Time Based, Action and Wearable Art

This lecture was a combination of 3 different subjects, but they have ongoing link.

Time based art is usually controlled through media- film, video, photography. It's a modern contribution to "art". Through time based art, artists are able to cross boundaries they couldn't before. Recording events, and distorting them. It's easy to change the atmosphere of time, through using a mediation. A photograph often looks very different on paper, than at the time itself. Aswell as time itself being involved in the meaning of this artform, it's also about the time it takes to witness the artpieces, so a time period or a journey needs to occur to understand the work.

Tony Oursler, uses media art to communicate strong and personal messages. He's been building on this for over 30 years, you could perhaps consider him as one of the inventors. He concentrates on using instillations in his work, then media as a way of recording. 'I get angry quickly' is one of them.

This use of portraying an artfrom, isn't one I'm particually interested in, and I don't think it has a strong link, or potential link with textile art. However it's contemporary feel and approach perhaps can, as Tony Oursler uses media to portray his thoughts, which many textile artists do, but through fibre.

We were then introduced to guerilla art. Like time based art, guerilla art is about breaking limitations and creating the unexpected. Quite often it can break through limitations such as the law. Guerilla can be translated through lots of things, grafitti, leaflets, posters, clothing. Street art can be a part of this. Guerilla art seems very mysterious, and secretive, as the creators are nearly always unknown. I think this makes it quite scarey.

'Blast Theory', 'Can you see me now' is a networking game, controlled by the GPS system. The online game is newly developed, and is being developed further still to reach a high level of interaction with technology. It's like online or video game, but brought to life, on location and not on a screen. This is considered guerilla art because the players uses satelite and GPS systems not legally open to them.

While that is for fun, some guerilla artists have important issues they want to address. The Guerilla girls protest feminine issues. Ironically these girls wear gorilla masks as their trademark. They've been known to create pointient billboards using graphic style artwork to share their issues.

Grafitti artist, Banksy, could be considered part of the same movement. Grafitti itself is seen as defacing, and sometimes destroying. However it can be seen as art to some viewers. Banksy seems to have become a legend before his time. What seems to exite people, is his mystery. Regardless to his creative talent, it's fascinating how he manages to create these grafitti works, in such public areas, so secretivly. I have looked at Banksy's work in my own research for photography as I am interested in layers in bricks, pavements and walls.

Lastly and briefly I was introduced to wearable technology. I didn't quite understand what was meant or implied by this term, but I've percieved as being gadget like. Wearable technology is the latest current version of technology, starting from the beginning of computer technology where maniframes used, right up until it being integrated into our clothing.

After witnessing a perception of the 'Top 21 Wearable Technologies' it became obvious that these garments have been put in place for our convenience, not our needs. It seems to be more a a design feature, rather than art work? I dont think that wearable technology necessarily means modern and limited. Things we take for grantid like; glasses, hearing aids, pedometers could be considered. Technology is developing every day though, and the "latest" wearable technology will constantly change, just as phases do.