Eleanor Heartney, Art and Today
Phaidon Press 2008.
This chapter had a variety of approaches to the topic. I was interested in exploring effects of machines of how we view ourselves, as a part of nature. From page 180 there were a number of artists and examples of works that dealt with these issues. The artists I found interesting included Rebecca Horn, Lee Bull, Wim Delvoye, Nancy Burson, Orlan, and duo Anthony Aziz and Sammy Cucher. I found a number of useful arguments. This source is reliable and useful, because of the knowledge of the author’s credentials, and the extensive bibliography.
Mio Iizawa’s Youtube channel
http://www.youtube.com/user/iimio?gl=JP&hl=ja
This is the Youtube channel created by the artist, under the username “iimio”. It has the videos of his artworks. They show them moving, with an audience interacting with them. As these videos are directly from the artist, we are seeing his works as he intended them to be shown, without critical evaluation from another source influencing how we view the work. Each video gives the artwork’s title, and shows how it moves and how to interact with it. The videos then have an explanation of some of the ideas behind the work, and how the artwork was constructed.
http://www.youtube.com/user/iimio?gl=JP&hl=ja
This is the Youtube channel created by the artist, under the username “iimio”. It has the videos of his artworks. They show them moving, with an audience interacting with them. As these videos are directly from the artist, we are seeing his works as he intended them to be shown, without critical evaluation from another source influencing how we view the work. Each video gives the artwork’s title, and shows how it moves and how to interact with it. The videos then have an explanation of some of the ideas behind the work, and how the artwork was constructed.
Vein in the vein (Mio Iizawa’s solo exhibition)
http://www.site-ebisu.com/himitsu/008/himitsu008.html
http://www.site-ebisu.com/himitsu/008/himitsu008.html
The link to this website came from Mio iizawa’s official website. The official website, although listing his achievements and exhibitions, did not go into detail of his art practice as this site does. This site was made for his only solo exhibition “vein in the vein”. From the site we beciome aware of Iizawa’s interest in the repetition of the vital body functions. We are aware of his intent for people to openly interact with his works, to touch them. This site is useful for giving insight into the reasoning behind the artist’s works. The site is in Japanese, so it needs translation, although this can confuse the meaning of some statements.
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