an option for a performing artist because they are getting paid and if they don't perform they're going to just get replaced by somebody else". Athletes don't get the choice to rest because of this very reason. Performance artists have a tough job and they need to stay healthy at all times. Healthy athletes=Healthy artists.
Michael Greene is an artist who is attempting to find out. He recently posted an animated gif for sale on ebay.com. The gif itself is a replicated representation of Jeff Koons’ Ballon Dog, which sold at auction for 58.4 million dollars, made using digital lighting and texturing techniques entitled Ballon Dog Deflated and depicts the iconic statue deflating. In the article ‘The Most Expensive GIF of All Time’ Is Being Sold for $5,800, Meagan Garber quotes the artist Michael Greene’s ebay post: “The deflation itself is a statement where it is once again time to destroy the values of the tradition of modern art and for our culture to evolve to the logical next step, the digital medium." The artist is making a statement about the value of art both material and non-material.
- David
Link to full paper: http://dabr2242.wordpress.com/the-museum-of-2014-is-the-internet/
