Project #5

Shana Moulton

Shana Moulton's work, combining video, performance and installation, involves the notions of journey and transformation. In her video/performance pieces her body and her character undergoes both a physical and spiritual transformation, as she deals with issues of gender, technology and popular culture. I find it interesting the way she layers video with performance to create these multi-layerd, almost psychedelic works such as the link below.

Western Spaghetti

I think that stop motion animation is a great example of working with process. The video is created one moment at a time.

Kiki Smith

I am inspired both by Kiki Smith's work and her art process. Her artwork merges conventional art practices such as printmaking, drawing and sculpture with domestic tasks such as sewing.

Project #4

Project #3

My first attempt at creating a video using only found footage since I ended up having technical difficulties with my filmed footage.

Colette Urban

Colette Urban is a performance artists living in Newfoundland. Her work appears very process oriented. The media statement promoting the film "Pretend not to see me, the art of Colette Urban" by filmmaker Katherine Knight states that her work "balances everyday living with the world of the imagination". Here is a short clip for this film. I look forward to seeing the entire film at the Reel Artists Film Festival this weekend in Toronto.

Janine Antoni

Artist Janine Antoni uses sculpture and performance to explore process through ritualized actions of the body.

art as process

I posted two links that relate to art as process. The first is a link to the Center for Digital Story Telling website. It's a not-for--profit community arts organization dedicated to the craft of personal storytelling. I thought it fit my theme because personal storytelling is a continuous process of self expression and sharing.
The other link is to an interview with visual artist and filmmaker Matthew Barney discussing his epic project The Cremaster Cycle. This series of five feature length films, along with coinciding photographs, sculpture, drawings and installations, explore processes of creation.

art as meditation