Week 6 , 3 Video Reviews

1.   Thru the Eyes Of A Sculpture was a good video.   It described how Emmanuel Fillion started sculpting at an early age of 15.   He received a scholarship, education, and training.  Initially he worked with restoration.  He eventually became a master sculpture and moved to Malibu.  To make the piece of art, he needs to draw it first.   Then he makes a clay model, then he makes a plaster cast model.   He picks out a piece of marble, then a helper makes a 'rough carve'.  Fillion then finishes it with a file, and makes the final touches.   It's hard to appreciate the level of difficulty in doing this work, it is not described in the text.   They have to search for the limestone and marble, out in the mountains of Italy.   It was a very good video, I learned a lot about limestone, marble, and sculpture.

2.  Glass and Ceramics explained the glass making, and ceramic process.   Glass is made from silica, and is actually a stiff liquid.  It can be shaped into any form, and these days glass is being used in special energy saving applications.  Glass is also being improved as safety glass to prevent injuries.   Staind glass windows are made by starting with small-scale models.   Then full scale sketches used as a pattern.  Eventually you get a puzzle of glass to put together.  The final beauty depends on surrounding light.   The text does not do a good job of explaining as the video does, so much easier to watch a video.  It was a decent video, but maybe a little old and outdated the way it presented.

3.  The installation art video was interesting and a little weird.   Installation art manipulates space and perception, and forces the viewer to evaluate the art in a 3-D look.   It is called fashionable and trendy, but I call it a little weird.   Installation art "takes over and defines space" by the artist.  The invisible art of weird music playing for 1000 years is creepy.   Marcel Duchamp is funny by calling everyday objetcs as art.   Video cameras are now used inside darkened rooms, as art.   Yes, this video is also better than the text, explains everything better.  I liked this video the best of all 3.