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The Matrix of Sensations
People may argue against the digital realm as an artistic medium, that the digitization of artwork will detract from haptic stimulation found in analogue artwork. In his article titled "The Matrix of Sensations," Donald Kuspit explores the wealth of possibilities arising when paint becomes pixels. Impressionists recognize that appearance is comprised of different sensation, referred to as the "Matrix of Sensations." These sensations cannot add up to a complete representation, as no object itself is entirely real. So, the Impressionists use real objects to represent novel visions. This pattern was broken by Édouard Manet, a french painter, who tried to represent the "Matrix of Sensation" itself, rather than an object. With Georges Seurat's artwork consisting of organized mosaic-like points, many say it is he who introduced the world to digital art. Years later, Douglas Engelbart invented bit mapping technology, or the ability to display bits as a pixel on a computer screen. This was the dawn of digital art as we know it today.
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Surrendering oneself to time. What exactly does that entail? This particular project manipulates time in various ways using time lapse photography, panning, and slow motion frame blending.
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Tunnel Vision: A shot captured today in Jackson's garden depicts the theme of this weeks project quite nicely. By definition, tunnel vision means to focus exclusively on a single or limited goal or point of view. In this particular case, time is what my vision is limited to. It is something that dominates every life, somehow limiting and liberating.
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Progress report: Shooting is in progress for the upcoming assignment "Video Killed the Radio Star." The goal of the project is to create a 2:30 video composition of something that we need to surrender from our lives, or surrender to. My proposal: time. It is something that dominates our lives (and possibly controls it). Without time, where would we be? Where would the incentive lie? Why bother all together? It is certainly an interesting thought. So, in accordance with the theme, my project will include elements of time-lapse photography.
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Revision: Another upload of the project "Time Stops."
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Created by: Marc Donahue & Sean Michael Williams TO WATCH ON MOBILE DEVICES please watch on vimeo - https://vimeo.com/47793390 Dream Music: Part II is a musi...
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Nowadays.... with digital cameras, the internet, and social networking sites, you can follow the birth, and death, of almost any relationship - even your own. This&
As we begin to focus on visual art in conjunction with audio, the already infinite horion is broadened. It is very interesting to see how people implement their daily lives into works of art. This video is appropriate given the current focus of our class. A compilation, sequence, stop-motion, a portrail of this man and his day-to-day romantic conquests.
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Artist: Stars of the Lid Track: A Meaningful Moment Through a Meaning(less) Process Album: And Their Refinement of the Decline
As the students of AVA-262 are encouraged to experiment with audio and its infinite possible implementations to the visual world, one particular artists hangs in my mind whenever completing a class assignment. Stars of the Lid (an ambient band from Austin, Texas) paints auditory bliss on a sparse and wide-open canvas with cellos, violins, horns, and more. The result is that of a contemplative droning effect. The artists seem to paint a sort of "audio scape" that allows the listener to immerse themselves into the music, and surrender their mind to their own thoughts. I admittedly tried to emulate the sounds of this particular artist upon completing the last assignment for the class. As the students continue to experiment, there is a lot to learn. Stars of the Lid take on a rather static sound while playing quietly, swiftly, and relaxed. Some artist (much like some of the other student's compositions) are much for populated with a maelstrom of guitar riffs and drum hits alongside general commotion and other sound samplings. Both implementations of sound work, but as I mentioned above, it is important to experiment. This week was a quite one.
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Recording in Progress...
The past weeks have been quite involved with the audible world, as we recently shifted from analog audio to digital editing. Consider this: what does our average day sound like? It's certainly not something that I have considered often. How can we produce a day's worth of cochlear stimulation and edit it down to a mere 1:30? or even 0:30? Are the sounds we hear repetitive? Or do they vary wildly? The answer may be different for everyone, and I believe that is the interesting focus of this current assignment.
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Symphony of Leg Wear
Have you ever wished to surround yourself in complete and utter silence? Well, face of the matter is this: you can't. This week in AVA-262, while still focusing on the audible world, we were asked to create a sound composition using an object at random. The eclectic selection of instruments ranged from muffin pans, to microscopes, to objects with seemingly very limited possibilities. My item was 2 pairs of women's panty hose. After extensive thought, I decided to construct a make-shift guitar by winding and stringing the panty hose around the box in the hopes of the plucked hose resonating throughout the box. All the while I kept rhythm with a kick pedal (to be more specific, a panty hoe filled with rocks). All of the students performed their compositions, and it sure as interesting to see what they all had come up with. Then it occurred to me. A person can never truly turn off the auditory sense. No matter how seemingly silent our surroundings may be, we are always followed by the "humm" of an air vent, click of a radiator, or the persistent beat of our heart.
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Week One
Exposing ourselves to the audible world is the current focus of AVA-262. We often live through images, overlooking the equally vital sense of hearing. When closing our visual cortex to perception, subtle auditory variation is abundant. In a public setting, one can hear the tired drone of an air vent or refrigerator, background voices, or the constant ascending stomp of folks climbing stairs or shuffling across a room. Single events such as the soft friction of hands rubbing together, the rigid slap of a textbook hitting the floor, or the whispering decompression of an espresso machine all contribute to the audio painting created in our head as we open our ears and see the world trough our eyelids.
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