I love art 21 videos. :D i really liked the first video because when she was at the beach it looked like she was walking on water. the 2nd video was really interesting because the human head was losing its details. which goes into one of my clay project for this year.
Janine Antoni's comments on sculpture were very interesting to listen to. I connected her video of tightrope walking to her views on how artwork can start to transform herself and other people. Just how Antoni became better at tightrope walking because she realized she was more comfortable being unbalanced, artwork can transform you if and when you decide to look at it in a different perspective. I also liked how Antoni discussed artwork that allows the viewer to complete it. This way, everyone is able to interpret the piece in whatever way is meaningful to them.
I've had several chances to view artwork by brilliant artists but it is a rare occasion where I have the opportunity to hear their opinions and thought processes while creating art. These videos of Janine Antoni not only let me see her sculptures but the philosophies she has on art. I found the first video really fascinating but found an even deeper meaning to it after i watched the last one. At some points in the first video, it looked as though the rope disappeared, leaving the viewer alone with the horizon. I felt like this was giving the viewer time to be in their own thoughts, creating a representation of what the horizon means to them, just as Janine said, sculpture is incomplete until the viewer makes their own interpretations and meanings.
i really liked the first video with Janine "walking" on the horizon, and I liked how she said that she grew comfortable with being out of balance, where most people would say they got better at balancing by walking on the tight rope. I also like the third video, when Janine says that only when the object or material she is working with starts to change her does she know that she's successful in her sculpture. Janine says that having a back and forth "dialogue" with your material means that you're really being sensitive to what you're creating.
I thought that hearing the artist's view on her work was very fascinating, especially when she talked about the dialogue it could create with the rest of the world. I liked the third video the best. As she talked about what her expectations were for her art her face lit up which I thought was a beautiful thing, and really what all art is about. Art has the ability to communicate emotions and thoughts in ways that no other form of expression is able to.
The first video is pretty awesome. It looked like the background of the Bahamas was photo-shopped, but it wasn't. So beautiful. It was interesting to hear her opinions on sculpture in the third video, especially how she says she leaves her art incomplete, in order for the viewer to complete it. I never thought about art that way.
I didn't actually see myself paying attention to these videos when i first started watching these videos...The first was more, "wow she's on a tightrope that's pretty cool," but as I listened I got a lot of meaning that I don't usually get from art (perhaps because of the genre i'm more familiar with...but generally you don't get to hear artists talk about their art / themselves). What was even more fantastic is that I actually understand what she means for her artwork to be. That it has such a deeper meaning for her, and that she means for it to have a deeper meaning to us as viewers, just makes her creations that much more interesting. Looking at the second video with the bust, i was confused because I guess I expected something more interpretable...but I realized I shouldn't have. I went and looked at a few of her other pieces and I actually really like them. She has an amazing way of taking things we're familiar with an abstracting them. And I've interpreted these videos to mean that there's something to gain from how we see these abstractions..(if that makes any sense whatsoever).
I really enjoyed watching all three videos. I liked being able to see her take ordinary things like tight roping and finding a deeper meaning through that, like when she said it wasn't really that she was becoming more balanced, but being comfortable with being unbalanced. Her perspective on this and especially her own art is especially interesting. She seems incredibly passionate about sculpting and I found her philosophies on art to be really profound, and she really puts herself into her artwork, and lets the object become what it wants to at a certain point.
It was really interesting to see Janine Antoni's speak about what inspires her as a sculptor. I also like how she explained that she may set off to create a piece but after she starts the piece "speaks" to her and it becomes something else, I really liked that because I definably have done that, started something that turns into something else. I also think it was very cool that she walked a tight rope to get comfortable with the unbalance than with balance.
All three of the videos were really interesting to watch. The first one when she was talking about balance was really cool because it's nice to see an artist have other interests than just art. Many artist focus on the art so much, but it was really nice to see a different side of her. In the second video, it was cool to get a glimpse of how some of her work is developed. And finally in the last video I really liked how she went in depth about her artwork. She talked about how she feels when making her art. She didn't just tell you about her art, she gave you a background on it. I can tell she is extremely passionate about her work.
