Ch. 2 Video Art Questions

1. On page 85 according to Graham the difference between video and film is described as "video is recorded and revealed instant time..." and "Film is contemplative and "distanced"'. Video, film and art are all subjective, why has the writer not made note of this?

2. Throughout this reading there are numerous artists that use installations as their form of video art. If I were to watch one of these installations, say from home and not at the opening, I wouldn't know how to interpret some of the meanings being translated. Will there always be a reason to communicate "personal messages" in video art as most of the examples given in this reading?

Frame animation & audio assignment

"Stop Motion Frame Animation" assignment

Abridged Statement: This animation changed by projecting and featuring a more peaceful homegrown part of chicken keeping.

W. Benjamin reading questions

1. When W. Benjamin writes "Even the most perfect reproduction of work of art is lacking in one element: its presence in time and space, its unique existence at the place where is happens to be". Does that art piece in fact lose its interpretation if viewed in person or seen in an ad in a magazine? What do these changes mean?

2. Today there are commercial artists that reproduce art in today's media and advertisements to send a message. If it is an image that we've seen in our history books then there is no question to its "authenticity" because we know where it come from. Is the "ritual" and "value" affected when that piece of art is much more accessible?

Triptych Assignment No. 1