Jody Zellen is a Los Angeles-based mixed media artist. She graduated with a MFA from the California Institute of the Arts. She has created a very diverse range of art, ranging from websites to traditional drawings and public art installments, and has an active history of participating in art exhibitions. The theme of the urban environment is prominent in her works. Although she is such a diverse artist, for this art blog I will be focusing specifically on her All The News Thats Fit To Print interactive website.
http://allthenewsthatsfittoprint.net/frame.html
ATNTFTP is a multi-media, multi-sensory website that juxtaposes printed New York Times front pages with the full-color photos from the online version of the Times. In addition, an interactive flash application plays audio clips of news reports when moused over (multiple clips can begin playing at once if you move your mouse a lot) while a second flash image contains figures depicting everyday urban life and drawn versions of news photos that move back and forth. The background is composed of partially overlapping images of newspaper pages, with the images removed.
My first reaction to this website was a sense of being overwhelmed. I did not expect the audio component--a form of sensory input that is often overlooked in (non-musical) art. Once I started focusing on the non-animated part of the website, I was quite surprised at the sheer difference of the print versus electronic front page news. Some were silly, some were random, and others came off as insensitive or morbid.
This art website really made me reflect on the news and communication of today. News, and the depiction thereof, can vary widely based on the reporting agency. Even within the same newspaper, online vs offline editors find different topics to be worthy of the front page. There are so many news articles published every day that perhaps the most important ones are becoming drowned out, or dumbed down, by all the other articles available for consumption. In addition, it is sad to see what kind of trivial 'first world' news makes it onto the front page whilst people are walking armed through the streets or recovering from disaster elsewhere in the world.
Conceptually I think this is a very strong artwork. Zellen really gets a point across, while leaving the finer points up to viewer interpretation. The simple yet somewhat cluttered and overlapping website design combined with audio clips effectively represents the sensory overload that we experience in modern living.
Rhizome artbase entry
Visit Jody Zellen's site here.
Thursday, September 27, 2012
Tuesday, September 18, 2012
Artist Post : Edward Tang
Edward is an artist from Seattle. He was born in 1979. His original focus was music performance/composition, but he later took an interest in digital art that combines music and technology. He graduated from the Interactive Telecommunications program at New York University and is currently both a musician and artist.
I found Edward's Trails #1 #2 on rhizome.org. I was immediately captivated by the soft rainbow colors, three-dimensionality, and feeling of movement. Edward created these neat artworks by using a webcam to record a person on-screen and then mapping it out on the computer using 3D cubes in real-time. He has self-entitled the technique "3D Video Sculpture." The namesake 'trails,' which create the feeling of movement on still frames of this project, are a representation of network lag.
With this project Edward explores the importance of the Internet in social networking, and the technical difficulties (lag) that arise when using such forms of communication. He also explores the objectification and anonymity that occurs when communicating to strangers over the Internet. You can tell that the figure is human, but you can't identify any facial details. . .
Trails is a strong piece both in video form and as individual screen shots. The digital/cyberspace theme is definitely there, but further thought evokes themes that most of us, in this technological age, can definitely relate to.
Rhizome artbase
Visit Edward Tang's blog here.
I found Edward's Trails #1 #2 on rhizome.org. I was immediately captivated by the soft rainbow colors, three-dimensionality, and feeling of movement. Edward created these neat artworks by using a webcam to record a person on-screen and then mapping it out on the computer using 3D cubes in real-time. He has self-entitled the technique "3D Video Sculpture." The namesake 'trails,' which create the feeling of movement on still frames of this project, are a representation of network lag.
With this project Edward explores the importance of the Internet in social networking, and the technical difficulties (lag) that arise when using such forms of communication. He also explores the objectification and anonymity that occurs when communicating to strangers over the Internet. You can tell that the figure is human, but you can't identify any facial details. . .
Trails is a strong piece both in video form and as individual screen shots. The digital/cyberspace theme is definitely there, but further thought evokes themes that most of us, in this technological age, can definitely relate to.
Rhizome artbase
Visit Edward Tang's blog here.
Thursday, September 13, 2012
24 Hours of Technology
9/11/12
08:00 PM - Choir (afk)
09:30 PM
09:30 PM - At the keyboard
11:30 PM
11:30 PM - Shower (afk)
12:00 AM
9/12/12
12:00 AM - At the keyboard
12:20 AM - Phone call from mom
12:30 AM
04:00 AM - Sleep (afk)
10:00 AM
10:40 AM - Class (afk)
11:50 AM
12:00 PM - Lunch (afk)
12:30 PM
12:40 PM - At the keyboard
02:30 PM
02:40 PM - Class (afk)
04:30 PM
04:40 PM - At the keyboard
05:30 PM
05:40 PM - Dinner (afk)
05:50 PM
06:00 PM - Class
07:50 PM
08:00 PM - At the keyboard
Technology and the digital space play an integral role in my everyday life. I do just about everything on the computer, from entertainment and socializing to homework and studying. I keep in touch with my parents with my cell phone, which also doubles as an alarm clock in the morning. To me, digital space is many things. Aside from being a very useful and resource-rich tool, it allows me to connect with users from around the world and is the gateway to many virtual game worlds.
Celebrity Mashup: Sophie Turner (Sansa Stark) and Jennifer Lawrence
Tuesday, September 11, 2012
Wednesday, September 5, 2012
Tuesday, September 4, 2012
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