"Old Tech VS. New Tech"
https://youtu.be/SuxnyiwATnE
"Old Tech VS. New Tech"
- A Performance Art Piece by Joshua Campbell
Presented by The University of Tampa
In association with FMX211 & Professor Roundtree
(Spring 2019)
I asked total strangers at a local coffee shop (Starbucks) to express their feelings about technology while exposing them to Old Tech (Camera Obscura) and New Tech (Green Screen & Color Keying) and explaining how I would combine the 2 technologies into a single video. This combination of 2 contrasting video styles and subjects creates a sort of "Montage" art piece that is inspired by Sergei Eisentein.
My Performance Art was about inviting strangers to participate and be video recorded while learning about and using a combination of old and new technology & expressing their feelings about technology
Here are 3 of my favorite performance artists In no particular order:
1 Banksy:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IqQYVKSmugc&feature=youtu.be
I loved “the Punking of Paris Hilton”… He made 500 really awesome
looking imposter CD’s and snuck them onto the store shelves… What a cool way to
make a statement! He totally had to use tech in his work… He used a DAW (Digital
Audio Workstation) to record, edit, and mix the audio for the cds. His art
style for the booklet was fairly low tech, but cool… He used an exacto knife
and glue to insert commentary into the original booklet, and scanned it to make
the copies.
looking imposter CD’s and snuck them onto the store shelves… What a cool way to
make a statement! He totally had to use tech in his work… He used a DAW (Digital
Audio Workstation) to record, edit, and mix the audio for the cds. His art
style for the booklet was fairly low tech, but cool… He used an exacto knife
and glue to insert commentary into the original booklet, and scanned it to make
the copies.
2 LaurieAnderson:
http://www.laurieanderson.com/
“Landfall” with the Kronos Quartet is really cool. The music
is fantastic! I was first introduced to the Kronos Quartet from a professor at
the University of New Orleans, performing music from Phillip Glass. Tech is an
integral part of Laurie Anderson’s Work… Music, Video, and even topics about
computers of tech are used . 3 T hrobbing Gristle:
is fantastic! I was first introduced to the Kronos Quartet from a professor at
the University of New Orleans, performing music from Phillip Glass. Tech is an
integral part of Laurie Anderson’s Work… Music, Video, and even topics about
computers of tech are used . 3 T hrobbing Gristle:
This group is credited with starting Industrial Rock… Although
KMFDM are the self proclaimed godfathers of industrial, more evidence supports
that Throbbing Gristle came first! No pun intended… Tech is an integral part of
their work… The use of effects processors, synthesizers, drum machines, samplers,
and other recording and audio equipment is central to their work.
KMFDM are the self proclaimed godfathers of industrial, more evidence supports
that Throbbing Gristle came first! No pun intended… Tech is an integral part of
their work… The use of effects processors, synthesizers, drum machines, samplers,
and other recording and audio equipment is central to their work.
How are they related?
I think one of the ways they are
related is that they have all used music and sound in their work to make commentary
on social issues.
related is that they have all used music and sound in their work to make commentary
on social issues.
Is Tech an essential component in their work?
Yes, Tech is an integral part of
each of these artists work.
each of these artists work.
What is to be done in the field of Performance Art?
It seems like everything that could
be done has already been done. Instead of searching tirelessly for a way to be
original, I think it’s more important to take in the world around us. Then we
combine ideas and resynthesize them in much the way Surgei Eisenstein resynthesizes
video into his genre of “Montage”. The originality is evident when you see that
the combination of 2 unlike and contrasting things creates it’s own unique
message that is greater than the sum of it’s parts.
be done has already been done. Instead of searching tirelessly for a way to be
original, I think it’s more important to take in the world around us. Then we
combine ideas and resynthesize them in much the way Surgei Eisenstein resynthesizes
video into his genre of “Montage”. The originality is evident when you see that
the combination of 2 unlike and contrasting things creates it’s own unique
message that is greater than the sum of it’s parts.
You worked really hard to get this done, great work.
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