Reflection on Part Five

Assignment 5 I have never really given much thought to video installations and their difference to cinema. My experience has also varied, in the sense that there were installations which I just could not make sense of, felt uncomfortable: during October 2018 I was in Barcelona and visited the Modern...

Part Five Contemporary Art

24 May 2019 It seems at this stage that we will be following art critique and the critical language of contemporary art, and as my tutor reminded me in the last formative feedback, at the heart of the assignment is the visitor/viewer experience.  I will also read Stallabrass, of which...

ASSIGNMENT FIVE

DISCUSSION: In what ways do video installations differ from films shown in a cinema?  List the physical differences and use these as evidence to explain the differences in experience and aesthetic appreciation.  Think about the environment as well as the immediate space in which a film is shown.  Consider the...

Part Five Reading and research

Blog started on 12 June 2019 During the last two weeks I have travelled in France, the Netherlands and Belgium.  Apart from visiting my sister in Belgium and other friends, visits to art museums was a highlight: the opportunity to re-visit the Van Gogh Museum as well as D'Orsay Museum...

Tutor Feedback on Part Four

I received a formal written feedback from my tutor on 7 May 2019. I am relieved that my tutor acknowledged the engagement with the work that took place over this part of the course.  This unfortunately made me almost upset when I read about students' negative perception of this subject...

Reflecting on Part Four

9May 2019 The way I view the world of art has certainly been opened though these studies.   My reality  view has become much more of a process of continued creation.  Something that stuck with me:  I can at any moment ask myself what might I make!   I have enjoyed the...

ASSIGNMENT FOUR

Research on above chosen work for assignment 4 question The suggestion of my tutor to look at all the works, before making a choice for the assignment,  is discussed within on a separate blog page, named,  Considering Critical Thought During Exercises of Part 4. I chose this artwork for my...

PART FOUR DIFFERENCE: the exercises

This part of the studies will be addressed by 6 exercises.  The reading and references  focus mainly  on Deleuze's work on Difference and it is clear to me that an important outcome will be how to  understand Difference with respect to the visual art curriculum.  It can easily be misunderstood;...