Video art

Highlike

I loved looking at all the pieces on Highlike. So many of them caught my eye and got me thinking. Most of them took my breath away because almost every piece I felt a personal connection to. Although it took me a while to pick one piece to blog about one by Bedwyr Williams really caught my eye. It is a toilet with a bunch of emotions written on it. Its a really deep piece it is basically saying how love to flush our emotions away and not show them. Kind of like an emotional Bulimia.

5 categories of Music

Girl power:

• Lady Gaga
• not only is she clever with her songs she cares
• she knows how to captivate the audience and make us think about music

Punk:

• Blink 182
• classic band that is still played on the radio
• so many hit songs that shaped my childhood and my musical tastes today

Latin:

• Shakira
• She is a chart topper not only in the US but all around
• she is still dropping hits to this day 

Electronic:

• Porter Robison 
• He is one of the youngest producers/djs
• his music takes you away to worlds unknown he even created his own visuals for his music

Dubstep:

• Knife Party
• harder gritter intense sound
• they sell out arenas and festivals and are known around the world

Performance Art

http://youtu.be/BRz0cOkdvFM

Butoh

In class we discussed Butoh and how it is a very bizarre form of dance. I find it mind blowing how they have to train themselves really hard to master the tinniest weirdest motions. I love how it is so bizzare and almost alien like how the move across the stage, roll around and do weird motions. The dances them selves seem almost morbid and something straight out of a Tim Burton Movie version of the Nutcracker. I love the make up also and the bizarre hanging pieces.

Sheryl Oring

I loved Sheryl Oring even more after learning about her project which was titled I Wish to Say. This was when she decided to act and dress like an old fashioned secretary and asked everyday people to write a letter to the president about their thoughts and wishes for the country. I found the ideal really cool and loved how even asked children. What made me even happier was that she actually sent them to which ever president has been in office. I love how she even doubled the projects size but letting her students take over and help write down their wishes.

Wicked

In watching the video behind the scenes of Wicked after seeing the show several times it truly made me like the play even more. He took so much time and care directing it that how it had such an emotional effect on everyone around him. It really was a labor of love. He truly took pride and listened to other peoples opinions.