Wednesday, October 24, 2007
Monday, October 22, 2007
Past work....
It seems that past work tends to relate to future work. For that reason I have decided to post this link to a project I created last year. The animations are marks drawn on paper and photographed one at a time until the pages are filled. Sorry for the small video size. It is a large video, 15 minutes, so the download is a bit overbearing at larger sizes. A more in-depth description of the piece is on the page it resides on. I will try to post a better version of this on my web page in the future. Enjoy.
Making Marks
Making Marks
Monday, October 15, 2007
Shadow Puppets
These are some examples of modern as well as more traditional uses of shadow puppet imagery.
Negativehate
Shadowlight Productions: Ambrosia of Immortality
Shadowlight Productions: Making of The Wild Party
Shadowlight Productions
Wayang Kulit
I had mentioned an influence of mine being shadow puppetry. While I have a strong attraction to the general look of shadow puppets I believe the attraction is metaphorical as well as visual. The idea that our perceptions of reality may not be as solid as we would like to believe.
I do not think my animations will be completely based off of this look. However, I do find myself strongly attracted to this imagery and the people who use this imagery to tell stories.
I also find myself intrigued by the description I found of the Bali dalang or puppeteers. Their multidisciplinary approach to their work seems very similar to the activities of a modern multimedia artist.
This description touches as well on the fact that the dalang would travel from village to village and were not only performers but a sort of third party that would tell stories that would help a community with their local issues.
the following description came from
http://www.worldartswest.org/plm/guide/locator/shadowpuppet.shtml
The dalang, puppeteer or shadow master, asks the village about the local issues that they are facing and then chooses a story that illustrates solutions. The dalang tells the story, manipulates all the figures, interprets characters and voices for each, and produces sound effects punctuating speech and movement. The dalang also sings, cues the musical accompaniment, speaks several languages, and blesses the performance and surrounding area with mantras.
Negativehate
Shadowlight Productions: Ambrosia of Immortality
Shadowlight Productions: Making of The Wild Party
Shadowlight Productions
Wayang Kulit
I had mentioned an influence of mine being shadow puppetry. While I have a strong attraction to the general look of shadow puppets I believe the attraction is metaphorical as well as visual. The idea that our perceptions of reality may not be as solid as we would like to believe.
I do not think my animations will be completely based off of this look. However, I do find myself strongly attracted to this imagery and the people who use this imagery to tell stories.
I also find myself intrigued by the description I found of the Bali dalang or puppeteers. Their multidisciplinary approach to their work seems very similar to the activities of a modern multimedia artist.
This description touches as well on the fact that the dalang would travel from village to village and were not only performers but a sort of third party that would tell stories that would help a community with their local issues.
the following description came from
http://www.worldartswest.org/plm/guide/locator/shadowpuppet.shtml
The dalang, puppeteer or shadow master, asks the village about the local issues that they are facing and then chooses a story that illustrates solutions. The dalang tells the story, manipulates all the figures, interprets characters and voices for each, and produces sound effects punctuating speech and movement. The dalang also sings, cues the musical accompaniment, speaks several languages, and blesses the performance and surrounding area with mantras.
Micro Macro
I am finding myself struck by a statement in “A New Philosophy of Society” in which DeLanda talks about “the matter of special entities, in both the biological and social realms, that seem to operate in a scale-free way.”.... “On one hand, genes and words, are more micro than the bodies and minds of persons. On the other, they can also affect macro-processes: genes define the human species as a whole, and words can define religions commanding belief by large portions of that species.”(pg.41)
Again, I find myself interested in the concept of a micro / macro world. The many individual parts of the massive structure.
Within context of my current creative research it is the idea of an assemblage of mini stories or designs to create a larger story or visual structure.
In relation to my social thoughts it is a concept of seeing others as myself, a connected mass of humanity.
In relation to my personal views of the universe and what little I know about it. It refers to dissecting particles down to the smallest level, to a quark or smaller still, in which the particle you have found is the only particle left, the building block of atoms, air and all materials of the universe. Upon finding that particle one actually finds the largest particle or the blanket fabric of that universe.
In relation to my poetic side it is the feeling of floating on water. In which the sky and the sea, water and air are massive, overwhelming and alive. Greater then me and never ending. I, a mere seagull, floating on a horizon line.
Again, I find myself interested in the concept of a micro / macro world. The many individual parts of the massive structure.
Within context of my current creative research it is the idea of an assemblage of mini stories or designs to create a larger story or visual structure.
In relation to my social thoughts it is a concept of seeing others as myself, a connected mass of humanity.
In relation to my personal views of the universe and what little I know about it. It refers to dissecting particles down to the smallest level, to a quark or smaller still, in which the particle you have found is the only particle left, the building block of atoms, air and all materials of the universe. Upon finding that particle one actually finds the largest particle or the blanket fabric of that universe.
In relation to my poetic side it is the feeling of floating on water. In which the sky and the sea, water and air are massive, overwhelming and alive. Greater then me and never ending. I, a mere seagull, floating on a horizon line.
Saturday, October 13, 2007
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