Here are the videos i used in one of my instillation tests, the first one was about dizziness, my theme was going to be madness as I believed they link well.

The second one was to show the madness in doing nothing or feeling like the screen is lagging.

however with time I found the images too dull, they were very similar as they were in one place and with the same character

This was the result of rushing to have a finished piece however once I had finished it I felt it was severely lacking, so instead I used it as a learning curve, I learnt how to merge videos, speed up and slow down from this which are all useful things to lead me to my real final piece

Though I do like the big reveal on the eyes as the video behind had eyes near the same level, it gave an wary effect that fits in with madness.

I had people sit on chairs looking at the ceiling, I then spun the chairs and made them try to walk down the hallway, I could fit this into madness because or the dizziness and confusion as well as the inability to walk in a straight line, i.e life is hard

I decided too try and dull the colours by tinting the video clips a brown colour so it looked old fashioned, to try and fit the music some were darker to show the harshness, the darker clip was actually an accident when recording, someone who had just been spun ran into the radiator before dramatically sliding to the floor so I decided to keep it in for this one, to show that the dizziness is not good.

the dramatic music in the background is from a game called amnesia the dark descent but played slower and backwards

This is my final video, it has a lot of changes from its first one. with a happier feel to it than before, no colour tints this time to show off the vibrant colours.

This one still fits in with madness because they know how they will feel after being spun, the dizzy nauseousness, but yet they still go through with it like a drug almost. 

The sounds playing are the laughter recorded while they were being spun or when they were walking, this is to test the theory that laughing is infectious, when you hear someone laugh you are more likely to laugh with them, however the sounds are not from the clip they are playing along, they have all been mixed up so some guys have girls laughing and some girls have guys laughing because I find that funnier.  

I do like this video and am proud of it however I think I could improve next time by recording in a more open space like outside or in a field and record more sounds to be played in the background of the video, but i think i did well in trimming, placement and variation.

Installation placements

Me and my friend Becky have been experimenting with installation placement,  to test weather or not our ideas were possible or interesting to look at. 

Projecting on a corner

It did give a nice effect, however it want as well thought out to be anything cleaver or interesting to look at, so we will keep this idea as a back up incase our actual plan does not work as intended.

Here is an example of projecting onto a textured surface i.e. me, however it did not give the effect we wanted either, that and it would be a pain for whoever it would be to stand (or sit) for long periods of time, there fore it is the least practical experiment we have done so far... 

We tried this with a christmas tree to test again with texts, though we could not make out what the video was playing it did make a nice effect, so next would be to test it on something textured but just one colour like white or black, perhaps a dress or a chair which should distort the actual video.

Update; We found that the tree caused an unusual distortion to the video, blocking a part of it, or separating the video, it is an interesting effect and i definitely think that we could use this if our origional idea doesn't work or just as a side idea, who knows we may look back and decide this idea is better than the original we must wait and see.

This is our test on just a blank wall or folding door.

Here is it projected onto a computer screen, this was a fail as the smooth surface was too much for the bright light.

Review in video art; Bill Viola

Silent life

Bill Viola has said that he had gotten this inspiration from the look on the newborns faces as they see light for the first time, and the thought that even though they see what we see, they do not know what they see because that is something to be learnt.

The Crossing

The Creator talked about how he and his brother and uncle went swimming, wearing rubber floats around their waist for safety, his brother jumped in and stayed a float without any trouble, however when he tried to dive in he slipped out of his float and sank to the bottom, and for a long time he would just stare up at the surface, unafraid, he said how beautiful it all was, he didn't even notice he was drowning until after a large hand reached out and grabbed his chest and pulled him out of the surface leaving him in a state of confusion.

Installation placement Ideas

In my Team of 2, me and Becky have looked at projecting our Video onto walls, ceilings, Windows and stairs, but they weren't quite the effect we wanted. What we have come up with is either projecting onto the floor so when people walk down the hall it will be the first thing they see, or to project it onto something that will distort its appearance, for example the dresses in reception or the side of a filing cabinet. We also could project the video installation in a corner too, because it would create a different atmosphere. Surround sound speakers would be a great idea because then you'd get the sound from the video, also you'd place the speakers either near the actual installation or behind where the people are standing so the sound will be coming from behind them.

Video art researches

Music Videos

Even though the video is mainly centered on a single clip, the filters used for static and such keep it looking busy and eye catching, the writer of the song did his research on the ever popular game, Five nights at Freddy's- which is a horror category game.

Rude humour, the title does not lie but there may be odd twists!
flashy and lots of different environments and lightings.

Here are some comments by viewers on youtube!

Media Museum Bradford

I visited the media museum in Bradford as well as checking out the university, which i am very interested in at the moment, even though it did not have my ideal course, it did have something more to my liking, a Gaming Graphics course.

At the museum there were lots to see and such little time, what i managed to capture were these old videos, almost robotic in movement so i can only guess it was using some sort of stop motion, putting images together to make a video effect, these may be some of the first videos of their kind, considering most before were mainly just flip books, I tried looking up dates but it would seem that picture films only really started 1900, with Enchanted Drawings, which was the first entirely animated film, Motion pictures starting 1890

Saddly, I could not find any videos of these on youtube :c

In one of the floors of the museum there were different arcade games and even a few old console games, I felt they were pretty much interactive installations and of course had to try a few, the phot's arent the best quality, I am very sorry.

