MONDAY
Final critique of After the Internet videos
WEDNESDAY
Snow day work-from-home work due on blog TODAY before midnight:
WATCH and COMMENT ON THE WORK OF YOUR CLASSMATES:
We need to complete our After the Internet videos critque by examining work by the following students.
Comment directly on their blog pages. Say more than “I liked x”, or “x was funny…” Comment in detail on at least three things about their video – for example: the specific significance of their references; how the video begins and ends; use of cuts, and transitions, text, image quality or other editing effects; some of the ideas, arguments, and questions raised by the artwork; and how all of these artistic decisions affect the experience of watching the video, and how they may or may not serve ideas the artist intended.
- Esais
- Cheyanne & Ana*
- Yasmin*
*Some of these final Internet videos have not been posted yet. Please post your final videos and a description ASAP! These three works should be available for viewing by NOON today.
Suggested time required to complete: 1 hour
WATCH and MAKE A BLOG POST REFLECTION:
“Moments of pathos and humour in Moser’s work arise from the friction between her virtuosity and ineptitude. On one hand, Moser’s writing is full of disarming turns of phrase and poetic insight (“I’m drowning in a sea of Hamlets! All indecisive and infested with ghosts. And me worst of all”), and her imaginative reconfiguration of simple props is nothing short of thrilling. Her vaguely narrative performances elicit sensations of being slightly “off” or unreconciled. They feature props and set pieces in states of becoming or collapse. They access humour and produce pathos through the haphazard and awkward. They reveal moments of beauty and insight to be the tenuous constructions that they are by allowing them to fall apart.” – Jordan Tannahill
Meet Bridget Moser and watch the video: My Crops are Dying but my Body Persists. Read the review of this work in Artforum here:
https://www.artforum.com/events/bridget-moser-247483
Watch the video again – in light of the commentary by Charlene Lau – and comment on the ways Moser appropriates internet tropes, youtubers, pop culture references, and/or memes in this work. What are some of the things her colour choices, and/or her props and costumes remind you of? How do you experience the video physically? What are some of the ideas Moser is playing with, including questions she is raising? What is the role of absurdity in her work? In your discussion of Moser’s work, you should quote the art forum review twice.
Suggested time required: 1 hour
OPTIONAL: Dive into Moser’s other works, including performances and videos.
THERE IS NO HOMEWORK DURING READING WEEK*
Note: Your blogs should be up to date with your final videos and descriptions (every member of the group should make a post) and all of the required posts so far. I will be grading all the work on your blogs when we return.
I hope you will enjoy a restful break!