Although the concepts below may not match my concept, its looking and analysing that link between form and idea and purpose.
Kalle Nio - Mask & Machine
“In his exhibition Kalle Nio explores the spacial possibilities of moving image montage. Two streams of images in where the portrait-like images of the faces of people are filmed separately in a studio space are projected on a sculpture-like construction with a two-layered screen set-up. Illusion of interaction between the faces is born when the images are screened simultaneously.
The artwork relates to the themes of distance and communication, which has been a subject of research for Nio also in his earlier works. One starting point for the exhibition were the writings of Lev Kuleshov (1899-1970), a Soviet film director and film theoretician. According to Kuleshov the face of the actor functions like a mask or a machine. It reflects overall environment without any specific expression, and it´s features can be said behaving like parts of the machine.
Kuleshov is most known about the experiment in where the images of different kinds of objects were edited following the image of the face. The audience complimented the skills of the actor even though the image of the face was always the same.
The aim was to liberate the moving images from the conventions and to examine the audiovisual language in the dimension of the new technologies. In his exhibition Nio has created new tools of presentation, modificating the screen and the apparata of moving image into new kinds of sculptural entities. The exhibition shows that the area is still open to previously unknown variations."
http://w-h-s.fi/performances/masks-the-machine/
My Thoughts
The way the artist has used the two screens is interesting, as it shows a sense on distance between the characters or subjects, however they have some sort of connection which makes them compatible with each other. The big projections work well, especially with the close ups of the face as it draws some sort of close intimacy with the subjects.
Everywhere by Cloud Pink
Lying down on a hill with your pupils filled with the endless blue sky, perspective of your eyesight suddenly gets distorted and clouds drift at the tip of your nose. You stretch your arms up to the sky to touch the clouds but can’t reach. Another world right above your head, clouds.
Created using Processing, GLSL and 2 x Kinects and Projectors."
http://www.creativeapplications.net/processing/cloud-pink-by-everyware-another-world-above/
My Thoughts
I think the perspective of this installation is interesting by the angle at which is to simulate the sky, however the angle it is pretend at allows interaction with the participates. The sense of gazing up and sky gazing has something magical, and relaxing about it. And simulating that aids the purpose of the interactive piece.
http://www.laura-white.co.uk/
My Thoughts
I really like when moving projections are projected onto interesting surfaces, particularly when it aids/creates a concept for the piece. Physical objects and the images go hand in hand in these works to create an interesting image, especially with the fishbag piece and the rhino (implying they are actually fragile creatures).
"In this video installation, eleven large translucent screens are arranged to form a Greek cross around a space containing a circular bench. Projections appear at the far ends of three of the rooms created by the screens: in alternating narratives a young woman walks through a city, plays handball, and stands in front of open water; a man works in a helicopter factory and at one point begins to tap dance; a different man strolls through a city and stands near the water; a younger man walks through a city; a seated older man chants loudly; and a couple with a baby walks near a harbor.
The work draws out the compositional similarities between four urban areas, using city nightscapes, street and traffic lights, and architectural settings to make them seem to be parts of one heterogeneous megalopolis.The broken narrative creates a logic that is not based on a recognizable pattern; three different screens each show fragments of four narratives that are constantly recombined with no visible loop, pattern, or repetitive plot. Because the screens are made of translucent material, the images are visible inside and outside the structure, allowing the viewer to move freely in the environment while experiencing the work. This arrangement suits the installation, which is less about duration than it is about simultaneity, symmetry, lack of hierarchy, and the validity of any given scene at any given time."
My Thoughts
I think the perspective of this installation is interesting by the angle at which is to simulate the sky, however the angle it is pretend at allows interaction with the participates. The sense of gazing up and sky gazing has something magical, and relaxing about it. And simulating that aids the purpose of the interactive piece.
Laura White
Fish Fit & Fragile Brute
http://www.laura-white.co.uk/
My Thoughts
I really like when moving projections are projected onto interesting surfaces, particularly when it aids/creates a concept for the piece. Physical objects and the images go hand in hand in these works to create an interesting image, especially with the fishbag piece and the rhino (implying they are actually fragile creatures).
Doug Aitken - Interiors
The work draws out the compositional similarities between four urban areas, using city nightscapes, street and traffic lights, and architectural settings to make them seem to be parts of one heterogeneous megalopolis.The broken narrative creates a logic that is not based on a recognizable pattern; three different screens each show fragments of four narratives that are constantly recombined with no visible loop, pattern, or repetitive plot. Because the screens are made of translucent material, the images are visible inside and outside the structure, allowing the viewer to move freely in the environment while experiencing the work. This arrangement suits the installation, which is less about duration than it is about simultaneity, symmetry, lack of hierarchy, and the validity of any given scene at any given time."
My Thoughts
Again this piece is to show separates narrative which all have some for of connections. There are similarities in the images, and lack of hierarchy as the viewer can choose which ones to look at. The audience is offered to look around the installation, which I like about works like these as it is subtly allows audience to be interactive with how they view it rather than looking at a single screen.
Again this piece is to show separates narrative which all have some for of connections. There are similarities in the images, and lack of hierarchy as the viewer can choose which ones to look at. The audience is offered to look around the installation, which I like about works like these as it is subtly allows audience to be interactive with how they view it rather than looking at a single screen.
Other Photographic Inspirations
I would really love to use material in my piece, and give the illusion that there is/ appearance that there is no clear image of what is the real material, what is the photographed image, and what is the 3D animated images. I want to create layers to symbolise the variety of skins we have, in the physical and also virtual world.
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