BFA Proposals

Project #1


For this project I was inspired by a Video installation with called "CrossFire", hense the name of my project, in which i mention in a couple blogs ago. It really inspired me to do something intimidating and to really get into people’s heads. My installation are videos surrounding the viewer and consists of anonymous people talking "shit" to you in a dark surrounding. My mission was give the viewer a intimidating and mean feeling on top of some sort of humor because of the content of the words used in the piece. It was interesting to compile two completely different feelings that makes the viewer confused and gives them a disturbing feeling at the same time. I was also inspired by my ethnic background of being a black male and just hearing people of the same race or just same environment talk down about eachother and giving negative feedback. Not wanting to see eachother succeed and it seems as if we are crabs in a bucket, always bringing eachother down. Even if it is just words, it could hurt a person. The being surrounded in the dark is to make the viewer feel kind of trapped and is sort of corner and would have to back out of it to get away. It’s definitely up close and personal but at the same time, you don’t know who it could be. 
Reference Artist: Christain Marclay "Crossfire" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kErK_M5ETOg

Link to project

https://vimeo.com/148687317

Project Proposals

Idea #1

For my first Idea, I went off the concept "You're Outside looking in" so I decided to make sort of an installation. The installation would be a small window with a monitor installed inside that has the view of a living room. In the living room probably would be empty with couches and a television. The tv would be showing all the things that are happening in our world or cities that only the news and reporters are telling us and we aren't seeing or physically going through. So that's where the "You're outside looking in" comes in. Basically meaning we only know what the media is telling us and do not know anything other than what they are telling us and could be leaving other vitals out.

Idea#2

My second Idea came to mind with something that is and always have been a problem, Racism and inequality. What I wanted to do was video interview different genders and races and ask them certain questions about how they experienced racism on some type of inequality and they would give an answer. What I want to do with the videos of the people in them is make some type of collage of there faces and they would all be one person, I would also mix their responses all in one. 

Images of the Idea: These are just ideas of the collaged faces but of course wont look like this

https://vimeo.com/11496660

FINAL PROJECT "CrossFire"

For this project I was inspired by a Video installation with called "CrossFire", hense the name of my project, in which i mention in a couple blogs ago. It really inspired me to do something intimidating and to really get into people’s heads. My installation are videos surrounding the viewer and consists of anonymous people talking "shit" to you in a dark surrounding. My mission was give the viewer a intimidating and mean feeling on top of some sort of humor because of the content of the words used in the piece. It was interesting to compile two completely different feelings that makes the viewer confused and gives them a disturbing feeling at the same time. I was also inspired by my ethnic background of being a black male and just hearing people of the same race or just same environment talk down about eachother and giving negative feedback. Not wanting to see eachother succeed and it seems as if we are crabs in a bucket, always bringing eachother down. Even if it is just words, it could hurt a person. The being surrounded in the dark is to make the viewer feel kind of trapped and is sort of corner and would have to back out of it to get away. It’s definitely up close and personal but at the same time, you don’t know who it could be.


LINK TO VIDEOS OF PROJECT
https://vimeo.com/148687317
https://vimeo.com/148687184

PHOTOS OF INSTALLATION 

        

Final Project

For my project I am going to extend on my video installation. For my video installation I want to actually finish and get everything together to get the full experience of the installation. I want to get the booth built and get the monitors in the right position and use the stands that would better help the monitors get in the right positions

Project 1 Video Installation: Artist Statement

Project 1: Artist Statement

For this project I was inspired by a Video installation with called "CrossFire" which is Guns shooting on huge screens in a black room. It really inspired me to do something intimidating and to really get into people’s heads. My installation is are videos of anonymous people talking bad to you in a dark surrounding. It gives off a sense of humor in the content but more so intimidating. It was interesting to compile two completely different feelings that makes the viewer confused and gives them a disturbing feeling at the same time. They wouldn’t know if they want to laugh or crawl into a corner with their thumb in their mouth. It also brings into fact of my background of being a black male and just hearing african american people talk down about eachother and giving negative feedback. Not wanting to see eachother succeed and it seems as if we are crabs in a bucket, always bringing eachother down. Even if it is just words, it could hurt a person. The point of the booth is to make the viewer feel kind of trapped and is covered with black cloth to kill all light. So when you walk into the booth you are face to face with three people going at you with bad talk. It’s definitely up close and personal but at the same time, you don’t know who it could be. 

Project one Materials

Studio material

• 2 or 3 monitors

• 2 or 3 dvd players

•Speakers maybe

•Material for wall hangings or monitor stands

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Home Materials

•black sheets/ shades

•flashdrives

Phone visuals of Project: Silhouettes