video commentary

I really enjoyed the first video we saw in class called "Focus". It reminded me of my experience of how I've perceived art and learned about art from elementary to now. The knowledge that you learned within art theory and from art assignments was structured, that is how I can relate to how the video switched to simple and easier to focus with the 2 video showing at the end. That to me was conventional in how I learned and was aware of art, through museums and theory. But as I have gone through my years here, my knowledge and perception of art isn't as narrowed and rather it is imploded and changing each time with new things that I learn and become aware of seeing, once I am a viewer and observer at the same time. To me that video examplified that and the way we see and perceive of art and technology in general even media, change and meaning goes hand in hand and it's always static. The 4 videos with the audio demonstrated that bombardment and implosion of new knowledge and media and perception whether in school or from everyday experiences. 

The next video we saw in class, "A Lesson in Entertainment and Consumer", I really thought that the audio was the integral part to the video because it emphasized the contrasts of the images of consumerism that is a part of our everyday life from the past till now. I liked how the audio was carefree to me in a way and really was fun, but I think as other people mentioned that it suited the dumb down of consumers buying products and advertisements. Although you can't really escape it, the audio brought your attention to that and at the same time be critical, which we really miss because we are so immersed into it and not being aware. Also the audio really connected to images that one can find dear to them, like Spiderman, Pac-man, etc. It really was effective in the transitions between cartoon images to quick flashes of reality. It definitely made me realize that how much of those images that we are dear to are so familiar and that we are really immersed into consumer culture.