Video Art: Insomnia

I was really nervous to do this project. I was in fear that I would do it all wrong because I have a lack of video experience and technique. When thinking of a topic to center my video art around, I wanted it to be on an issue that somehow related to me. I thought what better topic than insomnia….it’s finals week. I focused my video on insomnia and the delusions a person would get when going without sleep for long periods of time. Since my video skills aren’t up to par, I tried to make up for it by creating a mix of songs that sounded trippy/delusional to go along with my video. The most difficult part was to try and match the music with what was taking place in the video. Although I wasn’t very good at it, I really enjoyed this project and it really opened my eyes to viewing video as art. This project makes me want to further my understanding and skills with video art, and I definitely want to continue working with it.

Jim Campbell

Jim Campbell has some incredible installations, some of the best I've seen. I think it is so clever the way he uses all of these elements that some artists never even think of. One of his installations made me laugh because I could easily relate to it. Obsessive Compulsion 1988 is an installation of a woman washing her hands for long periods of time, then it shows her in the shower. A couple years ago I went through a stage were I was overly obsessed with washing my hands to the point where my hands became so dry.

Maybe I'm easily ammused, but I think Jim Campbell's works were he captured the shaddows of people walking are absolutely BRILLIANT! I would absolutely love to do something on the lines of that. I love black and white photography but besides that I think it looks cool and I was so amazed with how he actually accomplished it ( by taking a picture, and in the same spot recording those who are moving in the same setting). I love them all! I am going to post some of my favorites below.

Tourists at World Trade Center

Grand Central Station 

Pipilotti Rist

I really like Pipilotti Rist. I think her works of art are really interesting, upbeat, and vibrant. Her pictures where she incorporates body parts into nature are gorgeous. It is entertaining to see how she connects the human body with different aspects of nature.

On the other hand, Im Not The Girl Who Misses Much...is a little bizzarre and repetitive, but you can see that she is comfortable enough with herself to wear a black dress with her breasts revealed as she hops around the screen saying the same thing over and over again. I find her to be a free spirited person just by the style of her pictures and video art.