Video Art

Hatsune Miku

Hatsune Miku is a 3D animated character in Japan that sings artificial music created in a singing software. I think actually animating the character is pretty cool, something I might be interested in. But as to paying to listen to her, I don't think so. There are people who are willing to pay a ton of money to see her live in concert. The ironic thing is that she is not actually "live", and that they only payed to see a dancing cartoon. It's kind of pathetic if you ask me. 

Kraftwerk

Kraftwerk was a German band during the 1970's that essentially kicked off the use of electronic instruments. They used instruments like the vocoder to express a contrast between the electronic world and the human world, which was basically all in one. They are influential to many electronic artists today.

Scopitones

Scopitones are essentially the prototypes of what we see of music videos today. It's almost like a visual representation of a performance from a boombox (if that makes any sense). They feature a singer on a stage or in front of a musical backdrop that last only about 3 minutes.

Performance Art Piece

Flash Mob

Eva & Adele

Eva and Adele are a married couple who live as performance artists. They can be described as one unison masterpiece, even though they are two separate people. They are a man and a woman (even though legally the man is considered a woman) who both put tons of makeup on, shave their heads, and dress the same. Their claim is that they are from the future and rarely talk about their past history before the transformation. They both attend huge art receptions in their full performance attire.They remind me of the Observers in the TV show Fringe, who show up at random times at crucial events throughout the show, even though they are not the primary focus.



                                                                      Eva and Adele

                                                                       Observer