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