ITAP LECTURE 3 2012

The third lecture we attended was called connectivity, I've chosen to look at the points about "the notions of originality" and where to draw the line when it comes to stealing ideas within creative mediums. And key principle number two: "Cultural Context within your chosen medium". I did struggle a bit with separating the points in this weeks lecture, but on closer inspection I realise that the lecturer blended the points together.

We were shown a passage by a man called Jim Jarmusch, it talks about how nothing is original, and it's very hard to think of something that has not been done before. The idea that instead of wasting time trying to think of something new, to revamp or renew an existing idea and make it your own, although it will of been done before, it will never be the same, for instance a photograph of the same subject will never be exactly the same as the original one taken because it was taken at a different point in time. 
 People have been doing this for years and years in the form of drawing, photography and mixed media. We were shown quite a few examples of this, like famous paintings that had been re-done but in the form of say a photograph. I have included an example below of this:

The image by Tamara de Lampicka shows the art movement futurism, Nick Nights photograph below has clearly taken inspiration from this, he is renowned for doing quite abstract photo shoots so I can see why he would of chosen to remake the image. The properties are quite similar, the pose of the model and even the creases in the material of her dress.

For the second point I have chosen Cultural Context within Chosen medium, I feel all the points were similar but this particular one talked about how artists use the culture around them to influence their work, this too has been shown throughout art history, I feel it's important that artists do this so it's almost like history is being captured thought art. An example of this would be say if an Asian decided to do textiles and did a project based on traditional Asian dress. As another example below I have included photo's taken by Dorathea Lange of the great depression, this shows photography influenced from culture issues and impact.