BIG BANG BIG BOOM - the new wall-painted animation by BLU

Source: Youtube 2011, 'Big Bang Big Boom', Blu, 2010, viewed 20 August, 2011,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sMoKcsN8wM8

Minilogue - Hitchhiker's Choice

Source: Youtube 2011, 'Animals', Minilogue, 2009 viewed 20 August, 2011,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p8_OX0ItynE&feature=related


I've made a short stop motion animation so I thought I'd better put a few examples up of stuff I have seen in the past. This is a great little animation, "weird animals, musical motifs and strange devices are quickly inked on paper and just as quickly disappear, whether by morphing into other shapes, being absorbed into the page or just being completely erased". (Minilogue 2009)

Its heaps of fun to watch and very clever. The way the artists hand interacts with the moving image is interesting too.

Minilogue - Hitchhiker's Choice

Source: Youtube 2011, 'Animals', Minilogue, 2009 viewed 20 August, 2011,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p8_OX0ItynE&feature=related


I've made a short stop motion animation so I thought I'd better put a few examples up of stuff I have seen in the past. This is a great little animation, "weird animals, musical motifs and strange devices are quickly inked on paper and just as quickly disappear, whether by morphing into other shapes, being absorbed into the page or just being completely erased". (Minilogue 2009)

Its heaps of fun to watch and very clever. The way the artists hand interacts with the moving image is interesting too.

1987 Dailymotion - Fischli Weiss - The Way Things Go - a Arts video.

Youtube 2011, '1987, Fischli Weiss - The Way Things Go', viewed August 15, 2011,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fzQvLFSMlSg&feature=related


I talked to James today and there was a feeling that I need to bring more of the studio to life in my identity. Bring the characters who work in there out in my work. The videos are one aspect of it but I need to make the studio the focus of all of my work. I am possibly missing the mark by creating an identity that looks to much like a spray can or a bmx poster.

I can see where he is coming from. He suggested looking at this film by Fischili and Weiss. Called 'The Way Things Go', it deconstructs everyday items and turns them into art. This is an ongoing theme in their work and was the basis for a Honda ad where the car is deconstructed and the various parts work together to make a complete car roll out onto the stage.

So the concept for the Rage Cage project then is to create something that will bring all the aspects of the studio together and bring out the personalities of the artists who work there. This could come in the form of stop motion animation. Illustrative animation. Photo montage or video montage. Bring the studio to life I suppose.

The outcome of this will hopefully be a title sequence and identity that then go on to inform every other aspect of the project.

Back to the drawing board!!

Below is the Honda advertisement that was influenced by Fischili and Weiss's 'The Way Things Go'.




Source: Youtube 2011, 'Honda Ad', viewed 15 August, 2011,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g2VCfOC69jc

@lushsux from Zonk Vision on Vimeo.

Vimeo 2011, '@lushsux' viewed August 15, 2011,
http://vimeo.com/25957019

LUSH SUX from Joshua Blank on Vimeo.

Vimeo 2011, 'Lush Sux', viewed August 15, 2011,
http://vimeo.com/27282008

Tom Ohern recommended I view the artist Lush. I have watched a few of his short movies and they are all based around tacky, sexist, lo grade humour and naked chicks. I can see why Tom likes it because he does a lot of this kind of stuff too. He constantly draws penises and makes lewd statements on walls. Its low-fi graffiti and it get a reaction out of people. Its a little in joke that not everyone will find funny but if you get the punchline its 'fuckin' hilarious!!

No great camera work on these two videos. Just chicks with their tops out doing 'crap' graffiti. Raw, slightly perverse, fun stuff.

Barry McGee

VBS T.V. 2011, 'Barry McGee', viewed August 15, 2011,
http://www.vbs.tv/watch/art-talk/barry-mcgee

This is another video Tom O'Hern put me onto. I can see why. The interview is conducted between two cartoon characters, one speaking Spanish, while video footage plays in the background. Its quirky, fun and at the same time manages to tell a story about the artists work. There are lots of strange cuts, minimalist computerised synth music. Its a great non-conventional interview. I can see why Tom would have wanted me to see this. Its right up his alley.

David Choe

Source: Youtube 2011, 'David Choe- Dirty Hands', viewed 15 August, 2011,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xS7wfeeeM8I


Today I'm following up the artists that Tom O'Hern suggested I look into. I'm still building a visual picture of his influences in my mind so I can better relate to him and make a video that reflects him as an artist.

This is of American artist David Choe. The film is fast paced and frantic and shows off the life and art of someone who is has a big personality. He seems spontanious in his art making and the way the video is shot reflects this with its fast cutting and the music that switches between heavy metal and opera. There are also moments that suprise the viewer where he talks about how being jailed changed his life.

Its poorly shot (Or poorly uploaded onto youtube), but the narrative and the imagery fit well together to paint a portrait of a guy that just wants to create chaos.