Paris Is Burning: Questions

How do drag balls have destabilizing effects upon the normative culture in Paris is Burning while they parody the norms of the dominant culture?

How does the camera function in Paris is Burning? Do you agree with Judith Butler that it functions to project the director's lesbian desire upon the gay men?

Who frames the subject of the film - the protagonists or the director?

A few more works...

Hi everybody,

Thanks so much for the links, Angela. I'll be looking forward to the video conferencing.

I wanted to give you the links for a few more video works;

An.kara is a experimental documentary video I made (with Ersan Ocak) in 1996. It is about the urban transformation of Turkey's capital city, Ankara.

Horses Under The Sun is another documentary video. I made this documentary at a sculpture symposium back in 1997 --I thought, as art students you might find it interesting, because it reflects upon the creative processes of the participating artists.

"can i..." is a short video poem I made with excerpts from an interview with philosopher Avital Ronell.

See you on Tuesday, :)

Best,

Aras

Guest speaker via video conferencing: Aras Ozgun

Vivre Sa Vie (1962), Jean Luc Godard

The class will meet on Tuesday, October 27th, at 5 pm, at LIB 1038 in the library.
The topic will be Video and Documentary conducted by Aras Ozgun via video conferencing.

Aras Ozgun is a media artist/scholar living and working in New York. He currently teaches digital media and media theory related graduate courses at the Media Studies Department of the New School University. He is a Ph.D. candidate at Media Studies program of the Sociology Department of New School for Social Research, and he will be completing his Ph.D dissertation on the political economy of contemporary cultural production in the Fall of 2009. His artistic production includes documentary filmmaking, video art, experimental videos, podcasting, etc.

His experimental videos can be found in this website
Individual work to watch, include Still-Life (1999-2000) , White Room
The Man With the Video Camera (1999) and DISTANCE (2003).


Other works are available at Voice of Antartika

If you would like to comment on Aras Ozgun's works, feel free to post your comments on the blog.

No Music in Cats' World

I found this quite amusing and interesting: http://www.vimeo.com/3985019

(Narrated by Nick Cave)

Narcissism and Body Art

Given the feminst critique of body art in the 1960s, how do we deal with the narcissism of Hannah Wilke's performative acts? Do we agree with Amelia Jones that there is a radical potential in such reenactment?

Slovenian Philosopher Slavoj Zizek on Capitalism, Healthcare, Latin American “Populism” and the “Farcical” Financial Crisis

We are drifting from our course, but please, check this out. It's brilliant.

http://www.democracynow.org/2009/10/15/slovenian_philosopher_slavoj_zizek_on_the

Special Aspen Assignment

Please, browse through intermedia and interdisciplinary conceptual journal Aspen produced in the 1960s and throughout the 1970s. Find an audio piece (most pieces are combined with concepts) and comment upon it. Include the title of the work and the number of the issue. Be prepared to expound upon your comments in class:
http://www.ubu.com/aspen/aspen1/index.html