I love listening to other artists talk about their work. Art is so much made up of ideas and interpretation, and I know that when I paint the paint is responding to me in a sense, like Janine Antoni said that the object starts making her and that is when she knows she is getting somewhere. I also love the idea of leaving a little gap in the artwork for the viewer to fill in, make it their own and really try to understand what might have been going on in the artist's mind. Art that is aesthetically engaging but also mentally engaging is the very best. I love that art can be a way for the artist to find themselves, perhaps the idea that an artist is admitting to themselves when they declare themselves an artist that they are still searching for who they are. Antoni learning how to tight rope walk and listening to her talk about learning how to live out of balance struck that chord with me.
I worked at Lilstreet Art Center this past summer, and was therefore able to speak to many sculptors and potters who made beautiful art there. However, listening to an in-depth perspective of Antoni's mental process and the feelings that aroused when she was making her art was a very different experience for me, and definitely one that I will keep in mind when creating my own projects!
I really enjoyed the fact that she let the art take over instead of her trying to control the art. While she practiced tightrope walking she was not concerned with mastering the skill and taking control of the tightrope. Instead she let the tightrope be in charge and she embraced and learned to deal with the unfamiliar movements that went along with tightrope walking (lack of balance). In the second video Antoni allows her sculpture to take a new shape on its own. With some outside manipulations the face is distorted and sort of wiped away; and she lets this happen naturally. Again she encourages the art to make the decisions.
Like many of the other commenters, I loved the first video, when she was walking on the horizon. To be honest though, my interest started dwindling from there when I watched all three videos once. After watching the second video again though, I felt more appreciation as I realized that her argument in the bust sculpture was original, or at least I felt that she expressed her argument in such a way that appeals to me. I mean, I've never realized that bathing and adding water to clay could be so parallel to one another.
As most people have already mentioned, the first video was pretty interested. I liked her connection between balance on the tight rope and everyday life. That was deep. The final shot where she is "tight-roping" with the water and beach as a background is BEAUTIFUL! :) I also really enjoyed the second video. I agreed with her on her point that usually when people look in the mirror it is always the battle between what they like and they don't like. I found it very intriguing that she connect that idea to the bust sculpture of herself.
Janine Antoni's process of creating the works of art seems to be just as important to her as the impact the final product has on the viewer. The tightrope piece necessitated the process of practicing for an hour a day and a want to discover a new level of comfort within herself. It's pretty cool that while she continuously challenges her audience, she's also challenging herself to see beyond her vision and respond to the piece she's creating in a constructive way. I think Antoni's desire to change the world with her art is so cool, and gives a lot more meaning to other works on display.
She must be Bruce Almighty walking on water like that. ha ha I can understand the love/hate relationship that she has with her physical appearance. Sometimes whats on the outside doesn't match whats on the inside.
The first video was really cool. I liked how she made it seem as if she was actually walking on the horizon. Antoni has very interesting ideas. I liked how she described people having a love hate relationship with themselves and also she builds a dialogue with her and her artwork. I think that it's important to really connect to your art because then you can give it more meaning.
It would have been helpful if the artist herself knew what she was talking about. She avoided most of the questions, and the ones she did answer she answered blind of logic. I recall her at one point responding that sculpture could end war, is she serious? Like honestly? The only example I can think of that is somewhat relevant is the Trojan Horse, it did end a war, I'll give the artist that, but it did it by slaughtering the people of troy. I am kind of getting off topic, like the artist, well at least I know what I'm talking about.
It is interesting to hear Janine Antoni speak about her art. Usually, when you see art you do not know what the artist is trying to get at, which sometimes can be a good thing or bad. In this case it was good to hear what Antoni had to say about her art because if you saw, for example, the piece she did with the horizon. I would have never known the deep meaning that went into that, about her childhood and the ideas of life and being balanced and how to work to stay balanced. Overall the videos were great and I enjoyed them.
After watching the "Loss and Desire" video of art 21, I was amazed. Janine Antoni is a very interesting character, who really takes her art to heart. She uses herself within the art and sculptures. She feels as if the viewers should be able to relate to the art in somewhat of an emotional way. I also really like her idea of trying to connect with her viewers over just creating an expression solely of herself.
Janine Antoni seems to be a typical artist...dropping maxims every other sentence.."I wasn't getting more balanced but that I was getting used to being unbalanced." Even so, she shows her creativity in the first video with the illusion of her walking on water(which I felt could of been executed better). Also, I agree with a statement she mentioned in the third video, during sculpting she said to eventually "surrender yourself to the object." You always begin with a certain idea of what you want to make, but as the process progresses the art might point to a new direction.
