A Glance At Eye-Catching Art

                The artwork of Christo and Jeanne-Claude as well as Banksy are very unique.  It’s amazing how the simple wrapping of a building or street graffiti can produce such remarkable pieces.  I think the purity in Chris and Jean’s artwork is what makes it so captivating.  Too many artist, it seems, attempt to put so many messages behind their art.  But both Christo and Jeanne-Claude made it known that there is no deeper unhidden messages behind what they do.  It’s art for the sake of art.  The size of their artwork is another eye catcher.  To create an orange gate throughout City Park in New York must’ve took a lot of time and dedication.  Or to wrap up the Reichstag building in Berlin for art sake is something that has never been heard of. 

                The art of Banksy is very freeing.  It is so freeing it allows the viewer to escape from whatever is holding them down as well.  When I went on Banksy’s website: http://www.banksy.co.uk/, I came across a recording.  The picture was shown was very breathe

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Art is art no matter what shape or form it is in.  For the next month Banksy will be attempting to host an entire show on the streets of New York.  “The street is in play”, he proclaims.  This is my motto as well in life.  Art shouldn’t be limited to a place of appropriateness.  I do believe in respecting people’s private property.  But property that belongs to no one is free for the expression of art in my belief.

New media is a lot different from old media in some aspects.  It seems like the newer media becomes the less human it is.  For example: Palindrome a dance company who switched their name to Palindrome Intermedia Performance Group in 2002 and is rooted in an unbelievably technologically advanced company of performers. Performers of Palindrome are equipped with electrode sensors that detect heart rhythms, brain wave patterns, muscle contractions, and the contact of flesh to flesh with other performers in the group. A computer records the data that is received during movement and then it uses this information to formulate specific digital media outlets such as music or video projections.  It’s interesting to see this I agree, however when will the line be drawn for what computers can and can’t do in art?  Performing art is an art form that is pure and natural to humans.  To see a computer respond or influence a dance piece are not natural impulses.  I’m not saying that it is wrong, I’m just seeing things from different points of views, including my own.  Art is art no matter where the inspiration or influence comes from though. 

One DIY that is considerable interesting to me is the thought of spiritual theater.  Imagine a theater rooted from a spirituality of choosing and manifested through those impulses.   For example, if I used Christianity I would use the Bible as a main source of text and create theatrical pieces based on bible stories.  I would use what a group called Tectonics use ‘moments’, (moments is a theatrical unit of time that has a beginning, middle, and end) to create each piece.  I know this might sound crazy but it could work I am most certain.