Artists’ works reviewed in class:

Issac Julien

– character driven narrative

– identity of characters; blurring of reality/ storytelling boundaries

Doug Aitken

– Example work: Altered Earth

– Focus on texture/ sensory experience

– Layered/ multiple screens

Personally, I really enjoyed the work shown in class; the juxtaposition of various scenes on the huge screens with the atmospheric music really created a very surreal experience.

Michal Rovner

– Israeli artist: context

– Projection of images on unconventional screens: additional meaning to work

– Abstraction of human figures

I found Michal Rovner’s work interesting, primarily because of the context that her background provided for her work which allowed me to understand her work more. I also found her choice of medium very interesting; the way she manipulated the footage of the figures to create abstract shapes really fitted her work well

Paul Pfeiffer

– On sporting events: real/ perceived memory

– Different versions of “reality”

Alex Pragner

– Example work: Face in the crowd

– The Crowd: Individual personalities vs the mob

– Characters: Caricature vs ‘real’ personality/experience

I really like Face in the Crowd, loved the very cinematic style of the production and delivery that contrasted very well with the documentary/ confessional style of the interviews.

 

Character in films

• Woody Allen – Annie Hall

Use of monologues/ dialogues

• Blade Runner – Tears in Rain monologue
• Michael Fassbender – Shame

Anti-themes

• The Virgin Suicides