All of the videos were pretty interesting to watch. I found her comments on her works more interesting the way she goes about inspiration to herself as well as others. I also agreed with her idea that although sculpture is the hardest form of art, it seems to be the one that she enjoys the most, which I can definitely relate to. Due to the fact that it is more challenging and takes more work in my opinion.
The tight rope video was the one that had the most impact on me. Tight-roping is fascinating. The video reminded me of the movie called "Man on Wire" that documents a circus man and his attempt to cross from roof to roof of the World Trade Centers. There is something mystical about tight-roping and I believe Janine Antoni captured that. The video of her walking on water was ingenious, I'd love to see an installation of that. Blown up really big. That'd be cool. Or I'd just like to learn how to do it. As for the artist herself... she's eccentric and has deep, philosophical things to say. That's how artists are supposed to act, right? Just kidding. I guess that's the stereotype. But overall I like her stuff.
Really liked the first video. I liked not just the idea of the tightrope being over the horizon, but that it touched the horizon only gently and briefly as she stepped on a specific spot. The second video had an interesting idea as well. However, I felt like her message wasn't totally contained in her artwork. While I liked the idea of erasing the details of her sculpted head, it seemed like she erased too much.
I liked the first video the most. I really like what she said about the tightrope, that she isnt getting better balance just becoming more comfortable with being out of balance. The idea using the tightrope to show the image of her just barely walking over the horizon was very interesting and i liked it a lot. I really liked the face sculpture with no features because it gives the viewer the opportunity to see the face as whatever they want and add what ever features they imagine to it.
the walking on water was so cool. and tight rope walking is so difficult (and ive only tried it once with two people holding on to me) so i really understand her struggle to get just the right balance. that balance is so crucial, and it is really interesting how she kind of brings that into her other work, and how she talked about when the work starts to make itself.. this was interesting
I loved the idea of balance and tightrope walking. Antoni seems to be a very laid back person, and I can imagine how that helps her art. I can only imagine what kind of inspiration you can get while tightroping in the Bahamas. The idea of taking away detail is somewhat the opposite of what many people think of in art today. In sculpture and drawing, many people strive for their creations to be incredibly detailed and lifelike, but Antoni kept just enough detail for the art to be recognizable.
Oh my gosh.. the first video was so cool! It makes me feel like I can take up tightroping too. haha. the lady looks like a little kid when she was walking on the horizon, very childlike dream being accomplished. I really like that idea but it looks difficult to pull off.
the third video, that one last picture with the person licking and eye ball.. gross. but yes it does make me feel many of my senses. that lady is cool.
There were three things I remember the most after watching these three clips: 1) her being influenced by her work,2) that crazy, disturbing yet sensational photo of someone licking anther's eye!, and 3) her walking on the horizon of her childhood. Her work as a sculpture was not her object, but the whole idea or rather the argument each piece attempted to display (and might I add quite effectively). Mostly I enjoyed her communicating or displaying how art goes beyond the physical or tangible, but also spills into the conceptual world. She also showed the how process of a piece is artistic in and of itself (her practicing an hour daily and becoming use to being out of balance, or her physically erasing herself.) But that tongue to eye picture made me leap, and I became so fretful after one glance- it really captures the capability or power of a piece of art.
I really liked these videos because they allowed me to dive into the mind of a sculpture artist. In the work "Touch" I liked how Anoni's views about artwork was apparent not only in the work itselfm but in her views about life: that in order to be balanced one must be comfortable with being unbalanced. The other video, the one with the ivory sculpture of a woman;s head I thought was very intriguing because of how she related her views on how people view their image and the blank canvas that she created as to show the different personas that we create for ourselves. The last piece I really liked because it described how people should use all their senses when making and describing music. As well as allowing people to grasp their own ideas when viewing her artwork because it allows a greater experience to occur.
Janine Antoni's preception of the world through her art is amazing its like she ties life obstacles into her work. like the fact of trying to wash away her sculpture...which is like getting read of the flesh and letting the soul breath...this aslo ties into most of the problems we have today with self asteem. its also like she is at peace with her art because she finds balance "the tight rope" and i also like that because it reminds me of one of my dances "tight rope by janelle monae"
I really liked all three of these videos. Its really interesting how she found such a deep meaning in tight roping. How most people thought she was becoming more balanced but in reality she was becoming more comfortable in being unbalanced. Its really amazing to see the passion she has for sculpting and its interesting to see what inspires Janine Antoni. I liked how she went in depth about the creation process of her artwork.
