Hyper-real Robots

Hyper Real Robots are developing at a rapid pace which is unnerving considering all of the implications. They are apparently able to replace receptionists, workers, and even sex dolls. It's creepy to imagine that a person would ever have sexual relations with a robot, I feel like that promotes awful vices. Even more, it's already an issue that unemployment is on the rise and adding robots that will replace working people. 

Skirllex - First of the Year
Under the music section, this song was listed as a link to check out. Dubstep has taken over the radio and has made the top 100 consistently lately. Whether it's skrillex, Steve Aoki, etc., it is making waves on the radio. Dubstep has a wonderful way of engaging the listener and it is great pump up music. Usually, I listen to dubstep to work out because of the positive, fun, upbeat nature of the music.

This is incredibly interesting because the March Madness Tournament did this exact same thing. I was watching the tournament and before the players came out, the court was used as a platform to play a projected video. The designers took advantage of this extremely interesting opportunity and created a projection that made the wooden floor look like it was crumbling. It was so realistic that I wasn't sure if it was a video imposed on the floor via the television programming or if it was actually a projected image directly on the court.

This is the 3D mapping dance performance Porsche Maan. The entire video was visually engaging. The use of lights of and bright colors captures the audiences attention and truly keeps the viewer engaged throughout the video. It's easy to get side tracked while watching a video, but this video art doesn't suffer from this problem.

Jim Campbell

Jim Campbell is listed as an artist under video art. I clicked the link and was pleasantly surprised at the quality of the artwork. He has a consistent theme of 'futuristic' similar to the Andy Warhol art piece of the floppy disk. However, he accomplishes this task by using silvers, blurry images, and bright colors. It gives off a futuristic theme and ensures a consistent theme.

Before we were assigned our performance art video, we were shown this in order to deter us from falling into this same trap. This is an extremely uncomfortable video and I'm not sure what the woman was thinking. I don't understand how dancing on butter can be considered performance art, but to each their own. I made sure to steer clear of doing something similar to this to avoid becoming a viral video on youtube that everyone made fun of.

Marina Abramovic Performance Art

Marina Abramovic is a well known performance artist and her video of her sitting in a chair silently while allowing any viewers to sit across from her. It is a powerful performance considering her husband that she hadn't seen in years. They were confined to silence, but they were expressing all of their intense emotions on their faces and it was a magical moment. The onlookers could see that something magnificent was taking place before them even though they had no idea what the circumstances were.