New Media in Art: 104-115 Response
Video art is interesting to me in that it has the capacity to be very impersonal and commercial, as is the case in many blockbuster films, but it also has the potential to be a profoundly personal and expressive medium if put into the right hands. For artists like Bill Viola, video art is a vehicle for self-discovery and expression through a process similar to a painter experimenting with different paints on a canvas. On the other hand, other artists like Andy Warhol used video as a form of diary and documentation to act as a supplement or companion piece to the actual work being produced int he studio. Using video as a means to document the process of creating really lends itself to the idea of process art and audience participation as well. What I found most interesting about this section was the idea of shocking and alluring viewers into a unique relationship between the artist and the viewer. The book explores this idea in regards to American artist Chr...



I like option two. It leaves room for a visual in between and the slogan runs together. It almost convince me of becoming a part of this organization/group without me knowing anything else about it. This totally looks like propaganda.
ReplyDeleteThe second one is good because its reliance on peer-pressure allows it to work even without context. I feel like the first option would need an image to be associated with it for it to be successful in a propaganda poster. The third one relies on ethos and that just doesn't work too well for me.
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