As much as I appreciate Janine Antoni's videos (the one on the tightrope was cool if not on the dull side of life) I found myself going int a trancelike state after watching the beach video. I liked the fact that her art is never really finished, so people can kind of choose their own way to interpret her creations. However, everything else I feel like could've been summed up way faster and in a more exciting way. I suppose the fact that she became a better tightrope walker because she had an easier time "being off balance" is meaningful somehow, but I don't really see how. She has some cool ideas though, that balance out the boring parts.
i guess the other didnt post? i just checked, il repost then. i loved the tightropewalking thing on the horizon!! when i first watched it im like.. whats the relevance.. and then the final product was amazing.. i would love a photo like that in my room. Washing away the face had a lot metaphoric meaning like she said.. i think that would be really fun to try aswell. the last interveiw was more about her world veiws than her art i guess? but it was still really cool to listen to her opinions, she seems very free spirited, i liked it :D
I think the Art 21 one about tight rope artist was interesting and a unique was to take control over something in her life, she said she learned to be comfortable with the feeling of falling and adjust properly instead of over compensating which is interesting. I liked the way the screen seemed so realistic when she was walking across. I like that she was able to feel accomplished and still be able to work and better herself through tight rope.
I thought it was very interesting the way she talks about the conflicts with physical appearance that people are in constant conflict with and how she conveys peoples thoughts and emotions in the form of a sculpture. From this, I have learned that people can express themselves through sculpture in more that just a couple ways.
I really liked the first video, I think it was really interesting how she was able to make the rope touch look like it was slightly touching the water when she stepped on it. I didn't really like the second video, it seemed almost too dramatic. I feel as though she should be more concerned with how she sees the world, rather than what she sees in a mirror.
What really interested me while watching these videos was what she was saying about the making and completion of her art work. She talks about letting the art control you and just create itself, which is a new way for me to think about how to create art. i always have a set idea or image in my mind which i want to create, but if i let myself make mistakes and work with them, i could come up with whole new ways of thinking of my art pieces. The other comment that she made which made me re-think how art can be done is that she leaves her work "incomplete" in order for the viewer to complete it. I have always made sure my art had a clear representation of something, where a viewer would know right away what theyre looking at. But with Antoni's art, her viewers have to look into themselves to get thier own understanding or interpretation of the art.
I really enjoyed watching the art 21 videos, particularly Janine's tight rope one. I like how she explains herself not being more balanced, but being more comfortable being out of balance. I like how she explains her reasoning and motives for each of her projects and how they are never really finished. Walking on the horizon was pretty awesome aswell.
It was really cool to see her walking the horizon, because she was right above the water and it looked like she was walking on water. Another thing I liked was when she was making the sculpture it looked like she was reversing a process, because normally you create the art and shape it to look like something. In this piece she was erasing the familiar features. I really liked hearing a different opinion about art and sculpture and how it affects artists.
I thought the tight rope video was the most interesting one. I think it was a way for her to have a little more control over her own life and a way to be more comfortable in the world as well. She wanted to go home to the place she was most at ease and i think for her touching the horizon was finding balance
I really love the photo where the tongue was 'touching' the eyeball. I want to know how that was made. I also liked the idea that the one lady had to tightrope-walk over the ocean so it would make it seem like she was walking on the horizon. If only it were really possible!
I agree with the lady ing the 3rd video. If we can listen to what our materials tell us, the work of art will be much better than what ourselves had in mind for the artwork to look like.
I found the first video with the tightrope a little odd and to be honest I'm not sure if I "got it," but I liked the second video's points about how sculpture can show the love hate relationship you have with yourself. I also liked her comments about how there are no limits to what sculpture can do and it engaging all the senses. It got me excited to go back to class and make my best attempt at sculpting my own face.
Wow, this string of videos seemed to be about a woman's struggle with reality, first she was fighting 'an object' for dominance, then she takes a bath with it.... anyway, the walking of the horizon trick was pretty cool
I think this video was very insightful, because so often, we're left to look at the artist's work of art and leave it to our own interpretation. But this video gave us the artist's insight, so we're able to know why she did what she did.
I really enjoyed the first video because the message is relevent to anything-not just art. Once we become comfortable with our imperfections, then we'll truly be able to achieve our goals without insecurities to hold us back. ALso, I liked how this idea related to the videos where she spoke about her art and what it meant for her as an artist and the thought process while creating the busts.
