New Media in Art Ch. 2

Video art seems very complex. From what I gather it is basically using the television for art to be represented.  Using the television to portray art and then the audience interprets it. Original videos that were not edited and received well. Famous images being distorted and eventually a human element was added. It is almost like a canvas to me. Whatever could be portrayed on the television was something to be considered art. A strange canvas for that time and era but a canvas nonetheless. An artist can adapt to any kind of canvas and the television is no exception. Ultimately, what they did was impressive. The messages trying to be portrayed and the influenced it had. What they did was in a sense different but also unique. Although, physically using your body to the point of harm and pain seems a bit too much. It’s odd but if the message got across then at least something came out of it.

A plastic car?

This article says that a plastic car has been made. I guess it’s like they printed different plastics layers for it and put it all together. It is not for sale but for now it can be called a mobile experiment. I can see problems with this car. Granted it is a new way into making cars if it can be applied correctly, but safety is a major concern. How durable is it and how are the brakes? How will it handle in different kinds of weather? If it snows then can it even handle it or what if it gets too hot? Will the plastic become damaged or something? While it is a nice idea there needs to be some sort of reinforcement on it. If it gets in a wreck will the car still stay in one piece? I doubt it’ll ever be a mass produced thing because how much gas could it actually hold?

The Photograph of the Contemporary Art Ch. 6-8

I do like the fact that historical content being photographed as an aftermath. Usually the most interesting parts are of the conflict itself but to see the aftermath is interesting. Sometimes the general public may lose interest in it and they won’t even care about the aftermath. The photographs that really stood out to me were Valley and Destroyed Radio Installations, Kabul. The perfect images for an aftermath of a war/destruction and clearly depict that something happened there. All of it is just abandoned. Either the photographer was the only one there in a long time or it was intentionally left like that for people to see. Even the old Artillery Shells make some sort of impact. Although they are just metal those shells still represent something long forgotten and the sense of not looking back. Maybe if the battle went in favor of the British then possibly the shells could have been picked up but it seems like things like those aren't really meant to be thought of after the fighting is over.