Tamiko Thiel

Tamiko Thiel has many very interesting pieces of artwork. I am very impressed and amazed by her "Reign of Gold" piece. It directly related to the Occupy Wall Street project. She focuses on controversial cultural and social issues today through her media creations.

Driving Simulator for Police, Fire, Ambulance

Joseph Beuys

Joseph Beuys was from northwestern Germany. He volunteered to be in the military and his involvements in the war were a big apart of his artwork. He created a lot of work from his wartime experience and focused on a lot of drawings, sculptures and performances, in which he called 'actions.' Beuys was also experimenting and creating room installations and prints, which he called them 'multiples.' He was unconventional, unique and a lot of his creations were made from materials accessible to him.

The Dream Machine

The Dream Machine was created by Brion Gynsin and it was meant to be a device to view colors and lights and patterns while eyes are closed. They considered this machine as an experience and the way to escape this intense experience is to open your eyes. The Dream Machine can be dangerous for it creates flickers that could cause some people seizures, especially someone with epilepsy. Personally, I think the invention of the Dream Machine is really cool. I would love to have an 'experience' only having to close my eyes.

Video Art Project

In my video art project, I wanted to de-contextualize everyday uses of technology. For example, I am often using my photobooth on my mac computer, I frequently use my flip video camera, I am always on youtube looking at cool videos, so I thought I could use these components of technology and create something cool. I recorded on my flip camera a cool video off of youtube. I then used photobooth on my roomates computer to display and de-contexturalize the video I took off of the computer. After I used her photobooth, I recorded the video off of her photobooth onto my photobooth de-contexturalizing all of the technology I had used. The idea I am trying to send to the viewers is that with all of the effects I have used, mirror image, strobe light, recording a video, imitating the video, creating a music mix, I was able to distort my images and video and de-contexturalize the effects I used to create these images. Using a flip video camera, photobooth, and a strobe light is general and seen as regularly functional, but I decided to integrate all of these together and using these effects outside of the box. I had a really good time doing this while playing around with my computer, music mixes and my flip camera. I REALLY hope you enjoy it.

Danielle: I enjoyed your piece, and how the pixels were broken down. I thought it was cool how the dancer was almost melting and that it related to Dub FX.

Hessa: My mind was actively thinking because you're piece was on a subconscious level, which I loved. I loved all of the saturated colors as well.

Luis: Your piece was extremely powerful. It was awesome how you couldn't tell what is moving and what isn't. And it gave you a true realistic perspective throughout the piece.

Sebastian: I enjoyed how your piece was a breakdown of the technological points today in society. It was on a very primitive level.

Stef: Your piece was so bizarre, but amazing because it all makes sense. I loved how you used the multiple elements of art to de-contextualize and display the crazy and overwhelming mindset.

Emily: I thought it was really awesome how you de-contextualized your performance piece and did it from the cameras view. The camera became the person/viewer and that is what I really enjoyed. It was entertaining too with the fun audio.

Francesca: I like how your piece was personal and it is one of your interest; making music. I liked how your music and sounds were mixed in different combinations making it unsynchronized which was so cool.

Jon: I liked how your piece was partly from the perspective of the popcorn, it made the piece fun and interesting. I also like the way the piece was creative made movements.

Roy: I liked how the visualizers created a light effect and you are making art out of the music. The monitor tunnel was also great and related well to Nam June Paik.

Hannah: Your piece was super cool how it felt like a video game, almost like a godzilla performance. I also like how the character changes and becomes herself throughout the video.

Abby: This piece was very fun and really displayed the de-contextualization of the camera. I liked how the noise from the swing was used as the audio.

Grace: I loved this piece. I thought the bathroom audio was a great combination with the dancing of the three different videos. Made it very entertaining.

Amanda: I love how your piece went from real to abstract towards the end of the video. I liked the amount of information and video you put in because it made me think and concentrate really hard on the video, which was great because the visual effects were drawing me in.

experimenting the video art project...tell me what you think

I am trying to kill this last project and make it as best as I can...this is a silly fun experiment and I was hoping you guys could give me some advice or give me a 'this is cool' and just some honesty....let me know.

The Beat Generation

The Beat Generation was a group of writers who used alternative ways to express themselves emerging in the 1950s. They were not materialistic and they experimented with drugs and sexualities. They had very 'spontaneous creativity' and were very influential. "On the beat" is the best way to describe the Beat Generation. This group was involved in a revolution, or experiment, or liberation.