1. Define the 17th century 'Scientific Revolution', and say how it changed European thought and world view.
Scientific Revolution which flourished all around Europe during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries was a major movement which greatly challenged the way in which the Europeans thought and viewed the world that they were in. It was a huge move away from the thoughts and beliefs of the Church. The period of exploration encouraged new
Scientific revolution was, not only a movement which was associated with natural science and technological change/ development, in fact it was more about the series of changes in the structure of European thought itself: systematic doubt, empirical and sensory verification
2. Give examples of how we can we still see evidence of the 'Scientific Revolution' in the world today.
We are surrounded by 'scientific revolution' everyday. The world that we are living in is still developing
Research Pipilotti Rist's video installations to answer the following:
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| Ever is all over 2007 |
3. From your research, do you think that the contemporary art world values art work
that uses new media/technology over traditional media?
I think theres pros and cons to the both sides: but personally I think it is important to keep traditional media because after all, everything springs off from somewhere (base), and it is quite crucial that the base/ foundation is well established before anything else can be made.
4. How has Pipilotti Rist used new media/technology to enhance the audience's experience of her work.
Pipilotti incorporates the use of bright vivid colours in her work to drag attention of the viewer.
This is shown in her work 'Hero's of Birth' as she uses LCD triptych to display two colourful large scale video projection works.
5. Comment on how the installation, sound and scale of 'Ever is Over All' (1997) could impact on the audience's experience of the work.
Ever is Over All is constructed in a way that two slow-motioned clips are merged together without any boundaries in between. One side of the clip shows a woman in a flowing dress strolling down the street to a gentle soundtrack. She's holding on to a flower ,'Red Hot Poker', in her hand like a weapon, and smashes down the glasses of the car window as she pass by. The smashing sound somewhat alarms the audience from middle of the peaceful mood.
The other side shows a peaceful field (contrasts greatly with the first clip) filled with the exotic
flowers (Red Hot Poker). The scale of the work is almost the double the life-size, therefore it makes the audience to be completely surrounded by the work,enabling the audience to interact with the environment of the video cilp.
6. Comment on the notion of 'reason' within the content of the video. Is the woman's behaviour reasonable or unreasonable?
Certainly unreasonable. The woman's behavior is something that is quite hard to be understood by the community/ society now, because the action that she's taking is outside the boundaries; it's illegal. This is quite ironical at the same time because the police woman who appears in the video clip does not stop the woman from making these actions.
7. Comment on your 'reading' (understanding) of the work by discussion the aesthetic (look), experience and the ideologies (ideas, theories) of the work.
The woman in this video almost looks like a child - conveying characteristics such as youth, naivety, innocence. Its even resembling the Dorothy with her blue gown on her journey to wizard of Oz; Pipilotti Rist strays far enough from reality to explore the fantastical, dream-like experience.
The woman is consistently smiling throughout the clip which does not match with her violent action; it makes us to think about 'can violence enacted with a sweet smile be more easily forgiven?'. Police woman does not charge the woman anything for smashing down the cars, instead, they both just gently smile and greets.
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