Video Project 7: Bonus Assignment
Attend the California Video exhibition at the Getty Center, scheduled to open this spring. Create a video in response to/inspired by the exhibition or one of the works presented in the exhibition. If the latter, take your time selecting a work that inspires/motivates/compels you -- this may be positively or negatively.
Your video may require further research to explore background information on the artist or particular work of art you choose. Think about what kind of treatment you plan to apply, will your response be rhetorical or abstract? What techniques might you use; repeating elements as a motif? Setting up differences to create conflict?
You may but are not required to include footage of the pieces you select in your video. Be sure to check with the institution’s policy regarding taping should you decide to include such footage (The Getty’s general policy allows video cameras). The video for this assignment should be no longer than 10 minutes
and no shorter than 1 minute. Please include some form of representation; video, photo, drawing, of the original piece of artwork you select as the point of departure for your video.
The bonus assignment is optional. If you do this assignment, it can be applied toward your grade as extra credit. Or it can be applied toward your grade as the equivalent of two reading assignments. This means the bonus assignment could boost your grade by 6% at most.
More information about the exhibit:
http://www.getty.edu/art/exhibitions/california_video/index.html
California Video
March 15 2008 - June 8, 2008 at the Getty Center
The first comprehensive survey of California video art from 1968 to the present, this exhibition includes important examples of single-channel video, video sculpture, and video installation. Featuring the work of fifty-eight artists, duos, and collectives, California Video locates a distinctively West Coast aesthetic within the broader history of video art while highlighting the Getty's major commitment to the preservation and exhibition of a young but vital artistic medium. This exhibition is co-organized by the Getty Research Institute and the J. Paul Getty Museum.
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Potential Calendar Synchronicity:
Otis Night at The Getty
Thursday, April 3, 2008
Join the Otis community at this free event celebrating the exhibition “California Video”. The evening includes an opportunity to view the exhibition plus tickets (if you reserve them) to:
The David Ross Show at 7 pm
Location: Harold M. Williams Auditorium, Getty Center
Admission: Free. Reservation required
David Ross, former director of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art and the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, welcomes special guest John Baldessari, as well as Glenn Phillips, curator of the California Video exhibition. Other artists featured in the Getty exhibition, including Suzanne Lacy, Paul McCarthy, Ilene Segalove, and Bill Viola, stop by for really good conversation. Complements the exhibition California Video. The exhibition also includes Ulysses Jenkins (’79) and Bruce Yonemoto (’79) and faculty member Meg Cranston.
For more info go to: http://www.getty.edu/art/exhibitions/california_video
Round-trip bus transportation from Otis to the Getty and refreshments will be provided courtesy of the Getty Museum. To reserve space on the bus for yourself or for an entire class, please contact Dr. Carol Branch, Director of Learning Resources, at: x2554 or ananse@otis.edu. Don’t wait – reserve your bus seats today!
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Your video may require further research to explore background information on the artist or particular work of art you choose. Think about what kind of treatment you plan to apply, will your response be rhetorical or abstract? What techniques might you use; repeating elements as a motif? Setting up differences to create conflict?
You may but are not required to include footage of the pieces you select in your video. Be sure to check with the institution’s policy regarding taping should you decide to include such footage (The Getty’s general policy allows video cameras). The video for this assignment should be no longer than 10 minutes
and no shorter than 1 minute. Please include some form of representation; video, photo, drawing, of the original piece of artwork you select as the point of departure for your video.
The bonus assignment is optional. If you do this assignment, it can be applied toward your grade as extra credit. Or it can be applied toward your grade as the equivalent of two reading assignments. This means the bonus assignment could boost your grade by 6% at most.
More information about the exhibit:
http://www.getty.edu/art/exhibitions/california_video/index.html
California Video
March 15 2008 - June 8, 2008 at the Getty Center
The first comprehensive survey of California video art from 1968 to the present, this exhibition includes important examples of single-channel video, video sculpture, and video installation. Featuring the work of fifty-eight artists, duos, and collectives, California Video locates a distinctively West Coast aesthetic within the broader history of video art while highlighting the Getty's major commitment to the preservation and exhibition of a young but vital artistic medium. This exhibition is co-organized by the Getty Research Institute and the J. Paul Getty Museum.
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Potential Calendar Synchronicity:
Otis Night at The Getty
Thursday, April 3, 2008
Join the Otis community at this free event celebrating the exhibition “California Video”. The evening includes an opportunity to view the exhibition plus tickets (if you reserve them) to:
The David Ross Show at 7 pm
Location: Harold M. Williams Auditorium, Getty Center
Admission: Free. Reservation required
David Ross, former director of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art and the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, welcomes special guest John Baldessari, as well as Glenn Phillips, curator of the California Video exhibition. Other artists featured in the Getty exhibition, including Suzanne Lacy, Paul McCarthy, Ilene Segalove, and Bill Viola, stop by for really good conversation. Complements the exhibition California Video. The exhibition also includes Ulysses Jenkins (’79) and Bruce Yonemoto (’79) and faculty member Meg Cranston.
For more info go to: http://www.getty.edu/art/exhibitions/california_video
Round-trip bus transportation from Otis to the Getty and refreshments will be provided courtesy of the Getty Museum. To reserve space on the bus for yourself or for an entire class, please contact Dr. Carol Branch, Director of Learning Resources, at: x2554 or ananse@otis.edu. Don’t wait – reserve your bus seats today!
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