What do you think of when you hear the term ‘arts + culture‘? What is the difference between a work of art and a cultural artifact? Between high and low culture? Fine art and popular culture? What value do you place on the objects produced in each arena? What social value do art and popular cultural artifacts [...]
Today we will visit the Musée d’art Contemporain to see the ‘Québec Triennial exhibition. We will begin our tour at 12:15. HOWEVER, you must arrive earlier to buy your ticket (student price is $4.00). In preparation for the visit please follow the link for the show, read the description and watch the three videos.
To begin at the beginning: although ‘video art‘ emerged in the wake of technological developments in broadcast television–the introduction of portable cameras, first and foremost–the conceptual and formal orientation of early video art is rooted in ‘avant-garde‘ art, more broadly speaking.
As you know from reading the wikipedia entry on the ‘avant-garde’, the term [...]
There will be no formal class held on September 16. Instead students are asked to visit the Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal to view the Music Video Projections Series AND to write a brief, 500 word discussion of one of these music video works, due September 23. Please refer to the assignment description for more details.
The Projections works are shown [...]
Following is a list of artists whose work you might research for your research project. A linked and categorized list can be found here.
Vito Acconci
Eija-Lissa Ahtila
Laurie Anderson
Doug Aitken
John Baldessari
Matthew Barney
Guy Ben-Ner
Chris Burden
Sophie Calle
Janet Cardiff + Georges Bures Miller
Abigail Child
Tacita Dean
Stan Douglas
Vera Frenkel
Gary Hill
Mona Hatoum
Tracey Moffatt
Bruce Nauman
Yoko Ono
Phillippe Parreno
Yvonne Rainer
Pipilotti Rist
Carolee Schneeman
Robert Smithson
Beat Streuli
Sam Taylor [...]
Film>TV>Film
Impact of TV on Film production
Television: Marshall McLuhan; War + Peace in the Global Village; Marshall McLuhan on the Today Show;
debate with Norman Mailer on CBC; McLuhan Probes TV Medium; The Medium is the MEssage; or The Medium is the MAssage;
Neil Postman on TV Amusing Ourselves To Death
The Cinéma Vérité Movement Cinéma Vérité was a [...]
“Performance Art is art in which the actions of an individual or a group at a particular place and in a particular time constitute the work. It can happen anywhere, at any time, or for any length of time. Performance art can be any situation that involves four basic elements: time, space, the performer’s body and [...]
October 21: We will see the Warhol Live exhibit at the Museum of Fine Arts this week (October 21). The tour starts at 1:00 sharp. Please arrive ten minutes early at the group entrance, 2200 Crescent Street. Attendance is mandatory! Cost $6.00.
October 28: Research project presentations begin. Please see the following page for an outline of the project and examples [...]
Group Presentations: One member of the group will provide a general introduction to the artist. Each individual group member will discuss one aspect of the artist’s work with reference to a key project or artwork. Individual contributions will be approximately 10 minutes in length–half given over to verbal content, half to the illustration.
Proposals for final research [...]
