Mark J Stock

I'v been looking at Mark's artwork in the last few days and a lot of his work is really crazy. My favorite is "Magma 19" it is so cool and how he made it is insane. I also really liked "Dynamo" which is really interesting, loved it.

Image reconstruction from brain activity

I watched the video on the video reconstruction of images from the brain and it was absolutely crazy. This was so cool and i fell that they can make it even better over the next few years so that the image is 100% clear and recognizable.

Video Art

Danielle: very good, enjoed the beat boxing and your use of filters/effects
Hessa: loved the message, the monologue was great, great work
Luis: very interesting, really liked the idea, liked the part when the bike was right nect to the car
Sebastian: cool idea, loved the filters and effects used, the music was well done, fit well with the video, liked the integration of Lee Bowery
Stef: really cool and creepy, liked how it become more and more de-contexualized over time
Emily: cool idea, loved how it linked to your previous work
Francessca: really cool, at first didn't understnad what was being said but after the explanation I though wow extremely interesting
Jon: really interesting, good effects and sound, wanted more
Hannah: really interesting great everything
Sara: cool idea, liked the hands effect and the music associated with the video and the ending was cool with all the 3d lights
Abby: the idea was cool, execution was great, loved how organic it was, only video to not use any effects/filters
Grace: great use of own sound in the piece, liked how the three images became  an exquisite corpse
Amanda: cool idea, liked how the cube became the screens for the individual videos, liked how you created your own effect by putting the phone in water and recording it

Tamiko Thiel

I really liked the "Reign of Gold" becuase she is de-contextualizing the occupy movement. I thought that the idea was really interesting and really cool. Another one of her pieces that I really liked was "Shades of Absence" yet again she is de-contextualize the Brooklyn bridge.  She has a lot of really great work, great artist.

Dreamachine

The dream machine was created by Brion Gysin and William S. Burroughs. A person uses this machine with eyes closed the strobe light like lights stimulate the eyes optical nerves which then alter the brains electronic oscillations. This allows the viewer to see odd color patterns and bright lights.

Xerox Project

Sebastian: Great idea, like the addition of the headphones and blackberry
Francessca: so cool, really amazing idea, one of your best works
Grace: great idea, really cool
Luis: cool idea, liked what you did with the upside down eyes
Amanda: wow, so cool and great idea making yourself a puppet
Hessa: great idea, really intricate, great use of scale
Sara: great idea and cool idea using quotes
jon: realy cool idea with Popeye, could have done more with it though
Stef: really cool idea, love the use of the eyes watching you
Danielle: really funny, great idea
Emily: really interesting liked the dog and the fist as its head
Hannah: really really cool, great idea, the eyes and hear rate were crazy, amazing

Joseph Beuys

Joesph Beuys was a German performance artist, a sculptor, a installation artist  and a key figure in the Fluxus movement among other things. One of my favorite works by Beuys is "Homogeneous Infiltration for Piano". I love this piece because it is really interesting because he is channeling Marcel Duchamp in this piece but instead of a typriter it is a piano and the sheet covering the piano has a red cross on it. This piece is really interesting and cool.