Zamani

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MY KILOMETRE

When I think of a kilometre the first thing that comes to mind is time, which I know is funny because I should be thinking of distance. But to me time and distance is relative. 

In my life a lot of my loved ones, friends and even school are far from me. For example Guelph is 69km away from my home. 

That being said, 1 km to me is nothing. it’s like 30 seconds in my eyes. 

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KATJA HEITMANN ARTICLE

Describe the work discussed in the article and the unique challenges – as well as the unique gifts- that come with attempting to archive personal movements?
I found this piece very interesting, as many people as well as myself can relate. Me and my cousin always pointed out each others gestures that were unique to us, for example she always smirks and nods her head. Realizing this came from being with each other all the time, thats how we picked up these little things. Seeing someone completely embody someone else down to those little details is very impressive and discomforting especially from one interview. What makes this so impressive is the attention to detail these artists have. As mentioned in the article, some of the people they were replicating didn’t even realize some of their own gestures until they saw the reinactment. But what makes it discomforting is knowing that it’s stripping these performers from their own identity. Embodying someone else constantly and being aware of these little gestures/details can make a person forget what their unique traits were/are because being aware of them can make it become less natural cause they are no long subconsciously doing them. The discomforting part is since its stripping them from their own identity its like they are becoming someone else (especially if its you their reinacting).

Discuss one or two examples of movements in the article – what strikes you about them?
Right of the bat the first movement mentioned was cracking knuckles during tasks that make that person feel anxious. It caught my eye the most because I always do that. Even if my knuckles are already cracked I always still do the gesture. I felt as though starting the article off with many movements that people can relate to made it very engaging and really solidified the familiarity of this piece.  

Describe the habitual movements/unconscious gestures, tics etc. of 3 people you know well. How do individual body parts move, and how does the whole body interact? What about facial expressions, and emotional valence of the movement? How does body type inform the movement?What do these examples of small movements mean and imply?
One of my friends play with their necklace pendant when they are either overthinking or anxious. As they start to play with it you can see in their eyes that their somewhere else. Kind of like a blank look. It always follows with their leg fidgeting as well. It probably means that the necklace is kind of their safe place, it keeps them connects even when they start to drift. Kind of like a sense of comfort.

One of my other friends while they play volleyball when they get excited and like have adrenaline for example when they get a good set and are going up to hit. They aways have their mouth a little one and is like resting their tongue in between one of their back teeth more to the side/back I don’t know how to explain it. The emotion they have when they do this is always like estatic like they have so much energy and their excited. 

My relative whenever they say/do something they think was cool they like lightly wipe their nose. The expression they make is always like a cheeky expression and it probably entails some type of awkwardness. 

FIELD TRIP

At the AGO, walking into the hip hop culture exhibit, this was the first piece that caught my eye. The levels and vibrant colours all complimented each other so well. This piece did a good job showing the evolution of streetwear which I am really into. It also includes a person in a wheel chair which I think was very cool as you don’t see much representation in art works, it really brought out the realism in this piece.

This second piece was showcasing Drakes “Hotline bling” music video. It was really cool how this singluar piece had it’s own seperate room dedicated to this work. This made you feel like you were inside the music video. This music video was a big thing in hip hops culture. The music video blew up for it’s catchiness as well as its dance. That’s why just stepping into the room I knew what the piece was about.

The power plant consisted of two pieces

What caught my eye here was the bamboo structure, the light seeping through made it feel very immersed with the piece. The pillows set down was a really nice touch as it made you comfy and feel the soft emotions the lighting at atmosphere was giving off

This last piece was very cool to me, it was about waves. The coloured aura panels surrounding it caught my eye first actually as it was the only colour in this all black room. It made walking into the room feel like you were in a completely different world.

ONE FEAT. THREE WAYS

ONE SHOT.

LOOP

SEQUENCE

Water. It is something in everyones everyday life, it is an essential. We wanted to portray water as something fun but at the same time uncomfortable. Just like when we were kids having water fights fully clothed. We were having so much fun that in the moment we don’t even realize how uncomfotable we are. The name “Water fight” derives from the competitiveness in each video as theres some type of competition happening in some type of way for the viewer to depict.

BEHIND THE SCENES – a timelapse

AUDIO ASSIGNMENT

CONSTANT RELIEF

“Constant Relief” is a piece on sound of the body. It is a compilation of different bones in my body cracking at a constant pace. The constant beat throughout is the sound of my wrist, I chose to make it constant throughout the whole piece as it replicated a heart beat. This is to paint the picture of these sounds being from a living person. I wanted to make the cracks relaxing at times but uncomfortable at times as being able to crack your bones is relaxing but when someone does it for a long period of time it freaks some people out so I wanted to replicate that feeling. I named this piece Constant Relief because people crack their bones to release tension somewhere in their body and the cracking in this audio is constant.

RECORDING