5-1-4 Research Point 1 – Artists who use Text

5-1-4 Research Point 1 – Artists who use Text There are wide and varied examples of artworks that use text, each has a particular intention behind it in terms of what the artist wants to communicate to, or illicit, in the viewer. Investigate the work of at least two of the following artists: Hugo Ball,...

5-1-3 Reading Points – Buck Kahler’s paper

5-1-3        Reading Points – Buck Kahler’s paper You can read about the film director Gus Van Sant’s use of cut-up techniques in Buck Kahler’s paper. Gus Van Sant is an American film-maker, though he has also worked as a photographer, visual artist and painter.  Best known for his experimental movies both independent and mainstream, he...

5-1-2 Exercise 1 – Cut-up Technique

5-1-2        Exercise 1 – Cut-up Technique Take one or more texts, cut them up and randomly select them, develop a series of collaged or painted works. What have a romance novel, a 60 year old engineer reference book and aFodor’s Guide to France have in common?  They have all provided a paragraph for the text...

5-1-1 Working with Words – Research

5-1-1        Working with Words - Research The course notes two links to initiate the research, as noted below.  The first of these has writer Ken Hollings discussing, of which he calls the history and story of a technique and how it went from an avant-garde expression to mainstream.  He talks about the cut-up technique and...