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I love art 21 videos. :D i really liked the first video because when she was at the beach it looked like she was walking on water. the 2nd video was really interesting because the human head was losing its details. which goes into one of my clay project for this year.
Janine Antoni's comments on sculpture were very interesting to listen to. I connected her video of tightrope walking to her views on how artwork can start to transform herself and other people. Just how Antoni became better at tightrope walking because she realized she was more comfortable being unbalanced, artwork can transform you if and when you decide to look at it in a different perspective. I also liked how Antoni discussed artwork that allows the viewer to complete it. This way, everyone is able to interpret the piece in whatever way is meaningful to them.
I've had several chances to view artwork by brilliant artists but it is a rare occasion where I have the opportunity to hear their opinions and thought processes while creating art. These videos of Janine Antoni not only let me see her sculptures but the philosophies she has on art. I found the first video really fascinating but found an even deeper meaning to it after i watched the last one. At some points in the first video, it looked as though the rope disappeared, leaving the viewer alone with the horizon. I felt like this was giving the viewer time to be in their own thoughts, creating a representation of what the horizon means to them, just as Janine said, sculpture is incomplete until the viewer makes their own interpretations and meanings.
i really liked the first video with Janine "walking" on the horizon, and I liked how she said that she grew comfortable with being out of balance, where most people would say they got better at balancing by walking on the tight rope. I also like the third video, when Janine says that only when the object or material she is working with starts to change her does she know that she's successful in her sculpture. Janine says that having a back and forth "dialogue" with your material means that you're really being sensitive to what you're creating.
I thought that hearing the artist's view on her work was very fascinating, especially when she talked about the dialogue it could create with the rest of the world. I liked the third video the best. As she talked about what her expectations were for her art her face lit up which I thought was a beautiful thing, and really what all art is about. Art has the ability to communicate emotions and thoughts in ways that no other form of expression is able to.
The first video is pretty awesome. It looked like the background of the Bahamas was photo-shopped, but it wasn't. So beautiful.
It was interesting to hear her opinions on sculpture in the third video, especially how she says she leaves her art incomplete, in order for the viewer to complete it. I never thought about art that way.
I didn't actually see myself paying attention to these videos when i first started watching these videos...The first was more, "wow she's on a tightrope that's pretty cool," but as I listened I got a lot of meaning that I don't usually get from art (perhaps because of the genre i'm more familiar with...but generally you don't get to hear artists talk about their art / themselves). What was even more fantastic is that I actually understand what she means for her artwork to be. That it has such a deeper meaning for her, and that she means for it to have a deeper meaning to us as viewers, just makes her creations that much more interesting. Looking at the second video with the bust, i was confused because I guess I expected something more interpretable...but I realized I shouldn't have. I went and looked at a few of her other pieces and I actually really like them. She has an amazing way of taking things we're familiar with an abstracting them. And I've interpreted these videos to mean that there's something to gain from how we see these abstractions..(if that makes any sense whatsoever).
I really enjoyed watching all three videos. I liked being able to see her take ordinary things like tight roping and finding a deeper meaning through that, like when she said it wasn't really that she was becoming more balanced, but being comfortable with being unbalanced. Her perspective on this and especially her own art is especially interesting. She seems incredibly passionate about sculpting and I found her philosophies on art to be really profound, and she really puts herself into her artwork, and lets the object become what it wants to at a certain point.
It was really interesting to see Janine Antoni's speak about what inspires her as a sculptor. I also like how she explained that she may set off to create a piece but after she starts the piece "speaks" to her and it becomes something else, I really liked that because I definably have done that, started something that turns into something else. I also think it was very cool that she walked a tight rope to get comfortable with the unbalance than with balance.
All three of the videos were really interesting to watch. The first one when she was talking about balance was really cool because it's nice to see an artist have other interests than just art. Many artist focus on the art so much, but it was really nice to see a different side of her. In the second video, it was cool to get a glimpse of how some of her work is developed. And finally in the last video I really liked how she went in depth about her artwork. She talked about how she feels when making her art. She didn't just tell you about her art, she gave you a background on it. I can tell she is extremely passionate about her work.
I love listening to other artists talk about their work. Art is so much made up of ideas and interpretation, and I know that when I paint the paint is responding to me in a sense, like Janine Antoni said that the object starts making her and that is when she knows she is getting somewhere. I also love the idea of leaving a little gap in the artwork for the viewer to fill in, make it their own and really try to understand what might have been going on in the artist's mind. Art that is aesthetically engaging but also mentally engaging is the very best. I love that art can be a way for the artist to find themselves, perhaps the idea that an artist is admitting to themselves when they declare themselves an artist that they are still searching for who they are. Antoni learning how to tight rope walk and listening to her talk about learning how to live out of balance struck that chord with me.
