Week 7- Science and Reason Video Art Pipilotti Rist
1) Define the seventeenth century 'Scientific Revolution', and say how it changed European thought and world view.
The 17th century Scientific Revolution was a time period where an intellectual movement took place. Also known as the Enligtenment period this was when man's thinking changed, their view towards man, society and nature, Enlightenment intellectuals challenged the traditional world view which was dominated by Christinanity.
This changed the European thought and view instead of going along with the traditional thinking of the clergy and Christianity, people thought with reason and rationality. Intellectuals reasoned that human life can be understood the same way the natural can be understood. This new way of thinking was accompanied by and influenced many aspects of art for example writing, printing, painting, sculpture.
2. Give examples of how we can we still see evidence of the 'Scientific Revolution' in the world today.
People are entitled to their own opinions, they have the freedom to express themselves and be individuals. Man's thinking is rational and many people rely on science, therefore the world has developed tremendously technologically and industrially. W live in a secular society nowadays man rely on themselves and their careers, to survive and no so much God and religion
Research Pipilotti Rist's video installations to answer the following;
3. From your research, do you think that the contemporary art world values art work
that uses new media/technology over traditional media?
In my opinion the contemporary art world definitely values art work that uses new media and technology, but at the same time traditional media is still valued very much. Humans are so used to having technology so it is great to see it being used in art, its almost like a celebration of our advancement and progress. I think the contemporary art world find that technology being used in art very refreshing and edgy.
4. How has Pipilotti Rist used new media/technology to enhance the audience's experience of her work.
Pipilotti uses new media to enhance her audience's experience by using colour and movement she mesmerizes and captivates them through their sight. Adding to that she has sound accompanying her video this entraps her viewer through their sense of hearing ,you feel as though you are being enveloped in the chaos that is happening.
I love her video installations because it's crazy, and the happenings in the video is fantasy and ordinarily would not occur in real life. When I was watching the video however I did not realise how unrealistic it was, I was fully immersed in it, I felt like I had been brought to a different world. It made me forget about where I was I felt part of that world. I find her videos eccentric and refreshing, Pipilotti's video installations have you in a trance it's enchanting and has an eerie feel to it.
5. Comment on how the installation, sound and scale of 'Ever is Over All' (1997) could impact on the audience's experience of the work.
The scale of it is larger than a human. So the lady in the video looks powerful and her irrational behaviour is quite disconcerting. She shows no remorse for smashing the car windows, it made my sort of fearful of her and her sadistic like behaviour.
The sound surrounds and encircles her audience, this makes the audience feel as though they are the ones following and observing this lady.
6. Comment on the notion of 'reason' within the content of the video. Is the woman's behaviour reasonable or unreasonable?
The woman's behaviour is reasonable, ONLY for a mentally UNstable person. Because of her unreasonable actions I tend to think that she is psycho.
7. Comment on your 'reading' (understanding) of the work by discussion the aesthetic (look), experience and the ideologies (ideas, theories) of the work.
Pipilotti is often time seen as a feminist most of her works change the hierarchy of male and female, empowering females. Rist's bases her works around the idea of "love, death, everyday life and fiction." The installations are about the negative aspects of being female however she depicts it in a positive light. She blends music and video art together create a whole different experience for her audience.
Aesthetically Rist's video installations are dynamic, she uses bright colours. The big scale puts the subjects in your face they are confrontational. It is said that her video represent the "birth of a sophisticated visual language, expressing the direct, realistic senses of the MTV generation."
Here's a short video showcasing Pipilotti Rist's video installations"
Hi Ashley,
ReplyDeleteJust reading through your blog on science and reason and Rist's work.
I found your opinion on the technology of art very interesting and i had not looked at it in your perspective. I agree with your comment on how it is refreshing as it is new to us and something different to look at. This has made me re-think technology an art and look at it in a new way.
Thanks,
Alex
I like your view for the contemporary media and tradional media also I like your commant on Pipilotti's video. At first, I didn't understand what she wants to communicate and express in the film. But after reading your command, I have a better understanding about the video and then I can use my own aspect to see the video. Apart from what you comment about her film,I also find that she likes the nature scence very much, and the music at the begiing sounds like a lullaby which makes me feel like the video that film in 70th or 80th. Both visual and audio brought me back to last centry.
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