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October 7, 2008 11:19 AM Subscribe
It's almost making me reach inside my stomach for a gun.
posted by codswallop at 11:50 AM on October 7, 2008 [2 favorites]
posted by codswallop at 11:50 AM on October 7, 2008 [2 favorites]
In the 1980s people had longer attention spans and more patience for cheese, I guess. I managed about 90 seconds.
posted by Meatbomb at 12:07 PM on October 7, 2008
posted by Meatbomb at 12:07 PM on October 7, 2008
I never thought to search YouTube for the video for "Excellent Birds," but it hasn't been on any of the Laurie Anderson video compilations, so I was actually glad to see it for the first time. And I have a strange affection for blocky '80s video art, so this rocks. Thanks.
posted by mykescipark at 12:16 PM on October 7, 2008
posted by mykescipark at 12:16 PM on October 7, 2008
Beautiful rik, thanks.
the making of off/on -- much more here
posted by vronsky at 1:48 PM on October 7, 2008
the making of off/on -- much more here
posted by vronsky at 1:48 PM on October 7, 2008
Umm, the whole program is not like the first 90 seconds, folks..
posted by unmake at 2:01 PM on October 7, 2008
posted by unmake at 2:01 PM on October 7, 2008
Nam June Paik!!
one
of
my
heroes.
along with Charlotte Moorman. . .
posted by Herodios at 2:19 PM on October 7, 2008
one
of
my
heroes.
along with Charlotte Moorman. . .
posted by Herodios at 2:19 PM on October 7, 2008
Ok, I feel I have to chime in here, being a "BFA in video" degree holder. There's a couple problems with video art:
1) It demands a time commitment from the viewer. Anything longer than a few minutes is too long; it becomes ambient wallpaper and people ignore it, especially something non-narrative.
2) Where do you show it? In the mid-eighties there was only VHS. Do you make copies and sell/give them away? Do you make people sit and watch it at a theater/gallery? Either way, the stuff has got to be absolutely fantastic for people to make the commitment.
The stuff that really sticks with you is narratives. Bill Viola is one artist who can straddle the line between abstract and narrative. Here's an example of his recent work.
posted by pepcorn at 4:44 PM on October 7, 2008
1) It demands a time commitment from the viewer. Anything longer than a few minutes is too long; it becomes ambient wallpaper and people ignore it, especially something non-narrative.
2) Where do you show it? In the mid-eighties there was only VHS. Do you make copies and sell/give them away? Do you make people sit and watch it at a theater/gallery? Either way, the stuff has got to be absolutely fantastic for people to make the commitment.
The stuff that really sticks with you is narratives. Bill Viola is one artist who can straddle the line between abstract and narrative. Here's an example of his recent work.
posted by pepcorn at 4:44 PM on October 7, 2008
Umm, the whole program is...
Sorry, I could only make it through 5 words of that comment.
ADD is truly a curse.
posted by JeffK at 5:12 PM on October 7, 2008
Sorry, I could only make it through 5 words of that comment.
ADD is truly a curse.
posted by JeffK at 5:12 PM on October 7, 2008
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