Thursday, 23 June 2016

Installation Feedback


Overall the feedback from my peers was very positive, the points that they enjoyed were how the clips had all blended together and that there was a sense of conversations. They had also enjoyed how the films were all of the same genre and how the installation was very unique.
They also liked several parts, such as how I decided to use the white dividers not only to separate clips, but also as cross hairs halfway through the video, along with how it constantly changes and how they could see the amount of work I had put into the project.


Video Installation


Tuesday, 14 June 2016

Tate Britain Notes




    Artist: Harun Farocki
    Title: Workers leaving the factory.

In this video installation there are several 12 televisions  placed side by side, in each television there is a different year in which a video plays of workers leaving factories. As the years progress from left to right the footage begins from being black and white and then eventually becomes coloured. 

To fully engage yourself with the installation you had to sit down and wear headphones that were part of the installation. Watching all 12 televisions took some as you would have watch them one by one until they ended their loop.









Artist: Rebecca Horn
Title: Movable Shoulder Extensions

  • The video installation shows a man, carrying two large spikes on his shoulders and he walks through various scenery. 
  • The installation itself was played through a television on a loop. 
The video was very lengthy, as it begins with the man walking from a considerable distance, and in the time it leaves the audience trying to figure what the man is carrying, and as the closer he gets, the more clearer it gets as to what he is carrying.





Artist: Rebecca Horn
Title: Black Cockfeathers


  • A hand repeatedly ruffles feathers
  • Continuous loop
  • The installation was played through a television





Video Installation Pre-Production

Screen Type: Fixed (Mac)
Room: 2SW8
Theme: Order and autonomy, everyone one the screens are all doing the same thing just like machines. The audience is then asked to walk around the room and observe if any of the screens are behaving differently even though none are.

Screen Type: Projection
Room: 2SW6
Theme: Order and autonomy. A dummy is placed in front of the table and sat on a chair, and a face will then be projected on the face of the dummy, in the projection the video will be telling the audience i.e the person sat opposite the desk on how to behave and how to act.

Screen Type: Fixed (Floor)
Room:
Theme: Calm and Panic. The video will be projected towards the floor. In that video is two segments, the first part is a person in water, however they appear calm and not in panic, the video will then cut to another video but this time the person is panicking in the water, and this continues.

Screen Type: Fixed (Television/Monitor)
Room: 2SW8
Theme: Calm and Panic. The video will be player on a television. The video itself will be a recording as if it looks like surveillance footage, and within the video an interview is being conducted, throughout it the interviewee is killed exactly where the audience is sat.

Screen Type: Projection
Room:
Theme: Identity. The room will be filled with several dummies all wearing different clothes, however the faces will be projected with tv static to show the lack of identity

Screen Type: Fixed (Television)
Room:
Theme: Order. The video will contain clips from various films related to military e.g. Full Metal Jacket, and within those clips are orders given and the clips shall all be mixed and jumbled.

Films that could be included:
Full Metal Jacket
Good Morning Vietnam
Apocalypse Now
Platoon

Hamburger Hill