chapter 2 - the use of technology and techniques and styles

Over the years technology and filming techniques have drastically changed. art is something that does not need a lot of craft to become a famous painting. art is not the only thing that has changed throughout the years, films have also had a major change due to the advancement in technology. experimental videos have had a big part to play in this because of their different craft and concept, for example girl chewing gum was a experimentla film which was very fascinating and still is now. It shows people walking in front of the camera and a man shouting out directions to make it seem like he is telling the people what to do however his voice was recorded a while later and then it was attached to the film.i think that the concept of this piece is that people are made to believe things on the television that aren't necessarily real. technology has changed throughout the the world especailly in films and art becasue now there are a variety of films such as aniamtion and stop frame animation. stop frame animation was used in Gisele Kerozene by Jan Kounen the film did not have a great concept behind it but the craft was brillaint and it made the film stand out.

1 - discuss both past and current artists and works

i have recently viewed three different pieces of art from different artist's. one of the pieces is called koyaanisqatsi which is made by Godfrey Reggio. another piece of art is called "girl chewing gum" which is made by john smith, and the third video is called "material gestures" which is made by Paul McCarthy.

the main point that links koyaanisqati and girl chewing gum is that they have non diagetic sound with the narrative. in both the videos there is no sound but in koyaanisqatsi there is background music. girl chewing gum was made in 1976, technology at that time was very good but nowadays it is and old form of technology. koyaanisqatsi was made by Godfrey Reggio in 1983. koyaanisqatsi has a variety of shots which range from long shots of the grand canyon to close up shots of buildings or streets in America. the concept of this video is very weird but interesting for example the video contains scenes that have explosions going on but the background music is very peaceful. koyaainisqtsi is very different from girl chewing gum because there are many different visual images. girl chewing gum is in black and white and that shows us how old the video is.

material gestures has diagetic sound but i don't think anyone speaks in the video however you can hear objects moving in the background and you can hear him moaning and groaning. material gestures has a lot of explicit material and i am surprised that art gallery's don't mind having that sort of material in there gallery's.

i think that koyaanisqatsi and girl chewing gum are similar in some ways but they also have many differences. material gestures is in no way whatsoever similar. however there are some similarities, for example it was made the same sort of time as girl chewing gum.

6. audience, and audience interpretation of the work

many audiences react differently to pieces of art that they see and it is interesting to see their reactions. each person chooses to view a piece of art differently and looks at it in a different perspective. some people may not be interested in the art itself but may be interested in the artist. some people reactions may be negative others might be positive. some people are afraid to show their expressions but i think this is wrong because this shows you are not interested in the art or in the meaning. also because they are not showing their feelings they are going to take other people's idea's and views. personally i think it is good that people show their true feelings because we can learn a lot from their ideas. some people tend to listen to other people's ideas and views and an example of this is Paul McCarthy's installation video called "material gestures", i viewed this piece of art at the Tate modern and found it a bit amusing. however some people in the room where horrified to what they where seeing and others where intrigued. i was with a group of friends when i entered the room and as i looked at the screen i found it a bit repulsive however as soon as i looked at my friends they where giggling at the video so my views had changed because i started to laugh at the video as well. my ideas and feeling towards the piece of art had changed because i did not follow my true feeling but i followed someone Else's opinions. i personally believe that a artist makes a piece of art with one meaning but his idea has created many other meanings but he has done this unintentionally.