Category Archives: Class Interviews

Hamza Saab’s video is basically him doing his work-out routine at the gym meanwhile we can hear the motivational narrative following his actions. The music being used in the video had really high energy and it created a very serious vibe. The narrative on the other hand created a similar perspective but with a touch […]

Cheryl Donegan’s Kiss My Royal Irish Ass and Brendan’s vacuum video were similar in that they were both comedic art pieces. Why and how does that function in your work? BL: I chose the vacuum because it’s an off-putting inanimate object that is ignored until it’s needed to clean up a mess. No one expects a vacuum to […]

1. Anri Sala used juxtaposition of imagery and sound in “Ravel Ravel Unravel” to produce a contradictory perception of musical echoes in a room in which echoes were impossible at the New Museum.  I see you using juxtaposition of imagery in “Life and Loss.” Why and how does that function in your work? K: In my video, Life and […]

In one of the first museum visits we had, Anri Sala used juxtaposition of close-ups and long shots to evoke the feeling of tension by contrasting intimacy and distance. Although you said that you actually have a distant relationship with your cat,  I see you using the juxtaposition of imagery technique which helped portray a […]

  A. Lorens Lina. The technique he used was color composition and texture in his work. Lorena intends to evoke the emotion in the audience to feel his artwork emotionally and mentally. He uses this technique because he has used it in the  past for previous projects. It is familiar to him. B.  I saw […]

Here – from the class blog entries –  are some examples of stronger writing that analyzes works of art.  Take the in-depth approach used in these excerpts below when you formulate an interesting question of your classmates work for the interview and how to consider works of art referenced in texts, galleries, and links online. […]

CLASS INTERVIEWS: The ability to think creatively is helpful in many ways to produce unique things (both in the field of art and out) and to solve many kinds of problems (both in the field and art).  Your ability to articulate the power of your visual or creative ideas and the ideas of others is a […]