Sound

Sound changes the entire atmosphere of a work of art whether it be a soundtrack played in a gallery, noise played during a film or video, or sound as a piece of art by itself. Sound can transform itself based on rhythm and pace. In Luc Ferrari's video, "Presque Rien", the very obvious sounds of nature such as crickets, rain, and frogs seemed to transform into a rattle snake, and then into shaking maracas. What I found most interesting is that sound can be given depth. This is the first time I discovered that there is more than just visual depth, audio depth. In Gen Ken Montgomery's "Egg Slicer-", he plays with the planes of sound and makes it seem as if the sound is thrown from one place to another. Sometimes this changes the perception of the sound, for instance I wouldn't have known it was an egg slicer if it weren't for the title. What I enjoy most about sound is that they can be layered up to sound like something they aren't like Iannis Xenakis did with burning charcoal. They made it sound like beautiful diamonds.

Composition

Composition is one of the most important components to making a impact work of art. The use of medium also helps dictate how a piece of art is portrayed but a strong composition can help support how strong the piece is. Composition relates to the space the artist is working in. What I find most interesting is that unlimited space is three dimensional and appearance is two-dimensional. I began to understand it when we were discussing space in class but I'm still having trouble wrapping my mind around the concept that you can film something as endless as space and have it turn two dimensional. I think composition in film and composition in art or sculpture have completely different aspects to them.  Composition is used in everything. Eben Kling uses his background of printmaking and painting to create claustrophobic compositions using bold shapes and no centralizing forms whereas people like Kim Carlino creates a very active composition with a lot of flow by having no spots for your eyes to rest. Others, like Jamie Horgan uses sound and other installations to contribute to his composition of landscapes of smaller objects. He uses size to create his own space. Composition is a pretty deep topic and I could probably talk about it for pages but in short, it can transform a work of art when there is thought behind the composition.                                                                                  

Amateur Egyptian Ratscrew

RE: Time

From what I understand, time is mythological. Time is a social construct that was conceptualized to bring unity to a larger group of people. If you look back far enough, time din't truly exist. We were just aware that at one point in the day, the sun hit a peak, and when it became dark, you could no longer work outside, which became known as a time to sleep. When the world revolutionized, trains became a major system of transportation and people need to know when the trains were leaving and coming. So the concept of what "when" is, developed into a railroad clock. Railroad time became everyone's time. Now, where things get really trippy for me is when I realize that there is no "standard time". If you compress time (i.e. Beethoven's symphony) is it still the same amount of time or is it less time? If you speed up time, who's to say you are really speeding up time. what if time seems faster simply because another part of the universe is moving slower? I think it is conceptualized and experienced differently for every individual (i.e. the people we discussed in class who one experienced a sneeze within the span of 5 minutes and another girl cannot slow down her speech to be recognizable). We identify time by hours, minutes, seconds, milliseconds, etc. However, if we had never made any of those terms, how could time be defined? Time is something that allows change. I am astonished at the fact that time is something everyone on this earth has in common, but it's different for all of us.

Glitch

According to what we have listened to in class, a glitch = "unexpected". A glitch does not equal a file, it equals a messed up file. We have also been told that a glitch is not an "aesthetic". I disagree with this statement because if glitch art is a legitimate art form, it can have an aesthetic to it. Titling something as an "aesthetic" doesn't take its artistic integrity away, which I think the guy was afraid of it doing. An aesthetic as an adjective is defined as "concerned with beauty or the appreciation of beauty". As a noun, it is "a set of principles underlying and guiding the work of a particular artist or artistic movement". I think glitch art fits perfectly into the definition when discussing the appreciation of its beauty and skill behind the craft. This was my main disagreement with the podcast we watched.
What I found most interesting about glitch art is that you learn by blatantly screwing things up repeatedly. As defined, glitch art is taking a familiar piece of technology and doing something unfamiliar with it. With glitch art, you are learning how to question technology and experience its true nature, which is beautiful in a way.
My main lesson from learning the techniques behind glitch art that I will take with me is that it is okay to not know the answer and have an unexpected outcome.