I worked at Lilstreet Art Center this past summer, and was therefore able to speak to many sculptors and potters who made beautiful art there. However, listening to an in-depth perspective of Antoni's mental process and the feelings that aroused when she was making her art was a very different experience for me, and definitely one that I will keep in mind when creating my own projects!
I really enjoyed the fact that she let the art take over instead of her trying to control the art. While she practiced tightrope walking she was not concerned with mastering the skill and taking control of the tightrope. Instead she let the tightrope be in charge and she embraced and learned to deal with the unfamiliar movements that went along with tightrope walking (lack of balance).
In the second video Antoni allows her sculpture to take a new shape on its own. With some outside manipulations the face is distorted and sort of wiped away; and she lets this happen naturally. Again she encourages the art to make the decisions.
Like many of the other commenters, I loved the first video, when she was walking on the horizon. To be honest though, my interest started dwindling from there when I watched all three videos once. After watching the second video again though, I felt more appreciation as I realized that her argument in the bust sculpture was original, or at least I felt that she expressed her argument in such a way that appeals to me. I mean, I've never realized that bathing and adding water to clay could be so parallel to one another.
As most people have already mentioned, the first video was pretty interested. I liked her connection between balance on the tight rope and everyday life. That was deep. The final shot where she is "tight-roping" with the water and beach as a background is BEAUTIFUL! :)
I also really enjoyed the second video. I agreed with her on her point that usually when people look in the mirror it is always the battle between what they like and they don't like. I found it very intriguing that she connect that idea to the bust sculpture of herself.
Janine Antoni's process of creating the works of art seems to be just as important to her as the impact the final product has on the viewer. The tightrope piece necessitated the process of practicing for an hour a day and a want to discover a new level of comfort within herself. It's pretty cool that while she continuously challenges her audience, she's also challenging herself to see beyond her vision and respond to the piece she's creating in a constructive way. I think Antoni's desire to change the world with her art is so cool, and gives a lot more meaning to other works on display.
She must be Bruce Almighty walking on water like that. ha ha I can understand the love/hate relationship that she has with her physical appearance. Sometimes whats on the outside doesn't match whats on the inside.
The first video was really cool. I liked how she made it seem as if she was actually walking on the horizon. Antoni has very interesting ideas. I liked how she described people having a love hate relationship with themselves and also she builds a dialogue with her and her artwork. I think that it's important to really connect to your art because then you can give it more meaning.
It would have been helpful if the artist herself knew what she was talking about. She avoided most of the questions, and the ones she did answer she answered blind of logic. I recall her at one point responding that sculpture could end war, is she serious? Like honestly? The only example I can think of that is somewhat relevant is the Trojan Horse, it did end a war, I'll give the artist that, but it did it by slaughtering the people of troy. I am kind of getting off topic, like the artist, well at least I know what I'm talking about.
It is interesting to hear Janine Antoni speak about her art. Usually, when you see art you do not know what the artist is trying to get at, which sometimes can be a good thing or bad. In this case it was good to hear what Antoni had to say about her art because if you saw, for example, the piece she did with the horizon. I would have never known the deep meaning that went into that, about her childhood and the ideas of life and being balanced and how to work to stay balanced. Overall the videos were great and I enjoyed them.
After watching the "Loss and Desire" video of art 21, I was amazed. Janine Antoni is a very interesting character, who really takes her art to heart. She uses herself within the art and sculptures. She feels as if the viewers should be able to relate to the art in somewhat of an emotional way. I also really like her idea of trying to connect with her viewers over just creating an expression solely of herself.
Janine Antoni seems to be a typical artist...dropping maxims every other sentence.."I wasn't getting more balanced but that I was getting used to being unbalanced." Even so, she shows her creativity in the first video with the illusion of her walking on water(which I felt could of been executed better). Also, I agree with a statement she mentioned in the third video, during sculpting she said to eventually "surrender yourself to the object." You always begin with a certain idea of what you want to make, but as the process progresses the art might point to a new direction.
All of the videos were pretty interesting to watch. I found her comments on her works more interesting the way she goes about inspiration to herself as well as others. I also agreed with her idea that although sculpture is the hardest form of art, it seems to be the one that she enjoys the most, which I can definitely relate to. Due to the fact that it is more challenging and takes more work in my opinion.
