Welcome to Digital Video at Richland!

Hello video makers. This will be the area for posting responses to the theoretical or historical readings we will be doing over the course of the semester. Whenever a reading is assigned, the following week we will discuss the content of the reading. Please post your contribution to that conversation here. I ask that you NOT summarize  the reading, but respond to the reading in terms of what it made you think about, what it made you feel, how you agreed or disagreed with the points the writer made, instances in popular culture that it reminded you of. Feel free to post images or links as part of your response. No more than a paragraph or two is needed.

Looking forward to the semester with you!


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  1. AnonymousJanuary 22, 2018 at 7:44 PM

    On the reading Futurist Manifesto by F.T. Marinetti, I feel it is very relevant to what is going on today in our society. I agree that every new and young generation to have the right to disagree and go against the "establishment" that we have today. Whether it be in politics, religion, and even to the arts. I personally am not a fan of old art and museums that display them. I can appreciate the level of skill and talent of olden days, but we have cameras and software today to create even greater works of art and video art. It rings true in the readings that anything new we create today will at some point become boring and obsolete, such is life and our industry itself. I am personally fine with my works of art at some point being challenged by better artists.

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  2. Nathan KnightJanuary 24, 2018 at 10:27 PM

    Seeing as I have always shown interest in the various movements of art that emerged after World War I like dadaism, surrealism and futurism, I found Marinetti's manifesto to be a very enlightening look on the mentality behind creating futurism. Seeing a desire for speed and constant social progression in an era where these ideas were already beginning to occur really makes one wonder how this could have affected society had the fascist movement in Italy progressed farther than it did.

    I also have to agree with Ramon's point that the constantly-evolving landscape of digital media makes the new and uninitiated seem more exciting than anything done in the past. While it is true that older artwork has its own merits and values, looking towards the future really should be the focus of art in a world where people have arguably become desensitized through technology. The forms of technology that are available to us already should be molded and modified in a way that presents fresh and innovative ideas to the world.

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