Ambling Around: Commentary

Animating Maurizio Cattelan at the Guggenheim

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This short time-lapse video follows the process of installing Maurizio Cattelan’s exhibition “All” at the Guggenheim in November 2011.

Women in Art and Animation

Posted In | Blog Categories: Documentary, Announcement, Commentary | Site Categories: Art, Books, Films, Short Films
Women Art Revolution
Newly released documentary film !Women Art Revolution

 

A new film and a new book – women in art, women in animation

Warfare As Gaming, Gaming As Warfare

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Post-Newtonianism 04
A still from Josh Bricker's video "Post-Newtonianism"

 

Josh Bricker’s video “Post Newtoniansim” runs real footage warfare (Iraq?) side-by-side with gaming warfare. But the viewer’s response is the real subject of this film.

When Art Lives With Dancing Cats

Posted In | Blog Categories: YouTube, Pop Culture, Op-Ed, Mass Media, Commentary | Site Categories: Art, Films, Internet and Interactive, Short Films

 

Dancing Cats - Go Kitty Go!
A still from Dancing Cats - Go Kitty Go!. Courtesy of YouTube.

 

jb: Are you suggesting that "art" cannot be appreciated as such by the masses that flock to YouYube to get their fix of dancing cats? 

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There's been a lot of response to my last article. This really interesting challenge just arrived in my inbox. In fact, it’s so strong that I’m publishing it in full.

But Is It Art?

Posted In | Blog Categories: YouTube, Op-Ed, Mass Media, Commentary | Site Categories: Art, Films, Internet and Interactive, Technology

 

YouTube
Screen shot from youtube.com

 

Two billion videos are viewed every day on YouTube (YouTube fact sheet). Twenty-four hours of video are uploaded every minute.

Is any of it art? And does it matter?

 

Animation's Star Is Rising In the Art World

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Kantata
A still from the short film Kantata by Maria Lassnig

 

They're calling it a "paradigm shift in contemporary art", "a new sensibility in the art of our time". Galleries and their curators are starting to notice animation. It's been a long time coming.