Video Art

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=861mwKsNMqA&feature=youtu.be

Highlike.org and NewMediaArt.eu

I really like that you introduced me to Highlike.org. I've found myself visiting it from time to time since you introduced it. I think its a great platform for artists to get their work out there and to create a collective of different kinds of pieces. It's like instagram or tumblr without the b*llsh*t... Here's a couple pieces I liked.



http://highlike.org/takanori-aiba-3/


http://highlike.org/erik-soderberg-2/

I wasn't quite as big a fan of Newmediaart.eu. To me, it lacked variety and didn't get my attention as much. I did, however, find an interesting piece:

http://www.newmediaart.eu/tra11.html

5 Music Genres

Disco: Bottin

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UO27eBydU1k

Bottin is a dj/producer who creates disco for the modern age. To me, disco comes from the sound of funk, which really can't be described by any means other than referencing other funky artists such as the Bee Gees and Gloria Gaynor.

Neo-Psychedelia: MGMT

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B9dSYgd5Elk

Though we didn't go in depth to what Neo-Psychedelia is, I understand it to be music that is experimental, trancy, and funky. MGMT definitely waxes neo-psychedelic as it portrays psychedelic music using the tools and techniques of the modern age. The sound is truly unique and hallucinatory sounding.

Girl Power: Haim

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ljg6g7BAdQo

To me, Haim is the modern girl-power band in the independent music world. It is an all girl band that plays music that is strong and almost punk-like. They're slowly rising in popularity but still maintain a small, female dominant following.

Virtual: Porter Robinson

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HAIDqt2aUek

Porter Robinson is definitely a virtual musician as he employs several different technologies to create his music. Not only does he use electronic means to mix sounds, some of his sounds, including the vocals on some of the tracks on "Worlds", were completely digitally created!

Post-Modern Crisis: Girl Talk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4bMM7tGV9MI

Girl talk, to me, is the epitome of the post-modern crisis. They feature hundreds of songs in their albums by mixing them together rapidly, overlapping, and transitionally. Their albums are meant to be listened to continuously and in order, giving it the illusion of a massive succession of songs ranging through time and genres.

Sheryl Oring

Sheryl Oring is an artist whose work includes several "installations" featuring typewriters. Her projects, such as Travel Desk (featured below), invite people to talk about important topics or issues and to transform them into physical art. "I Wish to Say" was probably one of her most famous works. Individuals were asked what they wished to say to the president and Sheryl typed them up onto a post card.

Oring's work is by no means a conventional art form. It really challenges what we traditionally think of as art. At the same time, though, it accomplishes the purposes of starting a conversation and valuing people's words.

Butoh

Butoh is a Japanese dance form that arose out of the bombings of Nagasake and Hiroshima during WWII. It involves body contortions, grotesque costuming and gnarled movements.

Sankai Juku - Butoh dance- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AnR1FJ6yQq4

I find it to be kind of disturbing but very interesting. I can really see how it pertains to the nuclear bomb victims. It is a tribute as much as an art form.

The Velvet Underground

The Velvet Underground & Nico was an album recorded in 1967. It featured the Velvet Underground: Lou Reed, John Cale, Sterling Morrison, and Maureen Tucker and German Vocalist, Nico. Andy Worhol, who created the album artwork, promoted and influenced its creation.

I've listened to this album before, as a friend of mine had it on vinyl, and I enjoyed it as background music. It wasn't until now that I actually listened to it. There are some very absurd and kind of controversial topics brought up, and the music is very... experimental.

Dada Manifesto

The Dada Manifesto, written in 1916 by Hugo Ball is a statement that declares Dada and Dadaism to be both everything and nothing. It reads like nonsense but it makes a lot of sense as a declaration of such a nonsensical movement. Dada eee um. De laba. This manifesto was the beginning of the entire movement, leading to a surge of dadaism.

Steve Jobs Commencement

On June 12, 2005 Steve Jobs stood before the Standford class of 2005 to deliver their 114th annual commencement speech. In that speech he tells three stories. The first is about his experience with higher education, connecting the dots and finding his passion in calligraphy. The second story is about love and loss. He talks about being fired from his own company, starting over, and Pixar. "Sometimes life hits you in the head with a brick," he says, "but don't lose faith." His final story is about death. He talks about living life to its fullest, preparing for his own death, and saying goodbye.

Steve Jobs has a lot of very good advice in this speech. Particularly as he refers to perserverence, education, life and death, and passion. I think this is an incredibly imporatant speech. First, as it reveals more about this man's character. And second, as it refers to everyone's life and human nature.

TI 99/4A

The Texas Instruments 99/4A was one of the precursors to modern computers. It was released in 1981. It was a newer model of the TI-99/4, and featured a graphics card that revolutionized the programming world.

Bill Cosby 1981- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9CyfHZui0g8

Performance Art Project

https://vimeo.com/113577427

This project gave me a lot of trouble... It took me a long time to get a solid idea, and when I did, the anxiety about performing in public set in. Upon consideration of the theme of fun, we wanted to do something that involved the reenactment of video games. Most things had already been done (postmodern crisis!) such as Mario Kart or Pac Man, so we decided to kick it back to the early days of Nintendo with Donkey Kong! We decided on a location, gathered our supplies, and everything developed from there...

Alan Turing

Alan Turing was a British Mathematician who's contribution to World War II was not only a huge victory for England but a groundbreaking event in the history of computers. A brilliant computer scientist, Turing discovered a way to break the German code and turn the war around. He created "Colossus," the first real computer and eventually the Turing Machine, a precursor of modern technology. He was prosecuted in the UK for being a homosexual and wasn't pardoned until 60 years after his death.