Elizabeth Murray paints on funny shaped canvas', such as "poofy clouds and zig zags." She also uses lots of saturated colors throughout one piece. She says she wants her art to achieve conflict and tension and with the edges of her canvas' all being so different, this is definitely an aspect of tension within her piece. In the video she also states that her work is depicted as somewhat cartoonish, and my personal opinion I think that reflects her personality. The non traditional approach with the canvas and elementary colors really makes Murray's work unique.
I find this video very distracting. When I try to listen to the story/poem I am completely distracted by the amount of action, the explosions and fast movement going on in the video. I believe I hear a story about a lover and art and how a lover responds to a piece of art - promoting aesthetic emotion - is a line that stands out to me when I continue to re-watch the video.
The title of this claymation video "Hobo Clown" already sets up the emotion of depression and sadness. The atmosphere is which the clown is a dark and lonely cave with only a place for him to sit and a small fire. When the clowns eyes and mouth start to change you wonder what emotion this clown is feeling; is he going crazy? I believe so because now the scenery has changed and he is in a white field of flowers now dressed in white rather those dark clothes. With such a sad emotion i associate it with an asylum. Although the mood seems to be lightened the clowns face continues to melt away. The lyrics to the song create a whole new meaning for this piece, because I start to feel neglect. I'm unsure of the purpose of the video, otherwise I believe it to show its audience all emotions associated with loneliness and defeat.
Elizabeth Murray: She is able to achieve the tension and conflict through lines that are painted on the edges where multiple shapes meet up. For example, in one of her pieces she uses an arrow as a shape next to a cloud, and where the arrow and cloud meet, it appears as if a zigzag is coming out of the arrow and onto the cloud. I like her use of colors and her willingness to keep adding paint and reworking her piece until it is the way that she wants it to look. I also like how the piece she worked on during the video actually projected off of the wall and was three dimensional.
Gary Stephan: This confused me. The poem being read to scenes of Roadrunner and Wile E. Coyote did not seem to fit together too well. The part that meshed together the most was the parts of the audio where they were talking about motion paired with the actions of the visual. I am not sure if it was meant to be sarcastic or if the maker of the video felt that they were being literal.
Allison Schulnik: Growing up, I never really appreciated Claymation. I watched more animation movies and shows. I can only recall two things that I watched that contained Claymation (one show and one movie). This video has some conflict for me. Clowns are supposed to be funny (although I am not a fan of clowns either). However, this clown seemed kind of depressed and lost, despite its bright colors that are seen on the ‘funny’ clowns in the circus. This video shows that the social context for clowns is not always the same, and that they can exist under other circumstances as well. Social dynamics are not always what they seem to be, and there may be more to the subject (like with art work).
Elizabeth Murray paints on funny shaped canvas', such as "poofy clouds and zig zags." She also uses lots of saturated colors throughout one piece. She says she wants her art to achieve conflict and tension and with the edges of her canvas' all being so different, this is definitely an aspect of tension within her piece. In the video she also states that her work is depicted as somewhat cartoonish, and my personal opinion I think that reflects her personality. The non traditional approach with the canvas and elementary colors really makes Murray's work unique.
ReplyDeleteI find this video very distracting. When I try to listen to the story/poem I am completely distracted by the amount of action, the explosions and fast movement going on in the video. I believe I hear a story about a lover and art and how a lover responds to a piece of art - promoting aesthetic emotion - is a line that stands out to me when I continue to re-watch the video.
The title of this claymation video "Hobo Clown" already sets up the emotion of depression and sadness. The atmosphere is which the clown is a dark and lonely cave with only a place for him to sit and a small fire. When the clowns eyes and mouth start to change you wonder what emotion this clown is feeling; is he going crazy? I believe so because now the scenery has changed and he is in a white field of flowers now dressed in white rather those dark clothes. With such a sad emotion i associate it with an asylum. Although the mood seems to be lightened the clowns face continues to melt away. The lyrics to the song create a whole new meaning for this piece, because I start to feel neglect. I'm unsure of the purpose of the video, otherwise I believe it to show its audience all emotions associated with loneliness and defeat.
Elizabeth Murray: She is able to achieve the tension and conflict through lines that are painted on the edges where multiple shapes meet up. For example, in one of her pieces she uses an arrow as a shape next to a cloud, and where the arrow and cloud meet, it appears as if a zigzag is coming out of the arrow and onto the cloud. I like her use of colors and her willingness to keep adding paint and reworking her piece until it is the way that she wants it to look. I also like how the piece she worked on during the video actually projected off of the wall and was three dimensional.
ReplyDeleteGary Stephan: This confused me. The poem being read to scenes of Roadrunner and Wile E. Coyote did not seem to fit together too well. The part that meshed together the most was the parts of the audio where they were talking about motion paired with the actions of the visual. I am not sure if it was meant to be sarcastic or if the maker of the video felt that they were being literal.
Allison Schulnik: Growing up, I never really appreciated Claymation. I watched more animation movies and shows. I can only recall two things that I watched that contained Claymation (one show and one movie). This video has some conflict for me. Clowns are supposed to be funny (although I am not a fan of clowns either). However, this clown seemed kind of depressed and lost, despite its bright colors that are seen on the ‘funny’ clowns in the circus. This video shows that the social context for clowns is not always the same, and that they can exist under other circumstances as well. Social dynamics are not always what they seem to be, and there may be more to the subject (like with art work).
*Danielle Sargent*