Fountain

Writing on the computer is far more complex in the concepts of authorship and artistry. When it comes to paper and pencil or pen you have to only give credit to those who made the pencil, the paper and the pen. Unless you are working on collaboration then you have to give credit to others. The concept of artistry or authorship is not as hard to decipher. In one of my classes we have talked about the Auteur theory or the idea that a director is solely responsible for the pieces of artwork that are put on film despite everyone else’s hand in creating the film. In this sense writing on the computer become a bit complex since you are using someone else’s creation to create. I guess the same thing could be said for sculpting tools, paint brushes etc. However, most of those devices were created by a single individual rather than a collective. I am assuming to some degree that the idea behind flash and other devices may only come from one person but they are developed by many. So does the creator of the project become a cog? Or is he the author? Or just the Auteur?

There is a laundry list of problems when addressing online art work and the concept of author ship. Marcel Duchamp made a piece of art once titled Fountain. It was a urinal taken out of the trash and signed R.Mutt. It was put on display and still is considered a “great work” of art. Because it raises the question of “who is the artist?” The person who designed the urninal? The people who made the urinal? the manufactuer? Or just the person who signed their name to it?  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fountain_(Duchamp)

Where does the credit go is seems to be the big question this article is asking.  I kind of have to agree with the concept that the credit should be going to the application designer. I would have never even though to make the things if it had not been for this software. Hell, even the ability to create it would have been impossible without it. Unless we hand animated this stuff and even then you would have to argue do the people who invented the camera, the editing machine and everything else get credit for my work. 

Short Project

I think I am going to Animate some bad Haiku's and see if I can make them decent. I have to write them still. I just need them to be bad, as in dumb, tasteless, stupid NOT GOOD.  Such as
france sank in the lake
maybe they won't smell like poop
I love thier cheese
I just wrote this so I am not sure if it is even correct, but you get the idea.

 Originally I was gunna animate an inappropriate joke but I do not have the energy to deal with being ostracized.

http://www.marrowmonkey.com/lair/index.htm

• What writer or movement will you research?
• Orion 17
•  Why?
• There are a lot of interesting pieces for me to work with on this site.  I think it will allow me to have a load of room to play with when it comes to the paper.
• What do you hope to learn?
• These pieces vary from complex to simple. I want to see what the thought behind each one was. Is it context that matters? Form? Function?

What research do you need to carry out in order to develop the understanding that will enable you to produce 5–7 pages?

I need to hit up more critical theory on this topic. Plain and simple.

• What help might you need from me in doing this work?
• Names of theorists.
• Given the due dates (see the calendar) for this assignment, draft for yourself a schedule for doing your research (and how/where you will research) so that you will have a draft (of at least 3–5 pages) ready on time.
• I will have my paper done well before schedule more than likely. I do all my research in one week then write the paper in two days.  I only have 12 credits this semester as well as to where I had 18 previously. So this semester is a breeze. 

Nick and I are animating a conversation that has already taken place. We are using his animating abilities and my abilities to give words weight for this piece. The conversation we picked was from the court transcripts of the faisal shahzad trial. We have already for a lot of work done on the project and I will be up loading a sample of the work after class tomorrow. 

Responssseee

Anything from the feedback that surprised you?
No to be completely honest. I think that everyone got the message and the point of the work. Some asked for more time with my quote and for a lil more flare but over all everyone got the point. SO I guess that is a lil surprising....

What would you do differently had you had the time?
Just give a few more frames for my quote. I speed read so I judge time differently than most people. I felt there was ample time to get through it. Things happen though.

What more do you want to learn both about flash AND composing writing?
I am still struglling with the bitmap converting for images... As far the writing goes I guess I would like to see some more theory behind these ideas. I think it would help us all have a better grasp about the importance of the works we are creating.

“He manipulated the typographic form, paying close attention to its visual features, spatial distribution, and capacity to organize the text into hierarchical figural order. Anti material though he may have been in his intentions, his means, in this work, suggest the possibilities for a materially investigative practice.”

“Any attempt to deal with”Modern Art” or “Modern Literature” as if the phrases designated any single or unified area of activity would fall immediately prêt to criticism: the study of materiality within modern art and literature can only be sustained on the basis of individual artists. But in spite of the above caveat against just such activity, a few generalities will be sketched here with respect to the attitudes toward visual and literary materiality in modern art practices.”

These two quotes were huge for me. I am a historical nerd when it comes to the creation of art or machinery. Well nerd when it comes to any of those things. I like to have a basis in which to see how something has evolved. That way you can compare the beginning result to its current place in the world. I made a comment the other day on our paper that this class has not really discussed the theory or the history behind creative literature in motion. So having a scope and a lens in which to view the work is important to me. I think it will allow me to be more critical and open minded of my work in the artistic sense.

Outward Bound & Cluster+ Icon
These two poems are similar in the sense that they change the context of a word by changing its physical appearance. In Cluster and Icon we can see two words being created through with the combination of the middle letters. Outward bound is a morphing of letters into a statement. The letters trickle down the page and turn into a whole. There are words and statements in the trickle down but they are hard to see.

The differences are the relationships between the words used. "Concentration and Constellation." "Black and Block." "There is no frigate like a book." There is no direct correlation between Concentration and constellation besides the number of letters and the letters they share. The same could be said for black and block. The sounds they share are also similar. A frigate is a warship, so the statement means there is no warship like a book. Knowledge being power and power deriving from books. So if you going to wage war you need knowledge.

What do you think the person(s) who composed this piece hoped reader/viewers would think or feel or do in response?

What I felt was confusion with the frigate poem. I had trouble understanding what exactly was going on. I had to read it multiple time to understand it as a whole. The trickling down shows how weak letters are apart but when they are whole they have a meaning. In the outward bound piece I just felt mathematically perplexed. I would have never thought of creating a word of that form.

Why do you think the composer(s) of this piece chose not to use a “traditional” approach to putting the piece together?

For the frigate piece I think it was to show the power of the letters and how the produce that power. The second one I am not able to figure out. Maybe it is just to show the beauty and relationship of words within themselves.

What does a reader/viewer need to bring to this piece in order to make a meaningful relationship with it or to read it with some understanding?

Just an open mind. If you keep your mind closed you would not see what is in front of you.

In what contexts does this piece do its work?

Both pieces show a different aspect about how words and letters create beauty. We typically do not view a word as beautiful or as a piece of art. We simply see it as a tool to answer a question of convey knowledge.

What about this piece would you like to hold onto in your own

I like the trickle down I think I may use that on my next piece.