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1) Name an Early artist mentioned in the article for CONCEPTUAL WORK performing in front of the camera.
Describe a work.  (2 points)

Joan Jonas. She used a vertical roll to fragment and mess up the way women’s bodies were viewed and their roll in the home during that time period.

2) Name an artist mentioned who deals with PERSONAL NARRATIVE. Describe a work.  (2 points)

Pipilotti Rist. Her Video was about how women were degraded in pop culture. She sings a sings the title of a pop tune while dancing. The longer it went on the more her movements became grotesque and akward.

3) Describe the piece you were most interested in viewing after reading this article. Look the work
up on the links, and expand on Rush’s comments. (2 points)

Ana Mendieta’s pieces were the ones I was more interested in. The pieces that I strongly remember were the ones where she was buried and the one where she was bleeding from her head. I am assuming that she used her body as a sacrifice for art. And to show how spiritual those sacrifices are.

4) What do you better understand now about Video Art? (2 points)

Video art is more about the artist rather than entertainment. It also allows the artist to express their thoughts and feelings though video.

5) Based on Rush and this article, what makes Video Art vs. an “artful video”? (2 points)

Artful video is more for comercials, television,film, and advertising, while in video art the artist’s gesture could be recorded while in tha act of making the video. Video art is also more personal.

Posted by on March 24th, 2010 at 10:54 pm

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