Propaganda Catchphrases
New Media in Art 36-57 Response
I was very impressed in this reading by the way some of the video/performance art predicts some of the high production performances we see today. For example Robert Whitman's Prune Flat , featuring performers interacting with filmed images, immediately brought into my mind some of the performances involving projections on shows like America's Got Talent where the performers sync their movements with the images on screen. It's incredible to think about how far we've come with regards to technology, yet the ideas have been around for years. For me this chapter examined the reduction of art to its simplest form. Just like minimalist painters in the 60's and 70's attempted to reduce their subjects to the simplest possible shapes and colors, the video and performance artists in this chapter reduced their works to the actual process of making the works. When I looked at and read about the pieces in this chapter, I have to admit, I found it hard to relate to or appr...
What I'm getting from these is the theme of conformity, or "join us or else." I think that the middle phrase draws out the most from that idea.
ReplyDeleteI like the last slogan the best. The middle phrase seems a bit long-winded, while the bottom and top ones get straight to the point. Depending on the visuals in the poster, I think the top one could work well too, but the last slogan has more of an emotional argument.
ReplyDelete