, a multi-media artist who produces her work through a myriad of ideas, materials, and workspaces, and yet always with an aesthetic and conceptual voice that is uniquely hers. While many, including myself, would not make much of her early gestural drawings; showcasing the cilia-like characters that so often live in her work, in her installations she brings these raw broken down figures to life in a way that makes us recognize a sort of similarity to ourselves while retaining as well a sense that the viewers are experiencing something entirely alien to themselves. Her animations on the other hand, while actually moving, seem less alive than her static pieces. Something about the three minute film she showed us seemed to be under par amongst her other work. Perhaps it was the lack of sound, as someone mentioned, or maybe it is just that I prefer the characters' activity to occur in my imagination alone. Of course, with the intimidating amount of innovation in her other work, I would assume she'll figure out exactly how to make animation bow to her commands. As someone who does not to very much multimedia work, I think I could learn a great deal about using it to create your own artistic identity from Sharon Louden.
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
Sharon Louden: Making Magic From the Mundane
Yesterday's lecturer was Sharon Louden
, a multi-media artist who produces her work through a myriad of ideas, materials, and workspaces, and yet always with an aesthetic and conceptual voice that is uniquely hers. While many, including myself, would not make much of her early gestural drawings; showcasing the cilia-like characters that so often live in her work, in her installations she brings these raw broken down figures to life in a way that makes us recognize a sort of similarity to ourselves while retaining as well a sense that the viewers are experiencing something entirely alien to themselves. Her animations on the other hand, while actually moving, seem less alive than her static pieces. Something about the three minute film she showed us seemed to be under par amongst her other work. Perhaps it was the lack of sound, as someone mentioned, or maybe it is just that I prefer the characters' activity to occur in my imagination alone. Of course, with the intimidating amount of innovation in her other work, I would assume she'll figure out exactly how to make animation bow to her commands. As someone who does not to very much multimedia work, I think I could learn a great deal about using it to create your own artistic identity from Sharon Louden.
, a multi-media artist who produces her work through a myriad of ideas, materials, and workspaces, and yet always with an aesthetic and conceptual voice that is uniquely hers. While many, including myself, would not make much of her early gestural drawings; showcasing the cilia-like characters that so often live in her work, in her installations she brings these raw broken down figures to life in a way that makes us recognize a sort of similarity to ourselves while retaining as well a sense that the viewers are experiencing something entirely alien to themselves. Her animations on the other hand, while actually moving, seem less alive than her static pieces. Something about the three minute film she showed us seemed to be under par amongst her other work. Perhaps it was the lack of sound, as someone mentioned, or maybe it is just that I prefer the characters' activity to occur in my imagination alone. Of course, with the intimidating amount of innovation in her other work, I would assume she'll figure out exactly how to make animation bow to her commands. As someone who does not to very much multimedia work, I think I could learn a great deal about using it to create your own artistic identity from Sharon Louden.
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