Three things Nick
Nick
a piece of media (YouTube clip, film, TV show)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AkkLO4oEQS4
youtube link: nasa using greenscreen to fake iss footage astonaut on green screen caught on the act explanation of what is used to fake situations FRAUD pun on astro not
writing; dexter bang sinister black and white psychedelia reads the text while working on a project in glasgow, third eye center history of psychedelia, whats is trying to do technology chemistry rejection of content regression somehow lot of literary references, nabokov.. +drawings on mescaline stretch old ideas of coming together
art work: video spartacus chetwind (delights nick) noooooooooooooooo/screams excerpt beautiful, contemplative, safe framing movnig image work makes him laugh paning shots 'amazing' 2000 footage women communities she keeps chnging her name as an artist picked because maybe it can infuriate as well picked intuitively, relates to nick's work
WAR CRIMINAL AND TRAITOR GEORGE BUSH shows background image of someone filming in front of a "greenscreen" explanation of chroma-key FRAUD
emotive music and conspiracy theory of interest "astro-not" pun as important.
reading- dexter sinister - a text on psychedelia - createdfor an exhibition. working on project at third eye center documenting history of countercultural recuperation of history of psychedelia - what's really at the core of it, and relation to modernity? one hand embracing modernity in terms of technology - but also rejection/regression of content. lots of literary references extensive footnotes for contextualization -
Used Portapak at 3rd Eye centre in the early 1970s. Portapak (1968), the first video system and feedback media, affordable. It was used by the video group Radical Software and Dan Graham was one of the first users. See also Ant Farm (1966-75) dirty dishes parts one and two (ubuweb)
Spartacus Chetwynd video
delightful response to video
beautiful / contemplative (when shown with others) beautiful photography with primal screaming makes Nick LaAUGH commissinoed by collective gallery worked with womens community groups to create the workpiece about gender reason for choice in potential for infuriation apprached in curatorial way - as reference to own practice less intrusive than nick's work disconnect between sound and video (second with intent and first without) screaming for dramatic effect - no location for scream disconnect from subjects manipulative use of soundtrack three examples cover such distant grounds - history, politics, psychedelia, conspiracy, illusion, bodily, human,
Steve asks: where do you locate the emotion in the two vids? too much of the same in the vids too much information through the same channel (psychedelia) - visual and auditory overload
VERSION TWO:
Nick
a piece of media (YouTube clip, film, TV show)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AkkLO4oEQS4
youtube link: nasa using greenscreen to fake iss footage astonaut on green screen caught on the act explanation of what is used to fake situations FRAUD pun on astro not
writing; dexter bang sinister black and white psychedelia reads the text while working on a project in glasgow, third eye center history of psychedelia, whats is trying to do technology chemistry rejection of content regression somehow lot of literary references, nabokov.. +drawings on mescaline stretch old ideas of coming together
art work: video spartacus chetwind (delights nick) noooooooooooooooo/screams excerpt beautiful, contemplative, safe framing movnig image work makes him laugh paning shots 'amazing' 2000 footage women communities she keeps chnging her name as an artist picked because maybe it can infuriate as well picked intuitively, relates to nick's work
WAR CRIMINAL AND TRAITOR GEORGE BUSH shows background image of someone filming in front of a "greenscreen" explanation of chroma-key FRAUD
emotive music and conspiracy theory of interest "astro-not" pun as important.
reading- dexter sinister - a text on psychedelia - createdfor an exhibition. working on project at third eye center documenting history of countercultural recuperation of history of psychedelia - what's really at the core of it, and relation to modernity? one hand embracing modernity in terms of technology - but also rejection/regression of content. lots of literary references extensive footnotes for contextualization -
Used Portapak at 3rd Eye centre in the early 1970s. Portapak (1968), the first video system and feedback media, affordable. It was used by the video group Radical Software and Dan Graham was one of the first users. See also Ant Farm (1966-75) dirty dishes parts one and two (ubuweb)
Spartacus Chetwynd video
delightful response to video
beautiful / contemplative (when shown with others) beautiful photography with primal screaming makes Nick LaAUGH commissinoed by collective gallery worked with womens community groups to create the workpiece about gender reason for choice in potential for infuriation apprached in curatorial way - as reference to own practice less intrusive than nick's work disconnect between sound and video (second with intent and first without) screaming for dramatic effect - no location for scream disconnect from subjects manipulative use of soundtrack three examples cover such distant grounds - history, politics, psychedelia, conspiracy, illusion, bodily, human,
Steve asks: where do you locate the emotion in the two vids? too much of the same in the vids too much information through the same channel (psychedelia) - visual and auditory overload