How to make a light show.
Will make one with all the colours of a bus seat.
Sunday 25 January 2015
Video installation. Types of media to use.
How to make a light show.
Will make one with all the colours of a bus seat.
A Critical Appraisal of Heather Philipson's 'A is to D what E is to H'
A Critical Appraisal
A is to D what E is to H (Excerpt) from the exhibtion - ‘Yes, surprising is existence in the post-vegetal cosmorama’
21 June 2013 - 13 October 2013
Heather Phillipson
Heather Phillipson is both a contemporary poet and artist. I first came across her work in The Baltic’s ground floor gallery in the summer of 2013.
Her exhibition, ‘Yes, surprising is existence in the post-vegetal cosmorama ‘ , was creative, and exuded a physicality and sense of play I was immediately drawn to. A set up of three separate rooms allowed the viewer to navigate their way through mulch-faceted environment in order to watch a selection of 3 videos, each framed in their own peculiar scenario. Each room had been laid out meticulously and the structures on which the films were adhered to ( a car, speed boat) were mounted in such a way that the viewer simply had to climb inside and become part of an ever changing art project. The videos consist of a female omnipresent narrator (Phillipson) who talks directly if not often distractedly to the individual.
Personally ‘A is to D what E is to H’, Is a favorite out of the trio. Phillipson’s vocabulary combined with the jazz music and incidental footstep echoes creates a lush and distorted sound-scape for the imagery to play against. The visuals themselves could be said to appear brash and simply edited but that is the reason I enjoy it so much - It’s a personal, step by step thought process. For instance moments of human error or desire ‘’… And who doesn’t like French kissing (CUISINE) ..’’Simply achieved by layering vocals together. Editing jump cuts, and using conversant images to familiarize the viewer.
The current narrative project I’m working on at the moment exists as a group effort, but it shouldn't noticeably be about particular individuals involved. Just a how phililipson never directly shows her identity. Although it is based on our collective experience of dreams, it will be displayed rather as a mesh of different sensations and film recordings. My reasoning for presenting it in this way is because I enjoyed the interactive quality of Phillipsons work. To send an invitation to the audience bringing them into it, should contextualize it into something relatable and memorable. Her work is vivid and only understandable in the minute. As though she were reading from a diary, background information isn't given in her scenarios and so it’s less important. That of course in no way means that her work isn’t introspective and well thought out.
To conclude, From her work I will take specific filming techniques, appreciation on space – the interlocking of an audience and the installation, and further explore the spoken word used in film.
From watching this, i want to examine the feeling of travel and use a personal monolgue to lead the viewer around my mind while making my route around my home town. I will use a fusion of art, writing and situational images to distill this in to my audience.
http://vimeo.com/54438084
A is to D what E is to H (Excerpt) from the exhibtion - ‘Yes, surprising is existence in the post-vegetal cosmorama’
21 June 2013 - 13 October 2013
Heather Phillipson
Heather Phillipson is both a contemporary poet and artist. I first came across her work in The Baltic’s ground floor gallery in the summer of 2013.
Her exhibition, ‘Yes, surprising is existence in the post-vegetal cosmorama ‘ , was creative, and exuded a physicality and sense of play I was immediately drawn to. A set up of three separate rooms allowed the viewer to navigate their way through mulch-faceted environment in order to watch a selection of 3 videos, each framed in their own peculiar scenario. Each room had been laid out meticulously and the structures on which the films were adhered to ( a car, speed boat) were mounted in such a way that the viewer simply had to climb inside and become part of an ever changing art project. The videos consist of a female omnipresent narrator (Phillipson) who talks directly if not often distractedly to the individual.
Personally ‘A is to D what E is to H’, Is a favorite out of the trio. Phillipson’s vocabulary combined with the jazz music and incidental footstep echoes creates a lush and distorted sound-scape for the imagery to play against. The visuals themselves could be said to appear brash and simply edited but that is the reason I enjoy it so much - It’s a personal, step by step thought process. For instance moments of human error or desire ‘’… And who doesn’t like French kissing (CUISINE) ..’’Simply achieved by layering vocals together. Editing jump cuts, and using conversant images to familiarize the viewer.
The current narrative project I’m working on at the moment exists as a group effort, but it shouldn't noticeably be about particular individuals involved. Just a how phililipson never directly shows her identity. Although it is based on our collective experience of dreams, it will be displayed rather as a mesh of different sensations and film recordings. My reasoning for presenting it in this way is because I enjoyed the interactive quality of Phillipsons work. To send an invitation to the audience bringing them into it, should contextualize it into something relatable and memorable. Her work is vivid and only understandable in the minute. As though she were reading from a diary, background information isn't given in her scenarios and so it’s less important. That of course in no way means that her work isn’t introspective and well thought out.
To conclude, From her work I will take specific filming techniques, appreciation on space – the interlocking of an audience and the installation, and further explore the spoken word used in film.
From watching this, i want to examine the feeling of travel and use a personal monolgue to lead the viewer around my mind while making my route around my home town. I will use a fusion of art, writing and situational images to distill this in to my audience.
http://vimeo.com/54438084
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