Here is some notes and points of my presentation = ]
About Janine Antoni:
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Freeport, Bahamas in 1964
• Education :
BA of Sarah Lawrence College
MFA of Rhode Island School
• Women artist
• Works:
àmainly using her body as a tool /media to create
àtransform everyday activities into ways of making art
• Using “feminine” medium • Aim : recorded her existence in the world
• Education :
BA of Sarah Lawrence College
MFA of Rhode Island School
• Women artist
• Works:
àmainly using her body as a tool /media to create
àtransform everyday activities into ways of making art
• Using “feminine” medium • Aim : recorded her existence in the world
Basic concepts of Slumber:
•An installation included artist performances.
•Make a sculpture out of sleep
•Artist’s brain as a creative tool /media
•Record the dream by electroencephalograph
(EEG) machine
•Weaving the pattern of EGG record into a blanket by a large wooden loom at day
•Interact with the audience
•Artist sleep & cover with the woven blanket at night
•Make a sculpture out of sleep
•Artist’s brain as a creative tool /media
•Record the dream by electroencephalograph
(EEG) machine
•Weaving the pattern of EGG record into a blanket by a large wooden loom at day
•Interact with the audience
•Artist sleep & cover with the woven blanket at night
The intentions of Slumber:
•Artist:
-Using her own body to sculpture the dream through sleeping
-The story of Penelope in feminist –inspired version
- a counter-myth, new fairytale
Why using Body?
•performance-based & process-oriented art since 1960s and 70s.
•Most intimate way to interact with viewers
• Tactile method of feminist theories
• Body as a main material of Feminist artists’ works in 1970s 80s.
à Body as a primary site & important sources of information
àWomen’s social status based in the body
•performance-based & process-oriented art since 1960s and 70s.
•Most intimate way to interact with viewers
• Tactile method of feminist theories
• Body as a main material of Feminist artists’ works in 1970s 80s.
à Body as a primary site & important sources of information
àWomen’s social status based in the body
Other works :
Questions:
1.It has long been saying that women artists like to use their body as a powerful weapon to challenging the inequity of two genders, do you agree? And can you feel it in above works?
2.There two kind of participation of artist’s body among the works( face to face vs. leaving a traces) , which one give you a stronger feeling?
1.It has long been saying that women artists like to use their body as a powerful weapon to challenging the inequity of two genders, do you agree? And can you feel it in above works?
2.There two kind of participation of artist’s body among the works( face to face vs. leaving a traces) , which one give you a stronger feeling?
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