Martha Rosler and such

Bill Viola and such

Well THIS is overdue (Global Groove, Nan June Paik, etc.)

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Video Screening

The first one, Vertical Hold, regained my interest at the very end when the artist inserted herself over the rolling bars, and I was curious how she was able to do that back in the 70s. However, this was after about fifteen minutes of nothing. Yeah, I did pick up some sort of feminist theme, but even if I wanted to process the information, who could with that metal clanging ringing through your ears. The length killed this one for me, and it wasn't very well put together; both points make sense since this seemed to be an experiment, but that still doesn't make it more a pleasure to watch.

The second one Moby Dick I was a bit more interested in. The silent movie aesthetics (no sound, title cards, reliance on old camera tricks and slapstick) was rather interesting, and the man's reformatting of his kitchen with props and setpieces kind of reminded me of a stage, sort of. Although to me this felt less like a work of art and more like a guy doing an extensive play activity with his daughter, but then again, that could stand on its own, and I think it did. The whole video seemed to play to a child-like audience (extensive slapstick again) and seemed rather slapdash and aimless. Whether it's art or not, I thought the idea of this father and daughter messing around and making this dumb movie to be kinda heartwarming. How cuuuuute.

Hey, a Post!

Hello there, Mike Amato here. I'm a third year DMA student. As a cartoonist and cartoon enthusiast, my work is always leaned more towards making things entertaining rather than "artsy," and the few videos I've done have reflected that, like my 50's educational video satire or silly stop-motion piece. I'm not sure if my work really falls under any specific theme, other than a general mockery over humanity and the society we've fashioned for ourselves, done in a mature, or more often immature, fashion. What fun!