Contemporary Video Art/ part1 Slide 2 His work encompasses
sculpture, photography, drawing and film. Mostly known for his
Cremaster series. In the 90s, moved to New York and worked as a
male model for J.Crew catalogues a career that helped him finance
his early work as an artist. Barney is married to Bjork, a very
famous singer from Iceland. Matthew Barney (1967- ) Slide 3 Barneys
epic Cremaster Cycle (19942002)Cremaster Cycle consists of 5
feature-length films that explore processes of creation. Its
conceptual departure point is the cremaster muscle, which is part
of the male reproduction system. As the cycle evolved over eight
years, Barney looked beyond biology as a way to explore the
creation of form, employing narrative models from other realms,
such as biography, mythology, and geology. Matthew Barney Slide 4
Drawing Restraint 9 (2005) consisting of: a feature length 35mm
film large-scale sculptures photographs, drawings, and books
Drawing Restraint 9 is an unconventional love story set in Japan.
The narrative structure is built upon themes such as the Shinto
religion, the tea ceremony, the history of whaling, etc. Matthew
Barney Slide 5 Slide 6 Slide 7 The story takes place at a Japanese
oil refinery, a truck loaded with hot petroleum jelly is paraded
from the factory to the harbour. The procession, led by animals, is
flanked by hundreds of rejoicing Japanese as it arrives abreast an
enormous whaling ship where the jelly is pumped into a mould on
deck. The ship departs, and during the weeks of the voyage, the
mass of petroleum jelly cools. Meanwhile, below deck, a western
couple are falling in love as they are served bowls of tea. As the
voyage continues, the tea room slowly fills up with a fluid. The
western couple become enveloped in it and slowly transform. As the
ship reaches the Southern Ocean, amongst a backdrop of luminous
icebergs we behold the de-moulding of the sculpture... Drawing
Restraint Synopsis Slide 8 Matthew Barney Drawing Restraint 9, 2005
Movie TrailerMovie Trailer The film concerns the theme of
self-imposed limitation and continues Matthew Barneys interest in
religious rite, this time focusing on Shinto. Slide 9 Matthew
Barney PBS Art 21 Series Slide 10 Is one of todays leading video
artists Designs environments that envelop the viewer in image and
sound Employs state-of the-art technologies Main focus - universal
human experiences: birth, death, rebirth the unfolding of
consciousness His art has roots in both Eastern and Western art and
philosophy Bill Viola Slide 11 Bill Violas work ranges from single
videotapes to immersive architectural video installations including
video projections, sound and sometimes physical objects. Deeply
involved in Buddhism, Viola is preoccupied with the inner or
spiritual-self and the boundaries of consciousness. Since the death
of his parents and birth of his children in the 1990s his work has
often drawn on his own life to explore recurring themes of birth,
death, self discovery and personal transformation. Bill Viola Slide
12 Got his first camera in the 60s and made his first art video in
1970. In this interview Viola talks about one of his latest
projects OceanOcean Without a ShoreWithout a Shore, installed in a
San Gallo church in Venice. Bill Viola Slide 13 I am interested in
what the old masters didnt paint, those steps in between. - Bill
Viola Referencing Old Masters Christ Carrying the Cross, Hieronymus
Bosch, 1515-16 The Quintet of the AstonishedThe Quintet of the
Astonished, Bill Viola, 2000 (video rear projection on wall-mounted
screen) Slide 14 The Visitation, Jacopo da Pontormo, 16 th Cent.
(left) The GreetingThe Greeting, Bill Viola, 1995 (right)
Referencing Old Masters Slide 15 The Making of Emergence The Making
of Emergence - Interview Bill Viola
