Wednesday, August 12, 2009

Weekly Research

This week I'm focusing on a couple books that sounds interesting regarding multimedia installation, site-specific art, and realist comics.
Research!

The first is a book by Nick Kaye, called Multimedia: Video Installation Performance. Haven't gotten through all of it yet, but it looks very promising.

I like this (taken from the back cover):
The book sets out key themes and concerns in multi-media practice, addressing Time, Space, the resurgence of ephemerality, liveness, and 'aura.'

Cool!

The second is by Miwon Kwon, titled One Place After Another: Site Specific Art and Locational Identity.

This one just came in the mail TODAY, so more on that soon...

Lastly, referred to from by bro, Robin, were some realist comics by Adrian Tomine. I bought the whole series called 32 Stories.

I've read four of the comics today. They are VERY short and VERY smart. I was interested in how other artists draw from the everyday and what they make from it. I'm also interested in the comic book/graphic novel aesthetic-- kinda gritty, hand-made, raw, real, black and white, sketchy, etc.

SO- that's it for today. Love to hear comments/questions/ideas!

3 comments:

  1. Can I please be your roadie on your multi-media installations?

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  2. Whoa. Looks interesting. Looked up aura and wow what a word.
    http://www.answers.com/topic/aura

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  3. Hey cool! I'm glad you're digging Adrian Tomine.

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