article quiz response

1. Howard Fried is know as a video artist whose work shows more conceptual qualities. In his series, Inside the Harlequin, video is shown of Fried scaling the side of a building that is his studio. Fried says that a studio is a place to be entered fully and to be conquered, as his video shows quite literally. 

2. Bill Viola is one of the biggest names in Personal Narratives using the camera as his medium. One piece that I thought sounded very interesting in concept was A Non Dairy Creamer (1975). In this film, Viola films into a cup of coffee which reflect his image as he stands over the cup. As he drinks from the cup of coffee, his image gradually fades away.

3. One piece I looked into further after reading the article was Wolf Vostell's Television Delivers People. The film consists of lines of text, all informative of what television is and how it effects people. I found this piece to be enlightening, pointing out certain facts about television that I never thought of. For example, the video states that television presents issues in a non threatening manner and that popular entertainment is propaganda for the status quo. After viewing this piece, I see TV more as a means of control than entertainment.

4. Video art is just as diverse as any other medium to create art. Like other forms of art, video art is created only to show what the material communicates, not to be mass produced or advertised. Video art is an intensively personal medium to use, offering a full range of expressive possibilities.

5. The difference of video art and artful video lies in the intention of the artist. Artful video may demonstrate good filming techniques and creative shots, but the intention often is for news or for advertisement purposes. Video art suggests that the artist made the footage without the constraint of some other purpose. Video art is meant to be a personal expression, not for informative or persuasive purposes that artful video is for.