VIDEO INSTALLATION UNIT
Comparing and Contrasting the Live/Taped Video Corridor and Rosefeldt's 'American Night' ...
I was studying Bruce Nauman’s art piece in which he calls it a Live/Taped Video Corridor, which is a single person installation which contains a long narrow corridor. At the end of this corridor are two televisions on top of one another, on the screen of the top television is CCTV footage of an empty corridor, the bottom screen also has a CCTV camera of the corridor however the person in the corridor is able to witness him/herself looking at the screen…
The fact that CCTV had only just come to existence when this was made, and wasn’t used as much as it is used today. The installation allows you to see yourself you become much more intrigued to see yourself on a screen at the end of this narrow corridor. The experience of walking forward and, more or less, being able to follow yourself as you’re watching yourself walking further away. You would imagine this to be slightly dream like, in which anything can happen and you can go through a never ending depth of thought, a place where you’re not even able to see your face…
Julian Rosefeldt has made a name for himself with an extravagantly produced, moving image of multi-screen installations. ‘American Night’. In the installation he uses the stylistic devices of the Western genre; he had related it to the ambitions of recent US foreign policy. It pays homage to the medium of film and reflects on the construction of fictional narratives using cinematographic and iconographic references…
All 5 screens somehow connected with each-other, and it was up to the viewer to work out the narrative. That is one of things I found most interesting about the exhibition. It was very different to what I have witnessed over the two other galleries before we went to the Bfi Gallery on the day of the trip. There was a point where we were told to sit along the long bench at the back of the room. It wasn’t very comfortable yet it kept me on edge when watching the 45 minute video looking out for the changes throughout the multi-channeled installation…
Rosefeldt’s work had 5 rather large, high quality projectors and 5 screen; on each of the screens was a different scene in a different location. It all seemed to be of the same narrative but each of the screens contained different characters and environments.
Whilst watching the installation, within the five screens a narrative started to grow as it began to change the angle or shot. At times 4 screens would fade out leaving one screen coming to life with dialogue and a better understanding of what is happening. Some of which didn’t seems to make any sense or that you would need to puzzle it all up and find a solution, whereas some of the other screens allowed you to easily pick up and understand what they did…
The style of Nauman’s piece makes people quite feel claustrophobic or as if there is simply no way out! This may make people feel uneasy when walking down the length of the closed in area. It might also want the person experiencing the piece to feel more able to interact with the installation. There didn’t seem to be any narrative and it looks as if it were more of a piece to experience…
Both Nauman’s and Rosefeldt’s pieces of work did compare in the ways in which it is quite thought provoking as it allows the audience to take what they’ve seen to another level and be able to explore it into more depth and detail added to the thought process resolving into a solution to the puzzling issues in both installations.
By Raihan Muhammad.
The fact that CCTV had only just come to existence when this was made, and wasn’t used as much as it is used today. The installation allows you to see yourself you become much more intrigued to see yourself on a screen at the end of this narrow corridor. The experience of walking forward and, more or less, being able to follow yourself as you’re watching yourself walking further away. You would imagine this to be slightly dream like, in which anything can happen and you can go through a never ending depth of thought, a place where you’re not even able to see your face…
Julian Rosefeldt has made a name for himself with an extravagantly produced, moving image of multi-screen installations. ‘American Night’. In the installation he uses the stylistic devices of the Western genre; he had related it to the ambitions of recent US foreign policy. It pays homage to the medium of film and reflects on the construction of fictional narratives using cinematographic and iconographic references…
All 5 screens somehow connected with each-other, and it was up to the viewer to work out the narrative. That is one of things I found most interesting about the exhibition. It was very different to what I have witnessed over the two other galleries before we went to the Bfi Gallery on the day of the trip. There was a point where we were told to sit along the long bench at the back of the room. It wasn’t very comfortable yet it kept me on edge when watching the 45 minute video looking out for the changes throughout the multi-channeled installation…
Rosefeldt’s work had 5 rather large, high quality projectors and 5 screen; on each of the screens was a different scene in a different location. It all seemed to be of the same narrative but each of the screens contained different characters and environments.
