Art & Technology

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g2Z7R1AROUM For my video art project, I decided to use footage from the past couple weeks that I've recorded into a montage. With "What a Wonderful World" playing on a high speed, the video gives a light and fun feel. This video depicts my feelings towards Tampa and my first two semesters here at college. I thought this was a good way to recap my first year's memories and the skills I have learned from FMX 211.

Music has always been a way of bringing people together through the power of sound and feelings. This topic was probably one of my favorites, as I constantly listen to music whether its walking to class, doing homework, or even trying to fall asleep. Here are the 5 movements I picked and videos to go with them.  Disco: September by Earth, Wind, and Fire https://youtu.be/Gs069dndIYk   This song goes along with disco’s upbeat party atmosphere makes you want you dance. This regular bass beat combined with an influence of soul reflects the technology used.  Punk: Me First by Real Friends  https://youtu.be/wkdoATNbEWk This song uses punk’s loud, fast, and aggressive sounds of technology.  Nineties: I Want It That Way by the Backstreet Boys https://youtu.be/4fndeDfaWCg A side of pop and alternative combined in the nineties creating songs like this one and using technology from its slower beats.  Electronic: So close by NOTD https://youtu.be/5uV82m-U7Vg This DJ styled

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0fXkinBSMGA After being shown many performances by Marina Abramović, I was very moved. Her work speaks wonders, doing even the simplest of things. I like that she's mostly allowing other people to do things in her work, seeing what human kind's potential lives up to be. Some other artists that inspired my work are Yoko Ono in her investigating identities and Chris Burden. Burden was bold and always too risks, something that I hoped to do in my performance. Flesh will be my communication in my video, as the words written on my body will speak louder than I could ever do. People don't always see how someone feels from the outside, it takes a message as big as writing it with markers for people to get the point and see what's really going on. I think this was a healthy exercise for people to think about the feelings we get from technology. Unfortunately, not many people came by on campus since it was a quieter Sunday here. People passing b