Week 8

Here is a short documentary on the artist Patty Chang. I'd like you to use the article and the interview to discuss the work you see in the video. See you soon!

Week 5

The first section of the course--which introduced you to performance art, video art, and net-based video art--is over. Now, I'd like you to get to know this word "performance" a little better. Please read the article (or articles, if you are a grad student) very carefully. This is a theoretical text chosen to give you a broader background on performance and its many meanings and uses.

There is no blog post due this week. Please start working on Project #1.

Week 4

Ryan Trecartin's Tommy Chat Just E-Mailed Me (2006):



Natalie Bookchin's Mass Ornament (2009):

Week 3

Here we have Vito Acconci's Undertone (1972):



Don't forget to include quotations from BOTH articles you read for this week. I'm looking forward to Tuesday's class!

Week 2

OK, so some folks have had trouble with D2L. I don't know why. I'm hoping that the problem has been fixed.

The assignment for Tuesday's class is to read pgs. 183-198 and 213-225 of the Kristine Stiles chapter. Also, I'd like you to consider the following artworks in relation to the reading assignment. I will cut you a break this week, though. In light of the problem with D2L, I won't require you to post to the blog. Instead, be prepared to discuss the two pieces during class on Tuesday. I may begin Tuesday's class by asking everyone to write his/her response in a short paragraph to be handed in to me.

Here you'll find two videos. The first is documentation of Marina Abramovic's piece "Art Must Be Beautiful, Artist Must Be Beautiful" (1975). This piece was originally performed in front of an audience, but then re-enacted for the camera because the artist was unsatisfied with the original documentation.



Here is Abramovic and Ulay's piece "Relation in Time" (1977).




This will be a great semester! I'm looking forward to class on Tuesday.