Using a microsoft kinect to show movement as light particles, the camera scans the room, anyone who walks in front of the sensor will be shown with those colourful spots to indicate  their presence, not only dots, they seemed to be different effects after a while, however i could only capture this one in the short time i had.

Richard England is the designer who produced this kinect experiment demonstrating a variety of effects.

Even though this shows nothing along the lines of video art I did want to add this into my post because not only do I find it fascinating, but also it promotes looking for the bigger picture, yes the skull looked good but what does it mean? "I'M THE CREEPER: CATCH ME IF YOU CAN"

I thought getting a few images of this installation in one of the first rooms of the museum was a great idea, each TV screen was showing a viral video that would change every-time one has finished, it was an interesting set up for me because of the different appearing shapes, when they are all the same size, just in different positions, an incomplete tetris .

A wall of tiny images, the colours intreged me enough to go check it out and i was not disappointed.

These are images of the only surviving Wallace and Gromit scenes, Aardman Animations won an oscar for the film "wrong trousers", it is the last survive set because of a devastating fire that destroyed 30 years of work, this piece survived because it was no in the building of Aardman Animations.

I personally love the Wallace and Gromit series, as well as chicken run and creature comforts, they have always managed to put a smile on my face, from the quirky characters to the effort put in to making them move, frame by frame.

A video of a Phenakistoscope, a disk with a series of images along the outter side, you look through a small square and watch as the images change, the faster you spin the more fluid it appears, this is an illusion.

Video installation +1

Video installations are modern forms of art that combine technology with art which is aimed at changing the perception of the space for the viewer.

Wolf Vostell

I personally am not very interested by wolfs work in the way I would use his effects, however the creepy feel is there which I like, from the silence and the bold images that may take a moment to register in your mind, I think it would be a great installation if it were on multiple screens instead of just a video (it may be that it already is but this is all I have seen so far). 

 Marsia Alexander-Clarke

I do like the effect she has made with her installation, the echo's in sound to create music from single letters or words, the dragging effect of the videos within is also an interesting effect as they cross my screen.

Pipilotti Rist

I found Pipilotti Risk's installation to be very interesting, pressing her face against the screen as that forcing us to see, I believe the video is about bullying

Sterling Silver

A very dramatic art installation of slow motion glitter falling and flying from the drum

I like the use of the glitter because of how it reflects the light, the colour of them are red and appears to be blood as  it falls and dances from the beat.

There were not many commenters but this one i felt was necessary to include.

Clown Torture - Bruce Nauman

A strange array of screens showing clips of clowns, standing, sitting, it is hard to tell if the clowns are torturing us or the other way around.

preformance olivier de sagazan 2008

9 minutes of surrealism at its finest, the use of clay and paint confused my eyes and made his become some of the strangest things I have ever seen.

Fabbrica Europa 2013

It was very unusual and I did debate to myself wether or not to finish watching it, however once it drew its end it all sort of made sense in a way, it showed the slow birth, the long lasting life and energy before the slow demise in a pool of blood.

The viewers on youtube were not entirely impressed, these were the only ones I felt were needed to add to this, one neutral? and one negative.

Tall Painting

Different pots of paint being poured onto a rectangle sculpture, the paints, instead of blending, stay their true colours, only push away the colours that are in the way.

The ables and speed changes make it interesting to watch.

HelloDenizen

These videos are from the youtube channel HelloDenizen, creatively made, i could hardly take my eyes of them

Clear beautiful video clips, the title was not fooling, the music was well suited for the whole thing, the outfits did make these dogs a lot less frightening.

good use of lighting and slow-motion.

 

It is so interesting seeing the tiny meals being made for these animals, the music was one again a good fit. lighting was excellent and the transaction between one scene and the next is easy to keep up with, suitable for all ages and is still a joy for me to see(:

Film Research

Nam June Paik - Global groove - 1973

There is very little narrative however it seems to be about a celebration about the channels of tomorrow, the limitless amount of things to watch on the television in the narrators words 'TV guides will be as fat as the manhattan phone book'. lots of music

Overlapping of videos and colour changes, from dancing people to dancing abstract versions, that are just colours.

Peter campus - Three transitions - 2008

A man walking through a sheet of paper, seemingly a parallel version of himself comes back through, the next clip was the same man painting himself into a mirror, reflecting his own face through, no music and no narration, from my guess the whole video was about escaping yourself, finding yourself, and destruction of yourself, as the last clip was the same man, burning a mirror of himself.

I quite liked the creativeness, however without sound i found it dull, becoming easily distracted from it.

Bruce Nauman - Art Make-up - 1967

Is basically a man painting himself, when he is done he sits, not looking to the camera, scratching or rubbing himself, i do not think their is much of a hidden meaning unless it was 'blending in' or 'standing out' from society.

I was not that impressed, though i did watch carefully i was expecting something a little busier, the droning sound was not for me either.