Sonia Andrade – video artist

This is a video of Sonia Andrade’s work. This is her showing in Rio de Janeiro Brazil at Galeria Tempo.    

the getty

Sorry I missed class last week I was in LA on business but I did get a chance to go to the Getty, which was amazing.  I saw two shows there that I thought everyone might enjoy in context of this class.

The first is a video piece by Nicole Cohen, which reminds me of the Telematic Dreaming piece we saw in class.  See the link and a few stills I took while there.

http://www.getty.edu/art/exhibitions/nicole_cohen/

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The second is a Bill Viola video see some stills and a video (although it’s on it’s side)

http://www.getty.edu/news/press/center/viola_release_110807.html

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http://s73.photobucket.com/albums/i202/tobalita/?action=view¤t=P1020854-1.flv

mash up

i made two mash ups one is a pictogram have a look

http://www.jumpcut.com/view?id=C81713F0DCE311DCBA24000423CF0184

the other is sorta a mash up of photos of conversations i’ve have on skype with a friend living in iceland

http://www.jumpcut.com/view?id=05BAD12EDCC611DCA316000423CEF5B0

toby

funny but is it art?

In the piece entitled “hit em’ up” the artist xtina1693, or better known as Kristina Williamson, uses you tube as a sounding board. This is by no means a finished project but rather a sketch of a larger idea she is interested in. I received this as part of her weekly email in which she asks her community of artists to critic her work. The video starts with a slight move of a red blanket on a bed of similar color. Music starts and what happens next is what you imagine the original video to look like; bopping and gesturing but instead of Tupac it’s the artist covered in the blanket making these gestures and dancing performing as if channeling Tupac. It’s a funny sight. The video goes on and you notice the movements get more indignant, at the same time you get glimpses of a naked knee and behind the figure you notice a drawing of a women on the wall and a sun drenched window with plants and you begin to ask; who is underneath? is she naked? The end of the song quells our question and out emerges a woman in underwear to turn off the video camera, and at that point you wonder is this art or just an average 14 year old playing on a sunny Saturday. In that respect you tube provides a sea of information that can be and will be interpreted in so many ways. As easily as this can be read as deconstructing rap videos to their base form of the music and posturing you can also clam it to be an American’s funniest home video.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XYiBs4-3KRs