Participative Systems Reading

1)Can we generalize the term "participation" when dealing with art because I noticed that they are giving many aspects other than the definition itself? I would rather think of participative media as a vague definition.
2) Since the terms collaboration and and interaction are very paired with participation throughout the reading, I'm wondering if there is any clear difference between the three. In the beginning the author states that these three terms are not good unless there are purpose, creativity, and other things behind it.

YouTube Mix Project

Initially, I wanted to do my project on expression through dancing,  but there werent many videos that I've recorded with dances. Instead I made it about "Expression" through many different forms. It can be done through art, dancing, facial movement, speech, etc. There were videos that I absolutely fell in love with such as the laughing babies and the drill team performance. Others made me laugh such as the news reporters throwing tantrums and our previous project where we had to remake a video. Instead of using another dance video I had recorded, I used another previous project we did which was the animation because I felt that it expressed where I wanted to be later on in life (island trees, forests, hills, butterflies, and excluding the death of the butterfly, flood, and thunderstorm. Other than that, I felt that all of these videos displayed my concept pretty well and i changed my background to red roses, but it got lost when I sent it to Clent so the background on the digital media site is pretty boring. I created the drill team video, the jeremy blake video, and the animation the video. he laughing babies and angry news reporters video are from YouTube.

http://www.unr.edu/art/digital_media/projects-2012/Fantasia_Bolden.html

Manovich Reading

1) How can one steer away from confusing the old media with the new media if the listed characteristics aren't so visible in certain forms of artwork?
2) How can one stray from the "norm" that Fredrick describes as a place where people share an ideal image, when creating new media?

My Intervention

So far I wanted to create a more humorous, yet serious matter. More and more kids are starting to be influenced my their peers and it;s no secret. I chose to do marijuana mostly because it is very popular and common drug used in America. There's really no way of getting rid of it. It's as famous as McDonald's!

Tactical Media Reading Questions

1) I noticed that the reading frequently mentioned artists trying to create new media without replicating other historical forms of media. How does one adhere to the previous artists' definition of media while trying to still change it in some way,shape, or form?

2) There were a few projects mentioned and some happened to be pursuasive, others were made to be mechanical, and some that wasn't too clear in conception. How are we able to sketch out the purpose of one's work?

Jeremy Blake: Century 21 Video Remake

Jeremy Blake: Century 21 Original Video-

http://www.ubu.com/film/blake_century-21.html

Artist Statement: My intensions for this video were to make it funny and experimental. When I had first seen Jeremy Blake's "Century 21", my first thought is that it sounded creepy & illusional. I didn't want to make my video too serious so instead I used characters that I knew had humor (My mom, my little brother, and I). It's supposed to be about a very weird woman who despises another woman and her child.  She hires someone to kill them, but during her wait she paces back & forth. She becomes so bored as she waits, that she begins playing with her walk (walking on her toes). A neighbor comes to inform the family, but it seems like noone is listening, but the little boy. Finally the murder is done, and this weird woman is now satisfied. Instead of doing a "victory dance", she ends her trademark with a smile and "Austin Power's" pinky to her face. I loved playing with all of the transitions in the video.

Article Reading 2: Video Art

1) How do modern artists today conceptualize differently from past video artists? 2) Some video artists were originally engineers or painters such as Ed Emshwiller. How might these other careers they've taken influence or emphasize their career in video art?