ART 420 | Magic + Chance

Theatre within artwork 

Key characteristics:

• Composition 

• Sequence

• Going/ seeing

• Staging

• Presentation 

• Personality 

• Real/ incentive perception 

• Stereotypes 

FILM STILLS : CINDY SHERMAN 

• Male gaze and film/ cinema 

• Black and white 

• Cut at torso 

• Emphasis on shadows 

Giving the image an action, speech, story or emotion.

Without context do they have it?

Or do we give it?

https://www.moma.org/collection/works/89011?artist_id=5392&page=1&sov_referrer=artist

Visuals: 

• What do they show

• What do we get / see / feel?

Spacing, colour, size of background emphasising emotions

E.g. LEFT. Central gap and light colours  elongate the face. 

• Light shadowing features to emphasise emotion.

• How real is a ‘real’ set up of a scene?

•  Changes the situation, it’s happening not HAPPENED 
  

• Is space entitled? Taken or given? Power possessive/ observed. 

• Establishing moments.

• - Snap shot of moment but continued story 

• Matthew Barney 

• Video epic 

With consideration to these characteristics, I worked in a small group to create some atmospheric, story like images.

I find these images to be quite spooky. The first one is concerning due to the visible human characteristics. These almost animate the cone, giving it a sense of being and feeling. In both images the high contrast of the black and white images effectively remove the 'real world' from the scene, replacing it with a mysterious room. Causing the viewer to question the situation, to fill in the missing context with their imagination.