Evaluation

Evaluation

Before I started my work I had to find some inspiration to then begin my work and hopefully make it slightly different compared to the artist I researched. I did an Essay based on Bruce Nauman, Bill Viola, and Marcel Duchamp. From then on I was able to have an collective amount of research to then start my video installation experiment making it slightly similar but with a few tweaks to make it my own and give it my own signature. In the begin I decided to just have a slow motion Mexican wave with four people. But, shortly I realised that is very common as many people have done it before therefore I decided I should reverse it just like Bill Viola did in his waterfall piece. I then added a distorted transition when the Mexican wave is reversed with a distorted sound effect to add sound and give the audience a bit of a fright. From then on I added a piece which was originally meant to show the difference between happiness and sadness with XXXTentacions song in the background ‘Let’s pretend we’re numb’ just so that the lyrics would match the piece I did. However, I then came to a realisation that although it has a weird green filter and facial expressions which may be seen as weird or creepy the music will distract the audience for them to then wonder about the lyrics and not focus on the video itself therefore I decided to leave it with no sound and make it reverse repetitively so it’ll irritate the audience and make them wonder why I decided to do that. I also had a 3-5second pause which each person’s face (Hosai and I) just so the audience would feel uncomfortable whilst watching it.

After that, I then had a video of me walking through the college sped up, with split screens with both videos going at different speed rates and a ghost effect on both. Just so it would have no meaning and not be something the viewers would often see on day to day bases. I also reversed this as it is not normal for human beings to speed walk whilst walking backwards. My objective was to disturb the eyes of the viewer to then make them have more questions based on my video installation.

I then recorded railing from Northumberland Park train station whilst I was on my way home. Laid each and every video four times and reversed them with no meaning except reversing.

I then added a variety of weird GIFS found from the internet such as, Bart Simpson crying, the queen walking with no eye and no main body but two fingers for legs, a strange person covered it liquid eating their own head and a waterfall. I reversed all these videos and added a distorted sound effect in the background. Firstly, a baby crying to match the lip of Bart crying. Secondly, a distorted sound (over the clip of someone eating their head) with someone whispering through the microphone but people may not be able to understand what the person is being said therefore it’ll give the audience discomfort. I also over lay these videos as well with no pattern whatsoever just to make it even weirder than it originally was.  Ending with a short clip of a waterfall reversed. Just to add the thought of Bill Viola.

My work could be published in theatres/galleries throughout London for example, St Paul’s cathedral (gallery section), Tate Morden and Queens Film theatre.

Media students, Art students and viewers who are interested in Video art may watch video art for their course work or for their own interests.

Throughout this unit, I have learnt that not all videos are seen as normal. By simply just experimenting with different cameras and things that people may sound weird may be seen as a Video installation. Most people often perform video installations every day. By us youths posting random videos with our friendship groups simply having fun with new filters can be seen as an experimental video.