Sculpture: up until the Modern period of art, sculpture was predominantly of the human form (animal form).
Professor at NAS: "If a sculpture isn't of the human body, then what do artists make sculptures of? Is a sculpture of a chair simply a chair? This is the predominant question that sculptors attempt to answer in their practices."
Artists must decide on the general direction of their art, what sort of 'questions' they are going to attempt to answer in their practice.
Execution:
- Balancing the concept and the execution of the piece. The physicality of the work should reflect and communicate the concept behind the piece, and it should executed to a high standard.
- In the same sense the concept should be highly resolved and evoke patterns of thou...
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Pre-Modern (???? - late 1700s)
- Early Renaissance
- High Renaissance
- Late Renaissance
- Romanticism
- Realism (Edouard Manet, Olympia, 1863)
Modern (1800 - 1960, 1970 in Australia)
- From Romanticism came Realism, still life paintings, photographic paintings. This movement died out because of photography
- Origin of 'Modern art' pinned to the painting of "Olympia" in 1863 by French artist Edouard Manet, it's exhibition in 1865. Currently held in the Musee D'Orsay. Also notable is "The Luncheon on the Grass", 1863
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Howie influence (ENG ADV)
- Roland Barthes, "Death of the Author". Literary theorist, philosopher, critic, semiotican. Pomo.
- Mikhail Bakhtin, Russian literary theorist, philosopher, critic, semiotican. Pomo.
- Michel Foucault, French Philosopher, social theorist, historian of ideas. Literary theory. Pomo.
Mac influence (EE1)
- Various genre theorists (find old book)
Philosophers and academics referenced in EE2
- figure out a better way to organise this ...
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Musicals
Seen
- "Chicago", 2009, Lyric Theatre, with Nadia
- "Nunsense", 2010, Parramatta Riverside Theatre. Actors Bonfield + Blackburn
- "We Will Rock You", 2006, Lyric Theatre at Star City (lame)
- "Wicked", Capitol Theatre, 2010.
- That musical set in Greece, Lyric Theatre, 2010
Want to see
Plays
Read
- "A Streetcar Named Desire", Tennessee Williams
Seen
jun 14 2011 ∞
jun 14 2011 +
- Education : distinction or high distinction average for honours
- Health : healthy diet and exercise, cycle
- Sleep : bed at ten and wake at seven
- Work : maintain tutoring, save money for Masters @ NYU, exchange
- Reading : read at least two books per week
- Social : see someone once a week, but not at the cost of education
Eventually:
- Move out
- Take Russian or German courses for exchange
- Buy macbook and DSLR, or decent video camera
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- Air Doll (Japan)
- Ben X (Belgium)
- Departures (Japan)
- Lignes De Front (Black Out) (Africa, France)
- Patrick, Age 1.5 (Sweden)
- Rabbit Without Ears I + II (Germany) (boring)
- The Double Life of Veronique (France, Poland)
- Tutti La Vita Davanti (She has her whole life ahead of her) (Italy)
- White Material (Cameroon, France)
- XXY (Argentina)
- You, the Living (Sweden)
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Frequent Use
To be explored
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- Auteur driven
- Science Fiction
- Experimental
- Drama
- Wuxia (?)
- Foreign
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Or: reasons why I should have been born an otter
- I have been swimming since I was very young
- Dad literally threw me into the ocean and I somehow made my way out again
- I am of very small stature, 5"4
- I like the cold
- I like swimming even when it is cold
- I like fish
- I like the genuine freedom one has, being able to escape people at one's own whim
- I am meant to be an otter
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mar 22 2011 +
Cannes Film Festival
Camera D'or
What is it?
- Award for outstanding debut directors at the Cannes
Notable associated directors
Films to see
- "Stranger than Paradise", America, 1984. Absurdist, deadpan comedy
- "Sampson and Delilah", Australia,
La Semaine De La Critique & Mubi, till June 30
What is it?
- Festival that runs parallel to the Cannes...
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1. Art
Of equal importance:
- Art History, Theory, and Criticism
- Overview, commit to memory dates, names, movements
- Read, study, learn, write
- Visit exhibitions, see as much as possible, learn/review
- Art Practice
- Areas to explore:
- Time Based Art (film and sound production)
- Installation pieces, Site Specific pieces
- Paint/Draw
- Photography?
- Art Administration and Exhibition
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Read
- Animal Farm, George Orwell
- Assorted essays by George Orwell (find specific titles)
- Books and Cigarettes, George Orwell
- Fast Food Nation, Eric Schlossher
- Nineteen Eighty Four, George Orwell
- The Book Thief, Markus Zusak
- The Taste of Dreams, Vanora Bennett
Want to Read
- A Staggering work of Heartbreaking Genius, Dave Eggers
- Perdido St Station, China Mieville
- The Wild Thing, Dave Eggers
From /lit/
Free Electronic Books (Ebooks)
- Try the following websites for access to ...
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- Wes Anderson
- Woody Allen
- Charlie Chaplin
- Alfonso Cuaron
- Clint Eastwood
- Jean-Luc Godard
List of Auteurs on Wiki
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Useful for getting into genres. Do not take it as the be-all end-all or anything though.
Lists to complete and archive on HDD:
- Dubstep
- Classical
- Jazz (0/2)
- Electronic (0/29)
LOLOLOLO
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