I'm Emma and I am studying Interactive Art at Manchester Metropoliton University. My 1st, 2nd and Foundation years were at North Nottinghamshire College. Let my creativity carry on.
DaDa is an art movement that began during the First World War. It began in Zurich which is in Switzerland and it was a negative reaction to the horrors that the war brought. The dada artists had their aim to destroy what art was and to create their own new style. DaDa is an anti-war and anti bourgeois art movement.
The founder of DaDa is a writer called Hugo Ball. In Zurich 1916 Hugo started a nightclub called the Cabaret Voltaire with a companion Emmy Hennings on the 1st of February. This nigh club was used for political proposes and by artists, guest artists were invited/came and gave either a musical performance or readings at the meetings they had.
A magazine wrote Ball "will bear the name "DADA","DADA, DADA, DADA, DADA." was one of the first publications of dada. Slowly this art movement became international and was the basis of surrealism in paris afar the war.
Alfred Jarry influenced DADA and Alfred himself was very absurd in his work. He created a play called Ubu Rai which was so bizar it was not accepted by the audience was as a result it was only shown that one day.
Bill started creating video art/installations in 1970 and uses new technology and also influences from nature. He also uses a lot of sound in his videos. Bill feels that video helps him feel in control of his life and can help his through hard times for example his mothers passing which he videos her for a short while and created a piece of art work. The passing was created in 1991 after his mothers death. Here are some installations:
5 angles for the millennium
Its about a story of him not holding onto a float when he went swimming and he sunk he said 'It's like a different world with the different lights', 'It was peaceful'. A hand pulled him out and he had no idea where he was and that is what this installation is about.
1970 began in
Embraces new technology but also uses instruction from nature
Sound has always been a main part in his institutions
Video helps him feel in control of his life
Silent life
Hand held camera
Looking at new borns in the hospital
Light, the first light that the human sees
Too see the advent of seeing
Heaven and earth 1992
Mother in death bed - brothers son so was born 9 month after one 2 monitors reflecting one another
The crossing 1996
Man on fire on reverse man getting drenched by water,
Gradual unconscious ideas combined through time to create the video
Four hands 2001
here is an image of part of the installation of the 4 screens with four hands doing different movements. i really like this one because its so simple when you look at it but i am going to go into more depth and look at this and some other pieces.
This installation is called delusion and is about 7 minutes long. It is an interactive installation and on the video it shows that you speak to start it and through out the video a picture in the corner appears to tell you to speak, touch the sencour or even look into the camera and it will take a photo when you speak.
I like all the different elements to this peice and especially how you can interact with it.