The tight rope video was the one that had the most impact on me. Tight-roping is fascinating. The video reminded me of the movie called "Man on Wire" that documents a circus man and his attempt to cross from roof to roof of the World Trade Centers. There is something mystical about tight-roping and I believe Janine Antoni captured that. The video of her walking on water was ingenious, I'd love to see an installation of that. Blown up really big. That'd be cool. Or I'd just like to learn how to do it.
As for the artist herself... she's eccentric and has deep, philosophical things to say. That's how artists are supposed to act, right?
Just kidding. I guess that's the stereotype. But overall I like her stuff.
Really liked the first video. I liked not just the idea of the tightrope being over the horizon, but that it touched the horizon only gently and briefly as she stepped on a specific spot. The second video had an interesting idea as well. However, I felt like her message wasn't totally contained in her artwork. While I liked the idea of erasing the details of her sculpted head, it seemed like she erased too much.
I liked the first video the most. I really like what she said about the tightrope, that she isnt getting better balance just becoming more comfortable with being out of balance. The idea using the tightrope to show the image of her just barely walking over the horizon was very interesting and i liked it a lot. I really liked the face sculpture with no features because it gives the viewer the opportunity to see the face as whatever they want and add what ever features they imagine to it.
the walking on water was so cool. and tight rope walking is so difficult (and ive only tried it once with two people holding on to me) so i really understand her struggle to get just the right balance. that balance is so crucial, and it is really interesting how she kind of brings that into her other work, and how she talked about when the work starts to make itself.. this was interesting
I loved the idea of balance and tightrope walking. Antoni seems to be a very laid back person, and I can imagine how that helps her art. I can only imagine what kind of inspiration you can get while tightroping in the Bahamas. The idea of taking away detail is somewhat the opposite of what many people think of in art today. In sculpture and drawing, many people strive for their creations to be incredibly detailed and lifelike, but Antoni kept just enough detail for the art to be recognizable.
Oh my gosh.. the first video was so cool! It makes me feel like I can take up tightroping too. haha. the lady looks like a little kid when she was walking on the horizon, very childlike dream being accomplished. I really like that idea but it looks difficult to pull off.
the third video, that one last picture with the person licking and eye ball.. gross. but yes it does make me feel many of my senses. that lady is cool.
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There were three things I remember the most after watching these three clips: 1) her being influenced by her work,2) that crazy, disturbing yet sensational photo of someone licking anther's eye!, and 3) her walking on the horizon of her childhood. Her work as a sculpture was not her object, but the whole idea or rather the argument each piece attempted to display (and might I add quite effectively). Mostly I enjoyed her communicating or displaying how art goes beyond the physical or tangible, but also spills into the conceptual world. She also showed the how process of a piece is artistic in and of itself (her practicing an hour daily and becoming use to being out of balance, or her physically erasing herself.) But that tongue to eye picture made me leap, and I became so fretful after one glance- it really captures the capability or power of a piece of art.
I loved the first film. i loved the illusion of walking along the hoizon or walking on water. plus the scenery was amazing.
I really liked these videos because they allowed me to dive into the mind of a sculpture artist. In the work "Touch" I liked how Anoni's views about artwork was apparent not only in the work itselfm but in her views about life: that in order to be balanced one must be comfortable with being unbalanced. The other video, the one with the ivory sculpture of a woman;s head I thought was very intriguing because of how she related her views on how people view their image and the blank canvas that she created as to show the different personas that we create for ourselves. The last piece I really liked because it described how people should use all their senses when making and describing music. As well as allowing people to grasp their own ideas when viewing her artwork because it allows a greater experience to occur.
Janine Antoni's preception of the world through her art is amazing its like she ties life obstacles into her work. like the fact of trying to wash away her sculpture...which is like getting read of the flesh and letting the soul breath...this aslo ties into most of the problems we have today with self asteem. its also like she is at peace with her art because she finds balance "the tight rope" and i also like that because it reminds me of one of my dances "tight rope by janelle monae"
I really liked all three of these videos. Its really interesting how she found such a deep meaning in tight roping. How most people thought she was becoming more balanced but in reality she was becoming more comfortable in being unbalanced. Its really amazing to see the passion she has for sculpting and its interesting to see what inspires Janine Antoni. I liked how she went in depth about the creation process of her artwork.
