Spiral Jetty

The images of the waders walking through the shallow waters seems to do a number of things for the film. First it gives the audience a sense of the texture and feel of the water were the monument is to be placed. Although the water is clear the lack of life such as algae or fish suggests beauty and uniqueness but also lifelessness. It establishes the environment where the monument is to be placed. It also is a deep contrast to the turbulence of the equipment moving the rocks and dirt and also allows the viewer to contrast the difference in the color and clarity of the water. It stresses the environment change, not necessarily the harm it causes but the way it has changed the landscape.

"Art Develops Character and Vise-Versa"

The intention of the video is to demonstrate that art plays a role in developing a person’s character, and that people’s characters develop art. It shows a collection of art works made by people at different stages of life and shows how the art develops and suggest the development of the artists behind the work. The images are quickly compiled on to and next to one another and juxtaposed or arranged in a certain way that suggests relationships and ideas shared between the pieces and also the development of the works. For example, the images of the horses are compared to each other and the rabbit drawing are arranged in a way that suggests a motivation behind them. And the order of the works suggests a deeper understanding of the work and the skill involved in making art. I did not use sound effects because I felt they would not supplement the viewer’s job of comparing the images. The viewer only has a few seconds to look at many of the images and even music would distract from the job of the audience and the piece. Basically my sound effect is silence and the sound of moving paper. Also any sort of narration would be redundant and also distracting. I think the project did what I intended to do, however there was one more image I intended to show that got cut short. It was a quote that was painted on a canvass boards by a young child that said, “Little strokes fell great oaks.” I thought that was coincided well with the idea of all these little projects being one small part of the development of a human being and their distinct way of looking at the world.

Joe Steigerwald