martedì 8 novembre 2016

Emily 4 Questions p.10-13

1. What year did Sony's first analogue video device appear on the market, and which video artist used the first Sony black-white recorder?
- In 1967, Sony put the first analogue video divide on the market. One year later, in 1968, Jean-Luc Godard and Chris Marker used the Sony black-white recorder to make their raw documentary films.

2. In 1969, what was considered one of the first thematic presentations and where?
- "Television as a Creative Medium" in New York's Howard Wise Gallery.

3. Who were the first artist to work with the portable video equipment soon after its appearance?
- Nam June Paik, Les Levine and Andy Warhol.

4. Which companies introduced the digital camera onto the American market, and in what year did this occur?
- Sony and Canon, in 1997.

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Four More Questions- Olivia Rice

1. How did action artists use their bodies in their work?
Actions artists focused on their bodies as aesthetic material, projection surfaces, and indicators of mental states. 
       Pg 13 

2. Why did artist use video feedback technology in the 1970s?
        Video feedback technology was an important system by which artists could reflect upon themselves and the viewer’s   position, as well as that of the electronic media. 
       Pg 12

3. What were some ways that live video feedback was used?
        Bruce Nauman and Dan Graham used live video feedback in installations, Dan Graham used it in a series of experiments to show viewers his or her own presence, and many artists use it to monitor and supervise people and areas.   
        Pg 16

4. What is the conventional perspective of film?
       Films are often associated with dark theatres and large screens that put consumers under a spell of perfect illusionism. 
       Pg 21


Allison Questions 2

What has been the greatest change since the emergence of Video art?
The step from analogue to digital image production. The technical process, whether analogue or digital, attests to the fact that the video picture is a procedural, non-discrete image type; the image is permanently in the process of forming or dissipating and doesn't show the film-reel,s static single image.


What artists worked with portable video equipment immediately after it appeared?
Nam June Paik, Les Levine, and Andy Warhol.

Video art,s initial phase occurred during a period that included what movements?
Anti-war protests, the student movement, feminism, and the liberation movement of black America: A period of social and political renewal.

What were major thematic emphases?
the conceptual development of models of time and space, as well as the human body as material.




Next 4 questions -- Rebecca

Who were the first people to work with portable video cameras?
-Nam June Paik, Les Levine, and Andy Warhol

How did artists use technology to change the video playback?
-They used magnets and synthesisers

Why was the Howard Wise Gallery important to the development of film?
-They presented the first thematic presentations and later created a sales organisation for the artist's videos

Which were the first companies to release digital cameras and why did that change the future of film?
-Sony and Cannon in 1997 released cameras which used binary code instead of magnetic code to record video which allowed for smoother video and also new forms of editing
who is Piplotti rist and diana Thater?

Who is Mona Hatoum?

What did Eisenstein, Meliès, and Griffit provided to the development of film and video? Why were them important?

What happened in PlayHouse?

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