Whilst watching the installation, within the five screens a narrative started to grow as it began to change the angle or shot. At times 4 screens would fade out leaving one screen coming to life with dialogue and a better understanding of what is happening. Some of which didn’t seems to make any sense or that you would need to puzzle it all up and find a solution, whereas some of the other screens allowed you to easily pick up and understand what they did…
The style of Nauman’s piece makes people quite feel claustrophobic or as if there is simply no way out! This may make people feel uneasy when walking down the length of the closed in area. It might also want the person experiencing the piece to feel more able to interact with the installation. There didn’t seem to be any narrative and it looks as if it were more of a piece to experience…
Both Nauman’s and Rosefeldt’s pieces of work did compare in the ways in which it is quite thought provoking as it allows the audience to take what they’ve seen to another level and be able to explore it into more depth and detail added to the thought process resolving into a solution to the puzzling issues in both installations.
By Raihan Muhammad.
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Video Installation Comparisons
American Night - Bfi Gallery
Julian Rosefeldt has made a name for himself with an extravagantly produced, moving image multi-screen installations. American Night. In it he uses the stylistic devices of the Western genre, he had related it to the ambitions of recent US foreign policy. It pays homage to the medium of film and reflects on the construction of fictional narratives using cinematographic and iconographic references…
In One of the screens it shows five cowboys gathered around a camp fire, talking on the American idea of freedom and speaking a language entirely made out of quotations from films, US politicians’ speeches and rap music lyrics. All the screens somehow linked within one another, and it was up to the viewer to work it out. That is what i found most interesting about it, i remember us all sitting in a row looking out for changes in the screens and discussing how and why this may have happened.
After watching this video installation with a strong message in a process of going through a narrative, i thoroughly walked out of the multiple screened theatre open minded and began going through a thought process of the messages i had received from the installation. I would definitely be up for seeing it again!
Contemporary and Historical video artists ...
Watching how things change over periods of time, such as when the rabbit corpse getting eaten by maggots inspires Sam Taylor-Woods art… Sam makes this video using time-lapse; something, which changes over time such as the fruit goes moldy. She then speeds up the images to show how it would look at a fast speed.
None of Sam Taylor-Woods video art has a narrative, her art is based on looking at the change of something over time and the simplest natural things such as somebody sleeping and the facial expressions and reactions people have when they do.
None of Sam Taylor-Woods video art has a narrative, her art is based on looking at the change of something over time and the simplest natural things such as somebody sleeping and the facial expressions and reactions people have when they do.
CAMERA – The camera is in the same spot throughout the video. As the film was made with time lapse, Sam would take a consistence image in a certain period of time.
SOUND – There is no sound in the film.
EDITING - As the film was four minutes long; this clearly tells us that the video was played back in a faster speed. Sam had used the same technique in another piece of work of hers called ‘Still Life’…
LIGHTING - In the angle the video is in the lighting is very dim, was this done purposely? It seems to be shot in an area that is not in daily use, like a shed or a basement.
MISE EN SCENE - The set up of the frame seems to look like a painting before it unexpectedly begins to be eaten away by maggots. However what seems strange is the fact the piece of fruit place next to the dead rabbit is not being touched. As these maggots are eating away the meat in this rabbit the rabbit seems to be moving, which is giving the audience an impression of it might still being alive. This may cause viewers to feel uncomfortable or uncertain…
SOUND – There is no sound in the film.
EDITING - As the film was four minutes long; this clearly tells us that the video was played back in a faster speed. Sam had used the same technique in another piece of work of hers called ‘Still Life’…
LIGHTING - In the angle the video is in the lighting is very dim, was this done purposely? It seems to be shot in an area that is not in daily use, like a shed or a basement.
MISE EN SCENE - The set up of the frame seems to look like a painting before it unexpectedly begins to be eaten away by maggots. However what seems strange is the fact the piece of fruit place next to the dead rabbit is not being touched. As these maggots are eating away the meat in this rabbit the rabbit seems to be moving, which is giving the audience an impression of it might still being alive. This may cause viewers to feel uncomfortable or uncertain…
David Hall
David hall’s video art is inspired by the uses of normal everyday household items. For example his most famous piece, ‘TV Irruptions’ was just footage of a tap filling the whole shot with water.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6h_5rSrZgL0&feature=related
CAMERA - The camera is still throughout the whole duration of the film. It seems that the video may have been shot outside a clear box…
SOUND - The only sound for the duration of the video was the sound of water releasing from the tap at hitting the water that has already been released. So we may get that feel of claustrophobia as the water rises and closes in on the sound. The whole piece is diagetic…
EDITING – The video doesn’t seem edited.
