So I finally have begun making new art work, that actually feels like art. I have been taking the class at MIAD all week and have finished two video works this week. They are posted here . Hopefully, you can view them. I’m pretty psyched about the results. We had specific directions as to what we could and couldn’t do. Considering I knew nothing at the start of the week this is pretty cool. Let me know what you think.
I’m excited and nervous about next week. I am attending the Creative Educator Institute (CEI) workshops at Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design (MIAD) http://www.miad.edu/. Why I’m nervous I don’t know. It is the old demons in my head: “will I measure up to those in the class?” “am I good enough?” etc. I am hoping it cures the artist block that I’ve been suffering from this summer. Work in a new medium can sometimes do this. That’s what I’m hoping for. The course will feature a lot of new technology that I am hoping will help build my skills and give me the confidence to move in this direction with my artwork. I love film and photography, so video seems a natural. The professor teaching the course is James Barany, http://www.youtube.com/user/jamusbaranus whose work I greatly admire. I hope to learn how to create the multi-layered effects that he uses in his video work. The Artist Statement Project and My Most Important Self Portrait project http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=C21A7AACC3F0CCAB
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I took a weekend workshop class with him and loved it. I will also be learning animation techniques I believe, which will be pretty cool. I hope to begin doing some of this with my own students. The Mac computers and IMovie make it so easy to do this. I am looking to increase my knowledge in this area. I think video will be the art medium of the 21st century. If you know of any amazing sites that I should see to increase my knowledge I’d love to hear about them. I know about You Tube, but I’m looking for artistic video, not just the homemade quality. I would like see more artists such as Ann Hamilton, whose work with both video, film and photography is incredible. http://www.pbs.org/art21/artists/hamilton/index.html . Check it out here:http://www.annhamiltonstudio.com/ Her piece called “Ghost” is especially intriguing to me. The process of what she did using fabric and stitching and then having the environment she set up are all fascinating. I also greatly admire her pinhole photographs done with the her mouth camera. Very poignant and revealing of the relationship between artist and subject. I always think I am hiding behind my camera, but this project puts her right in the subjects face. BRAVE WORK!