Video Response. 3.13

Do you think this is art?  Why or why not?
Not really because it feels like it's more of a science projects like for physics class or something. It's really cool and clever but it's not much of a visual aesthetic or anything that I personally think of art as. It doesn't provoke any emotions by looking at it except astonishment.

Does it remind you of anything?
I feel like I've seen similar videos but none of which I can recall on the top of my head. It's really clever and witty though. I feel like it's a bit of an optical illusion which is often is some artists' artworks. 

Nventfischer

Nventfischer

French surrealist photographer. He uses special techniques and styles, such as physical deformity of the objects within the photo, in order to capture desires that are unknown to the naked eye.

I like this artist because his photos are really mysterious. This is also the first time I found out about a "surrealist photographer". It's really cool how somehow the pictures are able to captures some sort of emotion, sensation, or desire in one photo.

Laurence Demaison

Laurence Demaison (b.1965, France) - Saute d’humeur (2004)

The photographic work of Laurence Demaison is exclusively constituted by self-portraits from 1993 to 2009. Since 2010 she occasionally uses mannequins or dolls. 

I like the photos of this artist because there's a mysterious feeling to the pictures. I also like the feeling of movement in them. The pictures are simple but can be interpreted or be thought on a different level. 

Moritz Wehr

Moritz Wehr, also known as Mowr, is a young artist based in Austria. Curious yet introverted, he is constantly trying to embrace the world and making the best out of every situation. Moritz loves to experiment with colors, light through his work and limitates always the image to a few objects, trying to focus on a few important things, leaving out unnecessary detail.

One of the reasons why I like this artist is because it's really simple and to the point. The artists says that his goal is to make people feel something when they see his art, and I when I see his work, I do; Through these simple pictures, they bring emotion and memories into people's minds.  

Artist Blog: Chen Yingjie (Hua Tunan)

Chen Yingjie, also known as Hua Tunan, is a Chinese street artist. Living in the coastal city of Foshan, his unique street art style comes from his training in classical Chinese and illustration. He often explores new ways to combine Western graffiti styles with traditional Chinese methods and elements including ink painting, drum rhythms and a variety of cultural symbols. I like this artist because of the rhythm of his paint; it's like paint bouncing from drums but onto paper. The splatters of paint makes the subject seem alive and sharp with attitude. The strokes of his paint reveals a certain attitude within each of his pieces (very cool).

Research Artist. Ivan Alifan

http://www.ivanalifan.com/

Ivan Alifan is a Russian aritist who attended OCAD University in Toronto and is the son of talented Russian painter Anna Razumovskaya. 
I find his paintings interesting because the way he's able to distinguish the subject from the back ground though the color seems similar. With a mix of white and pink, the goo that covers the subject  shows the different composition and lighting of the face. The way he's able to emphasize the right shades and parts of the face is really neat and refined. Same goes for his earlier paintings (the lighting, shading, composition).