This is the third blog for my Fine Art Degree with the Open College of the Arts: Understanding Visual Culture. Less creating, more reading, thinking, writing. But still with some creating; I intend to link what I learn with some practical shenanigans. I admit to feeling rather nervous about this course; as a mandatory part of my degree pathway it wouldn’t, I admit, be on my list of go-to subjects, but in the Dark Ages (the 1980s) I did a BA (Hons) in Design History, which had many parallels to Visual Culture. I’m looking forward to researching this new subject, and applying all the lovely new knowledge to my practical work.
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Reflections on Part Five, and on the course as a whole.
Feedback took place in the form of a written report. I took my tutor’s advice and revisited the assignment, trimming the history a little and using another example of Nam June Paik to extend the point about participation versus voyeurism. I also trimmed out the section about box-office sales. It was suggested that I look… Read more
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Assignment 5 re-worked: In what ways do Video Installations differ from Cinematic Films? List the physical differences in experience and aesthetic appreciation.
For Clement Greenberg, “art was the polar opposite of mass-produced ‘kitsch’ or popular visual culture (Mirzoeff 2009, p180). This essay will examine both cinema and video installation in terms of popular culture and art, and will use the work of Bruce Nauman to highlight the popular differences in experience. Eadweard Muybridge’s 1878 sequence of a… Read more
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Understanding Visual Culture with the Open College of the Arts 