LIGHTING - The piece is shot behind a white background so this may reflect back onto the lens from light either above or behind the camera resulting in the shot being quite bright.
MISE EN SCENE - There is a tap at the right of the frame with water being released; it makes it look as if the water is filling up the frame. For to achieve this look, I believe he may have used a clear box or maybe a glass tank. However tat the end of the film the tap is being removed from the box, to leave the audience opened to minded and begin to think about what the message of this film could be…
I found that these two artists compare because they both contain motions of time, and ways to show that time can be quick or slow…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6h_5rSrZgL0&feature=related
CAMERA - The camera is still throughout the whole duration of the film. It seems that the video may have been shot outside a clear box…
SOUND - The only sound for the duration of the video was the sound of water releasing from the tap at hitting the water that has already been released. So we may get that feel of claustrophobia as the water rises and closes in on the sound. The whole piece is diagetic…
EDITING – The video doesn’t seem edited.
LIGHTING - The piece is shot behind a white background so this may reflect back onto the lens from light either above or behind the camera resulting in the shot being quite bright.
MISE EN SCENE - There is a tap at the right of the frame with water being released; it makes it look as if the water is filling up the frame. For to achieve this look, I believe he may have used a clear box or maybe a glass tank. However tat the end of the film the tap is being removed from the box, to leave the audience opened to minded and begin to think about what the message of this film could be…
I found that these two artists compare because they both contain motions of time, and ways to show that time can be quick or slow…
Video Art...
1. What Is Video Art?
Video art is a type of art which contains a series of sequences of moving images. It is work that collaborates audio and visual together. (It should not however be confused with television or experimental cinema). Video art came into existence during the 1960s and 1970s; it is widely practiced by artists all over the world. Video art is named after the video tape, which was most commonly used in the form’s early years, but before that artists had already been working on film.
2. What are the differences between Video Art and Film/Media?
One of the key differences between video art and theatrical cinema is that video art does not necessarily rely on many of the branches that define a motion picture. Video art may not employ the use of actors, may contain nodialogue, may have no narrative or plot.
3. When did Video Art first emerge?
The first form of video art seemed to have emerged in the autumn of 1965, it has risen to the widespread use of video installations…
4. Who was involved?
The people involved, as it began emerging vastly around the world was an artist named, Nam June Paik this artist in particular used his new Sony Portapak to shoot footage of Pope Paul IV’s procession through New York City…
Video art is a type of art which contains a series of sequences of moving images. It is work that collaborates audio and visual together. (It should not however be confused with television or experimental cinema). Video art came into existence during the 1960s and 1970s; it is widely practiced by artists all over the world. Video art is named after the video tape, which was most commonly used in the form’s early years, but before that artists had already been working on film.
2. What are the differences between Video Art and Film/Media?
One of the key differences between video art and theatrical cinema is that video art does not necessarily rely on many of the branches that define a motion picture. Video art may not employ the use of actors, may contain nodialogue, may have no narrative or plot.
3. When did Video Art first emerge?
The first form of video art seemed to have emerged in the autumn of 1965, it has risen to the widespread use of video installations…
4. Who was involved?
The people involved, as it began emerging vastly around the world was an artist named, Nam June Paik this artist in particular used his new Sony Portapak to shoot footage of Pope Paul IV’s procession through New York City…
Inspirations for final video Installation...
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A lot of my Inspiration went towards the film 'Buried' It had been planned to have some talking in the installation, however, I had removed the vocal audio and replaced it with dark non-diegetic sounds and mainly facial expressions of frustration and tears of disturbance! It was also set to play in 'night vision' mode which seemed to give the audiences a little more intensity, and an uncomfortable feeling. Especially as we squeezed only 4 people into a box to watch two the multi-channel installation...
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FINAL PIECE
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