Circulator, video 2002 by Hrafnkell Sigurdsson

Hrafnkell Sigurdsson is a video artist from Iceland.

I wanted to exhibit this video at WHcreation's Gender exhibition. Unfortunately it did not happen, but still I  would like to feature it here. I think it has a strong bold statement about GENDER. The video is not available online, so here is a screen shot. I think it is self explanatory...

artist website:  http://www.hrafnkellsigurdsson.com/cv/index.html

THE ONE AND ONLY - BILL VIOLA

I can not write a blog about art and design which inspires me without featuring my idol, Bill Viola. This video artist needs no introduction. He is internationally recognized as one of today’s leading artists in the field of video art.

In 1994 I was lucky enough to sit at his lecture. Listening to this humble man talk about his process as a video artist, completely changed my view on contemporary art.

I thought it would be interesting to post here a few of his online interviews about his work. It gives a gimps to his thought and work process.

artist website: http://www.billviola.com/index.htm

The Clock, 2010 by Christian Marclay

Duration: 24 hours

a few weeks ago I was fortunate enough to watch a piece of the video art masterpiece The Clock by the American artist Christian Marclay currently based in London.

Produced over the course of two years, Christian Marclay's The Clock combines clips from thousands of films into a 24-hour video collage that also functions as a working clock.

It is so rare to experience an art work and feel you have just witnessed a current masterpiece which will profoundly make its imprint on art history. I will never forget the experience of sitting on the floor in a crowded room watching all the movie bits patched together into a captivating statement about time and western culture.

 artist website:  http://whitecube.com/artists/christian_marclay/

music video | Torgny - Big Day

Dir. Emil Trier / Norway / 2010
I find it very refreshing to watch a music video which is also an independent creation. This is video is actually a short film about bored schoolgirls experiences during one day. It is confronting, thought provoking, and beautiful at the same time. For a moment it is not clear if the music was done for the video or the other way around.

Human interaction in the LIFT (2001) by Marc Isaac

A Brilliant video I came across in the Future Short channel on youtube. Filmmaker Marc Isaacs sets himself up in a London tower block lift. The residents come to trust him and reveal the things that matter to them creating a humorous and moving portrait of a vertical community.

WHcreation | the new GENDER exhibition and a new call for entries

Take a look at the new WHcreation featuring original artistic interpretations to the question:

WHat is your gender?

Please check out the exhibition at: http://www.whcreation.org/

The artists featured in the exhibitions are (by the order they appear on the site):

Adi Nes > photography, Seda Manavoglu > photography, Nitsan Hammerman > painting, Maor Zabar > mixed media, Michal Chelbin > photography, Guy Goldstein > drawing , Shachaf Yaron > video, Nir Arieli > photography, Eirún Sigurðardóttir > performance, Paola Zakimi > mixed media, Ariela Shavid > photography, Aya Rosen > drawing, Lilac Madar > photo collage, Maya Attoun > installation, Mushon Zer-Aviv & Guy Saggee > vector drawing, Hadas Reshef > photography, Hila Lulu Lin > artist book, Lee Yanor > video, Jamal Penjweny > photography, YONIL > T-shirt design, Miri Davidovitz > photography, Tova Lotan > acrylic on plywood, Hemy Bar-Or > drawing, Anders Weberg > video and sound, Rivka Potchebutzky > mixed media, Jason De Graaf > painting, Barbara Bashlow Gross > painting, De Kalo Mali > photography, Dr. Shlomo Lee Abrahmov > photography, Keren Yeala-Golan > video, Sheffy Bleier > photography, Yoel Gilinsky > painting, Daniel Dover > graffiti, Tal Shochat > photography, Refael Salem > painting, Shimon Lev > photography, Eran Zur > sound

WH on YouTube

WHcreation opened a channel on YouTube to promote a video-discussion on the issue of gender. Click on the link and watch the videos and add videos you feel are right for the discussion. These videos are NOT part of the exhibition.

This is a video still from the video I present in the exhibition: Becoming 2008

WHcreation has a new call for entries:

WHAT IS RELIGION?

Please send a personal creative interpretation

Including: painting, drawing, photography, sculpture, instillation, video art, performance, installation, design, architecture, commix, illustration, animation, graphic art, and sound.

Entries may originate from any country.

Please email us up to 4 artworks per artist to MyWork@WHcreation.org

Images @ 72 DPI, file size not larger than 600 klb

Videos and animations, should be up to 3 minutes

Each submission should include: name of work (or indicate untitled), name of artist, email address, website address and text of up to 10 sentences that tell the story behind each work.

Submission of entries acknowledges the right of WHcreation to use them for publication and exhibition.

Dead line for next issue: 1.4.2010

Only accepted entries will be notified.

Good luck

STOP MOTION VIDEO

In the past few years we have seen another “old school” trend returning – the frame by frame videos, now called STOP MOTION. In the age of Avatar 3D movie and Pixar computer animated films, it is nice to see some old fashioned frame by frame action. Although it can very easily fall in the trap of fashion victim or an easy solution, it can still be an impressive video as long as it is clearly serving and emphasizing the concept of the video and showing off the great effort behind the actual making of the video.

Here are some great examples that will WOW you for sure:

ME by Ahree Lee. She has taken a picture of herself everyday for 3 years and put it together in a video showing the days fly by at roughly a week per second, blending together to make a new image that transforms over time.

http://www.ahreelee.com/film/me.html

COMBO a collaborative animation by Blu and David Ellis.

http://vimeo.com/6555161

DEADLINE by Bang-yao Liu. This is his senior project. A stop motion made from Post-It notes, shows how he struggles with ideas just before the deadline.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BpWM0FNPZSs&feature=related

Two music videos:

HER MORNING ELEGANCE by Oren Lavie, Yuval & Merav Nathan

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2_HXUhShhmY

AUTUMN STORY by Yanni Kronenberg and Lucinda Schreiber

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6gvOVWKKxmo