Today in my film 201 class we viewed numerous films/videos/presentations regarding the idea of a Daily Diary much like a video journal.
The first piece was by Jonas Mekas with his latest installment in the 365 Films series. Where he puts up a new video journal for each day. The concept of keeping track of ones thoughts or ideas on a video journal and putting it on display for the world to see online is a fairly new one. The concept came from the freedom to communicate with the world via the World Wide Web. I respect the efforts of Mekas and other artists deciding to do the same thing, however I personally find no real need or purpose for the practice. People, having access to the WWW, believed that by putting their information online meant that anyone could access it, and if anyone could access it then the people must care about what they're trying to say. Fact is most casual bloggers, video bloggers, and You-tubers do not care one bit about the images/ideas/ and goings-on in cyberspace. I think "what makes you so special, that I should take time out of my busy schedule to watch your ____(whatever)" People might have an inflated view on the impact of their words and images just because they are accessible by the entire world. The very fact that I am putting my thoughts online on Blogger.com is very absurd and in the end futile. After the class is over and the web-space is shut down NO ONE WILL MISS IT! I am not saying that the artists are disingenuous about their intent. I do think however if they really cared about their art form they would make it timeless and put the effort in to make sure that no matter how long of time passes their work will always be noticed.
Real quick thoughts on "Fist Fight"
- I was annoyed by the whole presentation material wise, however the way he used animation was was very good. Technique was well thought out, however the material lacked meaning. If the idea was a dadaist mentality they won't mind me saying my thoughts.
Cory Archangels "Data Diaries"
- possibly useful for some futuristic compositional prints however not much gleaned from the presentation, I could not wait till he turned it off.
More tomorrow... Leave comments (because I know you truly care about the bloggosphere)
The first piece was by Jonas Mekas with his latest installment in the 365 Films series. Where he puts up a new video journal for each day. The concept of keeping track of ones thoughts or ideas on a video journal and putting it on display for the world to see online is a fairly new one. The concept came from the freedom to communicate with the world via the World Wide Web. I respect the efforts of Mekas and other artists deciding to do the same thing, however I personally find no real need or purpose for the practice. People, having access to the WWW, believed that by putting their information online meant that anyone could access it, and if anyone could access it then the people must care about what they're trying to say. Fact is most casual bloggers, video bloggers, and You-tubers do not care one bit about the images/ideas/ and goings-on in cyberspace. I think "what makes you so special, that I should take time out of my busy schedule to watch your ____(whatever)" People might have an inflated view on the impact of their words and images just because they are accessible by the entire world. The very fact that I am putting my thoughts online on Blogger.com is very absurd and in the end futile. After the class is over and the web-space is shut down NO ONE WILL MISS IT! I am not saying that the artists are disingenuous about their intent. I do think however if they really cared about their art form they would make it timeless and put the effort in to make sure that no matter how long of time passes their work will always be noticed.
Real quick thoughts on "Fist Fight"
- I was annoyed by the whole presentation material wise, however the way he used animation was was very good. Technique was well thought out, however the material lacked meaning. If the idea was a dadaist mentality they won't mind me saying my thoughts.
Cory Archangels "Data Diaries"
- possibly useful for some futuristic compositional prints however not much gleaned from the presentation, I could not wait till he turned it off.
More tomorrow... Leave comments (because I know you truly care about the bloggosphere)
Labels: FEB 12 Film in Retrospect
posted by Josh McClain at 5:17 PM
1 Comments:
i don't think the artists have delusions about how many people will see their content; i think they just want people to have the ability to view it. i mean, if one was a fan of experimental media, before the internet, they would have to travel to a lot of film festivals to see all the shorts out there.
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