5 Artists in different music genres

Electronic 

In the electronic genre of music, I would add the dutch duo the Bingo Players. They are a modern electronic band who I got to see at DayGlow 2012 in Tampa. The song that I like the most, and think represents them the best is called "Rattle."

Girl Power

The artist that I would add to the girl power genre, is Miranda Lambert. She is a country artist, which you do not have many country songs in the music section. For anyone who listens to country knows that Miranda Lambert is an icon for women. She is a strong, powerful, independent woman. Her attitude shows through her music and influences many women around the world, including me. She's my favorite female artist and I had the pleasure of seeing her perform as well. Some of her most influencial songs include "Kerosene" and "Mama's Broken Heart."

90s

I think that the band Red Hot Chili Peppers should be added to this genre because they are a very popular 90s rock bands. They also influenced a wave of new "hippies." I love this band, however when someone thinks about this band, they also have a certain group of people who they would image listen to this music. This is what any band wants, is to influence people. They were able to reach out and influence a new revolution of people. Their most famous song is "Under the Bridge" for several reasons, one of them being the emotional meaning behind the song.

Dubstep 

Bassnectar is the artist that I would add to the dub step genre. This band, just like the Red Hot Chili Peppers, influences a large population. They created a new wave of people who like to go out and rave. Bassnectar was formed out of San Francisco, and is known for his DJing and light shows. Their most popular song is "Bass Head." This song was said to be the song that started the dub step in the United States.

Industrial 

The artist that I would think belongs in the Industrial/Gothic genre is Marilyn Manson. He is a very different character, however I grew up listening to some of his songs with my parents. The song that most people know if for is "Beautiful People." This song has so much meaning behind it looking back at it now. I still enjoy the song if I'm in the mood for it.

Graphene

Graphene

Graphene is a manmade material composed of carbon. It is the strongest, thinnest material known to mankind. This product is only ONE atom thick. This product is going to be used in computer programing in quantum computers and electric clothing. Graphene is everything that you wished it would be. It is transparent, strong, pliable, and inexpensive. This is going to be the future of technology and computer science. It will be interesting to see where this goes in the future.

http://mobile.nytimes.com/blogs/bits/2014/04/13/bend-it-charge-it-dunk-it-graphene-the-material-of-tomorrow/

Massive Attack

Massive Attack is the 1988 English band from Bristol. This band rised up so quickly and became very popular. Their song "Unfinished Sympathy" was voted the 10th greatest song of all time by The Guardian. Below is the music video.

They are known for their popular songs without choruses, but more of the instrumental styles. The song "teardrop" is another one of their most popular songs, below is the music video.

UK Underground Music + Smiths

The Smiths

The Smiths are an English rock band of the 1980s. They filled a spot in UK music called independent music. They were part of the underground movement and influenced many. The Smiths could be considered anarchist because of the music they sing about. They are the "rebels" of UK.

Here is one of their songs, "How soon is now?" This song shows their political views as well as their views on others. They are singing about how they aren't getting where they need to as a person, and the struggles they go through. The suffer from the pressure of being different in the UK. This shows through their music.

http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20130524-the-smiths-thirty-years-on

The Pogues

The Pogues are an Irish celtic band in the 80s in UK. This band is part of the folk punk genre. Below is a picture of their Irish band. Some of the music that they produced is also based on their political views.

One of their more popular songs is "dirty old town" and below is the music video about their performance. This meaning on this song is similar to the style of the Smiths, in that they sing about their struggles and how society is challenging them. During this time, UK is going through a revolution in art and that is why we are seeing so many bands with the same views.

Video Mapping

ALIVE PICTURE

Although this video is short, I think that it's awesome. I think that because it's more than just a performance piece, its a dance piece as well. This piece was used at what looks like a rave, and this is something that moves along to the beat of the music. I think that it is very well put together, and I would enjoy seeing something like this next time I go to a rave. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gXWtO4Ltw9g

IBM CONFERENCE

This is not the best video mapping performance I've seen, however I like that it's used in a professional setting such as the IBM conference and not just for show. Although the performance is for show, it is also a way of showing off new technologies that IBM has to offer. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=riySMkueB54

LIVE PERFORMANCE ART

This was my favorite video. I love that it is involving dancing and the dancer himself. Most of the other examples that we've seen of video mapping are great, but they are all projected on to a building or a flat screen. The projection is the main focus, however in this performance the projection and the dancer work together to make a great performance! 

http://vimeo.com/50197298

Videoartes.com

Videoartes.com is a website that has a bunch of videos that are made by video artist. There is so theme to what they do, it is just interesting to see.

VIDEOGIOCO

This is an interesting video because it reminded me of the flip books that we did. However this type of work is much more intense and requires a lot of planning. What really sold me on the video is the audio that goes along with it. It makes the video that much more entertaining and come to life.

PIXELS

This is so cool! this video combines real world and 3D animation. I have no idea how to do this animation, but we watched some videos on how they make video games and I'm sure its along those same lines. I know that it is very complicated and for the I give these artists a lot of credit.

BAD NEWS

Bad news was probably my favorite video. I liked that it has a meaning behind and it reminded me of the post that I posted previously about the difference between commercial and propaganda. This video is in a new paper where you see a lot of commercials and propagandas. This video has a political point they are trying to make and show that throw new paper headlines.

Unfortunately the video wouldn't load but here is the link to watch the video:
http://player.vimeo.com/video/7189740?title=0&byline=0&portrait=0&color=ffffff

performance art piece

This is my performance art piece. The topic we were assigned was to create a performance art piece that related our university major. My major being math, this was very difficult to do. I had many ideas of things that I wanted to perform however could not find a way they related to math. Most of the ideas that I created were along the lines of technology or communications. Both of which I hate, by the way!

However, I thought that by going around a public area performing my art by allowing the users to be interactive with my piece would be a great idea since most math people are quite sheltered. Santiago even made this point that math people are usually alone working on paperwork, computers, or reading. This is very true, as I personally love to be alone and don't like being bothered my others or modern technology. What I love about math is that there is a very set in stone system of how things work. These ideas will never change, they may be applied in different aspects however the rules of physics don't change.

This performance was very nerve racking. I was so afraid to do this because I do not like being out in public being the center of attention. But I had my friend come with me and together we made the project fun. We asked people who were either running, walking, or biking down bayshore if they would like to participate in my art project. They were asked to make anything they wanted on my poster with the paint provided and a sponge.

A lot of people did not want to participate, most likely because they do not like being bothered while they are working out. Which is understandable, if I were doing my daily run down bayshore I probably wouldn't have participated myself.

However, those who did participate were very interesting. They all had different reasons for drawing what they drew. Most of the items were very cliche hearts and squiggles. Some people chose the color of paint based on their moods at the time. One man said that he wanted to paint with blue because he was calm, and then yellow because he was excited. Those contradict each other which was interesting and I sort of laughed when he said this. He clearly didn't know what he was feeling.

But I liked that piece a lot, and I think that it came out interesting at the end. Here is a picture of the collaborative painting after about 15 people worked on it.