John Roach

The Diving Bell and the Butterfly

The idea of point of view comes up frequently in this class. How is this depicted in different kinds of…

Posted on: April 22, 2014
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Brian Williams Raps “Gin and Juice” by Snoop Dog

Created for the Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jidziKYG9jk

Posted on: April 22, 2014
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Daniel Canogar – Small Data

http://vimeo.com/90873466 Based in Spain, Canogar is renowned internationally for his use of discarded electronic materials in his photography, video, sculpture…

Posted on: April 19, 2014
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Greg Climer – Quilts

This series of quilts inverts the traditional methodology for quilt construction. Instead of finding pieces of fabric, working with remnants…

Posted on: April 18, 2014
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Moveable Type – Ben Rubin and Mark Hansen

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WfZQf1983iw The words flash out and then fade, like something from the cut-up prose of William S. Burroughs or the…

Posted on: April 18, 2014
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The Honeycomb Vase – Tomás Libertíny

The 'Honeycomb Vase' by Tomas Gabzdil Libertiny debuted in Milan last year as part of Droog's exhibition. The vase is…

Posted on: April 18, 2014
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Sketch Furniture – Front Design

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8zP1em1dg5k' Is it possible to let a first sketch become an object, to design directly onto space? The four FRONT…

Posted on: April 18, 2014
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Cindy Sherman – History Portraits

Sherman’s history portraits (1988–90) investigate modes of representation in art history and the relationship between painter and model. These classically…

Posted on: April 17, 2014
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Janet Cardiff – Sound Walk – Her Long Black Hair

Her Long Black Hair takes each listener on a winding, mysterious journey through Central Park’s 19th-century pathways, retracing the footsteps…

Posted on: April 17, 2014
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9IrqXiqgQBo Live-Taped Video Corridor, 1970. Wallboard, video camera, two video monitors, videotape player, and videotape, dimensions variable, approximately: (ceiling height)…

Posted on: April 17, 2014
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Richard Serra – Sculpture

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GAQ9KyxDYUY http://www.gagosian.com/exhibitions/richard-serra--october-26-2013-2

Posted on: April 17, 2014
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Richard Serra – Films

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fVHcSXPfb_M Hand and Process Series (1968) Hand Catching Lead, de Richard Serra, 1968, 3' Hands Scraping, de Richard Serra, 1968,…

Posted on: April 17, 2014
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A guide to some open works references

The goal of the Open Works project is to reflect on different ideas about time that we have explored and…

Posted on: April 16, 2014
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Gary Hill – Viewer and Other Works

Viewer (1996) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ecS_cgoH6MI Here's Gary Hill discusses his work Viewer (1996) Wall Piece (2000) A description can be found here…

Posted on: April 15, 2014
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Show Studio – Anechoic – The Sound of Clothes

Anechoic is a 'collections story' that uses sound instead of visuals to interpret the essence of key garments from the…

Posted on: April 15, 2014
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Gyorgi Ligeti – Poeme Symphonique For 100 Metronomes

The Hungarian composer György Ligeti composed Poème Symphonique for 100 Metronomes in 1962, during his brief acquaintance with the Fluxus…

Posted on: April 15, 2014
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Robert Smithson – Spiral Jetty

Beginning in the 1960s, a number of American artists, including Walter De Maria, Michael Heizer, Nancy Holt, and Robert Smithson,…

Posted on: April 15, 2014
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Monet – Haystacks

If one focus on our Open Works project is the idea of interactivity, of intentionally giving some of the power…

Posted on: April 15, 2014
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Olafur Eliasson

Danish-Icelandic artist Olafur Eliasson (born 1967) is curious about how we perceive the world: How do our thoughts, feelings, and…

Posted on: April 15, 2014
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Hans Op de Beeck

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zxplzeHnTtw 'Staging Silence' is based around abstract, archetypal settings that lingered in the memory of the artist as the common…

Posted on: April 11, 2014
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