dedications

Hey everyone!
Today's class reminded me I had wanted to post some video dedications. Everyone can check them out, I just dedicated these videos to people based on the work they're doing in the class or conversations I've had with them, etc.

To Ryan:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kGZw0yeKgNY
This is a piece I made last term... I call it a mega-commercial. It's sort of like ad busting.
Also:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T5LS0zOXNz4
Banksy seems to be a really intriguing guerilla artist. Have you checked him out already?


To Joe:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dgjeBA2NI2c
Remember how I said to you I had never seen a baby pigeon before? Well here's what one looks like! It's kinda creepy. I'm still mystified as to where the grown up ones hide all their babies. I guess in secret nests...


To Catherine (Katie?):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YxZJYbVd1hE
Since you showed a stop animation for your midterm, I thought you might enjoy this stop animation made on lite brite. I think it's so beautiful. On a side note, I don't hate techno or robots, I just love this video.


To Judith:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wrs8cdR7Rlc
Just for laughs. Can't wait to see what kind of art piece you make about daffodils.

To Abena:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T0s-Bxg2iNY
You said you and your friends were making a parody of a music video... I think this one is hilarious! It's so dumb, you just can't help but laugh... or get really annoyed.


Ok everyone I'm out of dedications for now... maybe I'll post some more if/when I find some good ones. I hope I got everyone's name right... sorry if not.

See you guys for critiques next week!
-Angela

Return to Kandahar

In Return to Kandahar, Nelofer Pazira returns to Afghanistan in search of her close friend Dyana, whose letters about life under the Taliban disclose her despair and thoughts of suicide. This story was fictionalized in the film "Kandahar" which rocketed to international attention following the events of 9/11, starring Nelofer Pazira. Today's film continues where that film left off. More widely, we will discuss multidisciplinary strategies and diasporic storytelling : Pazira moves from fictional feature, to doc, to book/memoir, to TV news, enacting, retelling, reconfiguring and influencing the events she describes.

Check link in post title for the "Return to Kandahar" web site.