1. Define the 17th century 'Scientific Revolution', and say how it changed European thought and world view.
Over the 17th and 18th centuries in Europe there were many changes, but over all the most widely influential change was an epistemological transformation which we call the "scientific revolution". In the popular mind, we associate this revolution with natural science and technological change, but the scientific revolution was, in reality, a series of changes in the structure of European thought itself: systematic doubt, empirical and sensory verification, the abstraction of human knowledge into separate sciences, and the view that the world functions like a machine. All theses changes greatly changed the human experience of every other aspect of life, from individual life to the life of a group. The change in world view can also be seen n painting, sculpture and architecture; you can see that people of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries are looking at the world very differently.
2. Give examples of how we can we still see evidence of the 'Scientific Revolution' in the world today.
Both Galileo and Sir Isaac Newton have made a huge impact on today's life. Newton discovered the laws of motion and gravity and because of Galileo, all scientific study is based on mathematical principles because, he believed that if a physical model didn't fit with the maths properties, the model was wrong.
Research Pipilotti Rist's video installations to answer the following;
3. From your research, do you think that the contemporary art world values art work
that uses new media/technology over traditional media?
I think that today contemporary art values art work that uses new media and technology. I think this because if you were to ask anyone about a famous painting or sculpture most people would not know what you are talking about but if you were to talk about some film or game with good special effects that make everything seem real I'm sure most people from today's generation would know what you are talking about and also find it really fascinating. If you were to show them a painting or sculpture I'm sure that they would be a lot less interested in it compared to a film or game etc.
4. How has Pipilotti Rist used new media/technology to enhance the audience's experience of her work.
Rist has used a video to show her art instead of showing it through an image or any other form of art. She has not only used a video she has used 2 videos side by side in her work to show 2 different stories or 2 different perspectives. On the right side video she is showing a flower and how beautiful it is, and then on the left side it is showing her smashing car windows with it.
5. Comment on how the installation, sound and scale of 'Ever is Over All' (1997) could impact on the audience's experience of the work.
The installation of “Ever Is Over All” <1997> covers 2 walls in the gallery. By covering 2 whole walls this will straight away capture the audiences attention as its right in their face. Because the work is so bigm the viewer will be unable to see the whole thing at once so will have to look at it for some time to be able to understand it fully. Also having music is good because it makes the audience feel as though they are there apart of it.
6. Comment on the notion of 'reason' within the content of the video. Is the woman's behaviour reasonable or unreasonable?
I think that this woman's actions are unreasonable because how would it be reasonable for a person to go down a street smashing the windows of people's cars and getting away with it. In the video there is a police officer who walks past the lady committing the crime and smiles at her and just continues walking down the street.
7. Comment on your 'reading' (understanding) of the work by discussion the aesthetic (look), experience and the ideologies (ideas, theories) of the work.
For me I didn't really enjoy watching the video, I just didn't really appeal to me. Probably because I didn't fully understand what it was about and am not used to seeing art in that form. But I do like how it is presented on2 walls in the gallery and how music is used to make the viewer feel as though they are apart of the work.
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I like your understanding of the Scientific Revolution, I was able to understand your definition and your description of the events that lead to the revolution. I particularly like this quote you made, "The change in world view can also be seen in painting, sculpture and architecture; you can see that people of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries are looking at the world very differently." this statement backs up your answer. I find your last answer quite understandable, experiencing something like that takes sometime to getting use too. You have to adjust your mind set and be more openly minded about whether its art or not. Classifying the obvious paintings and sculptures as art is a little different than identify a video projection with sound being art or not.
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ReplyDeletei like this quote that you have made , when i read this i was on the side of agreeing to what your quote was directed for , people in the past view the future differently from us