As much as I appreciate Janine Antoni's videos (the one on the tightrope was cool if not on the dull side of life) I found myself going int a trancelike state after watching the beach video. I liked the fact that her art is never really finished, so people can kind of choose their own way to interpret her creations. However, everything else I feel like could've been summed up way faster and in a more exciting way. I suppose the fact that she became a better tightrope walker because she had an easier time "being off balance" is meaningful somehow, but I don't really see how. She has some cool ideas though, that balance out the boring parts.
i guess the other didnt post? i just checked, il repost then.
i loved the tightropewalking thing on the horizon!! when i first watched it im like.. whats the relevance.. and then the final product was amazing.. i would love a photo like that in my room. Washing away the face had a lot metaphoric meaning like she said.. i think that would be really fun to try aswell. the last interveiw was more about her world veiws than her art i guess? but it was still really cool to listen to her opinions, she seems very free spirited, i liked it :D
I think the Art 21 one about tight rope artist was interesting and a unique was to take control over something in her life, she said she learned to be comfortable with the feeling of falling and adjust properly instead of over compensating which is interesting. I liked the way the screen seemed so realistic when she was walking across. I like that she was able to feel accomplished and still be able to work and better herself through tight rope.
I thought it was very interesting the way she talks about the conflicts with physical appearance that people are in constant conflict with and how she conveys peoples thoughts and emotions in the form of a sculpture. From this, I have learned that people can express themselves through sculpture in more that just a couple ways.
I really liked the first video, I think it was really interesting how she was able to make the rope touch look like it was slightly touching the water when she stepped on it. I didn't really like the second video, it seemed almost too dramatic. I feel as though she should be more concerned with how she sees the world, rather than what she sees in a mirror.
What really interested me while watching these videos was what she was saying about the making and completion of her art work. She talks about letting the art control you and just create itself, which is a new way for me to think about how to create art. i always have a set idea or image in my mind which i want to create, but if i let myself make mistakes and work with them, i could come up with whole new ways of thinking of my art pieces. The other comment that she made which made me re-think how art can be done is that she leaves her work "incomplete" in order for the viewer to complete it. I have always made sure my art had a clear representation of something, where a viewer would know right away what theyre looking at. But with Antoni's art, her viewers have to look into themselves to get thier own understanding or interpretation of the art.
I really enjoyed watching the art 21 videos, particularly Janine's tight rope one. I like how she explains herself not being more balanced, but being more comfortable being out of balance. I like how she explains her reasoning and motives for each of her projects and how they are never really finished. Walking on the horizon was pretty awesome aswell.
It was really cool to see her walking the horizon, because she was right above the water and it looked like she was walking on water. Another thing I liked was when she was making the sculpture it looked like she was reversing a process, because normally you create the art and shape it to look like something. In this piece she was erasing the familiar features. I really liked hearing a different opinion about art and sculpture and how it affects artists.
I thought the tight rope video was the most interesting one. I think it was a way for her to have a little more control over her own life and a way to be more comfortable in the world as well. She wanted to go home to the place she was most at ease and i think for her touching the horizon was finding balance
I really love the photo where the tongue was 'touching' the eyeball. I want to know how that was made. I also liked the idea that the one lady had to tightrope-walk over the ocean so it would make it seem like she was walking on the horizon. If only it were really possible!
I agree with the lady ing the 3rd video. If we can listen to what our materials tell us, the work of art will be much better than what ourselves had in mind for the artwork to look like.
I found the first video with the tightrope a little odd and to be honest I'm not sure if I "got it," but I liked the second video's points about how sculpture can show the love hate relationship you have with yourself. I also liked her comments about how there are no limits to what sculpture can do and it engaging all the senses. It got me excited to go back to class and make my best attempt at sculpting my own face.
Wow, this string of videos seemed to be about a woman's struggle with reality, first she was fighting 'an object' for dominance, then she takes a bath with it.... anyway, the walking of the horizon trick was pretty cool
I think this video was very insightful, because so often, we're left to look at the artist's work of art and leave it to our own interpretation. But this video gave us the artist's insight, so we're able to know why she did what she did.
I really enjoyed the first video because the message is relevent to anything-not just art. Once we become comfortable with our imperfections, then we'll truly be able to achieve our goals without insecurities to hold us back. ALso, I liked how this idea related to the videos where she spoke about her art and what it meant for her as an artist and the thought process while creating the busts.
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