Visiting Artist: Ethan D. Jackson, camera obscurist
I actually went to the viewing on March 16. When I arrived, it just looked like a construction site, but when I went into the camera obscura display room, I was pretty amazed. At first I wondered, why is everyone staring at this upside down wallpaper. I've seen camera obscuras in a box before, but never even thought about one this size! I noticed that the wallpaper moved and realized what an idiot I am. I thought it was really cool. I might have to experiment with this some time. I really liked the videos he showed with the old house. It reminds me of Cesar's Palace in Las Vegas. They have the fake clouds on the roof to make it always seem light out. Except Ethan's clouds move! I bet he could hook up famous people's houses like that and get rich! I wouldn't mind having something like that in my house every day. Anyway, I really enjoyed the display and hope to see more examples of other artist's work in the future.
Friday, March 23, 2007
March 7, 2007
Viewings:
Live to Tell (Benny Nemerofsky Ramsay, video, b&w, sound, 6 min, 2002)
The Lace of Summer (Storm De Hirsch, Super8, color, 4 min, 1973)
Third Eye Butterfly (Storm De Hirsch, 2x16mm, color/sound, 10 min, 1968)
Available Light: Shift (Luis Recoder, 2x16mm, color, silent, 12 min, 2001)
night flight: transmissions (Brent Coughenour, comporsit video of 2 monitor installation, looped dvds, b&w, sound, 2005)
Luminous (Alexi Manis, 16mm, 3.5 min, color/sound, 2001)
The Dark Room (Minyong Jang, 16mm, 4 min, 2001)
Live to Tell (Benny Nemerofsky Ramsay, video, b&w, sound, 6 min, 2002)
The Lace of Summer (Storm De Hirsch, Super8, color, 4 min, 1973)
Third Eye Butterfly (Storm De Hirsch, 2x16mm, color/sound, 10 min, 1968)
Available Light: Shift (Luis Recoder, 2x16mm, color, silent, 12 min, 2001)
night flight: transmissions (Brent Coughenour, comporsit video of 2 monitor installation, looped dvds, b&w, sound, 2005)
Luminous (Alexi Manis, 16mm, 3.5 min, color/sound, 2001)
The Dark Room (Minyong Jang, 16mm, 4 min, 2001)
February 26, 2007
Viewings:
Vacuum (Adel Abidin, Iraq/Finland, video installation [excerpt], 2005)
Les Egares (Mounir Fatmi, Tunisia/France, video, color/sound, 9 min, 2005)
Allahu Akbat (Usama Alshaibi, Iraq/United States, video, b&w/sound, 5 min 10 sec, 2003)
In This House (Akram Zaatari, Lebanon, video, color/sound, 30 min, 2005)
Sad Man (Lina Ghaibeh, video, sound/color, 4.5 min, 2001)
Dead Time (Ghassan Salhab, Lebanon, video, 6 min, 2006)
We had a guest appearance by Laura Marks. She talked about the whole independent and experimental culture that the countries in the middle east have. These experimental films were pretty good. Some of them have very deep cultural undertones in them that I don't really understand since I don't know enough about their culture. These films also give me an uneasy feeling. I'm not really sure what it is, perhaps it's just the terrible experience of my time spent in the middle east. These films do show the culture though, and even show it with a sense of humor. One example of this is the belly dancing song, played to the religious symbols. Another example is the guy vacuuming up the snow. Another thing I noticed from these films is the overall pride for country and religion. I think religion is a big part of their culture, so they include it in their films. In the United States, we are of mixed religions and cultures so we don't really see an abundance of religious films. Or maybe we do, and I just don't know where to look...
Vacuum (Adel Abidin, Iraq/Finland, video installation [excerpt], 2005)
Les Egares (Mounir Fatmi, Tunisia/France, video, color/sound, 9 min, 2005)
Allahu Akbat (Usama Alshaibi, Iraq/United States, video, b&w/sound, 5 min 10 sec, 2003)
In This House (Akram Zaatari, Lebanon, video, color/sound, 30 min, 2005)
Sad Man (Lina Ghaibeh, video, sound/color, 4.5 min, 2001)
Dead Time (Ghassan Salhab, Lebanon, video, 6 min, 2006)
We had a guest appearance by Laura Marks. She talked about the whole independent and experimental culture that the countries in the middle east have. These experimental films were pretty good. Some of them have very deep cultural undertones in them that I don't really understand since I don't know enough about their culture. These films also give me an uneasy feeling. I'm not really sure what it is, perhaps it's just the terrible experience of my time spent in the middle east. These films do show the culture though, and even show it with a sense of humor. One example of this is the belly dancing song, played to the religious symbols. Another example is the guy vacuuming up the snow. Another thing I noticed from these films is the overall pride for country and religion. I think religion is a big part of their culture, so they include it in their films. In the United States, we are of mixed religions and cultures so we don't really see an abundance of religious films. Or maybe we do, and I just don't know where to look...
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