Jake+Moskowitz

media type="youtube" key="034lntIRi3A" height="315" width="420" align="center" media type="youtube" key="ZfcJpINl9SA" height="315" width="420" align="center" **Project 3: Examples of Unconventional Self Portraits** This work, Sand Saga, by Shana Moulton is a self portrait because it depicts the face and hands of a person. It becomes an unconventional self portrait because the distinguishing characteristics of this person were deleted out so it becomes difficult to determine the identity of this person. Takeshi Murata made this piece entitled No Match, which represents a self portrait because it shows the face of a man. This artwork becomes an unconventional self portrait because this person is depicted above a game show score with game show tiles next to him. **Project 2** In Peter Campus’s //Three Transitions//, the artist used video to create art, which allowed the portrayal of multiple different meanings in this work of art. This artwork contained three different scenes that depicted him walking through a yellow wall, painting to reveal a different face and burning a moving picture of himself. In the scene with the yellow wall, Campus used two cameras that together showed his progression through the wall from both forwards and behind. This chroma-keying technology, along with the technology of film, allowed for his entire progression to be easily tracked. Chroma-keying is a method used to make an image that is a combination of two images. If this work of art was instead made as a painting or over some still medium then only one moment in his action could have been recorded. Again, in the second scene, with a still shot this artwork would make no sense. Under this condition the piece would most likely look like Campus was painting something onto his face. Instead through the use of special effects on the film the viewer is able to notice that in the art Campus was removing parts of the footage of his face to reveal his face below that layer. Also it was easier to understand the concept of this piece when he moved his face on the top layer to see that it did not fit with the lower level. This motion is only possible with film. In the final scene Campus held a pre-recorded image of himself as he burned this image away. Again the use of this filming technology only enhanced the artwork because it became impressive to see a moving image being burned. The use of film also allowed the artist to put himself in his own piece. The art of Campus changing or transforming himself was easier to show with footage and sent a meaning to society that people change. Campus used multiple pieces of footage to illustrate this change. This required one moment being captured in the past while another primary action was occurring for the first time in the present. In conclusion the creation of this film technology opened a new door to better express the intentions of the artist.