FILM 3660 1st Edition Lecture 18Outline of Last Lecture - November 3, 2014Minimalism 1. Lars von Trier, The Five Obstructions 2. Obstruction #5 – The Perfect Human3. Lars Gratitude4. 1965 – Robert Morris5. Transcendence6. Composition7. L Beams by Robert Morris 19658. MeaningOutline of Current Lecture – November 5, 20141. 3 Themes of Transcendentalism 2. Dan Flavin “Monument for V Taylin” 3. Carl Andre – “Equivalent” 19664. Wittgenstein, Mereau-Ponty, Barthes, Freid 5. Ed Ruscha, from Twenty-Six Gasoline Stations, 1962. Artist’s photo book6. Aesthetic Autonomy7. Top Hat QuestionsCurrent Lecture:1. 3 Themes of Transcendentalism a) Intrinsic Meaning in works of art.b) The artist can control that meaning.c) Sphere of Composition – when you take the artist out of the work the real space is lost; you are no longer worried about what the artist did during creation but instead what you are doing. Environmentally, spatially and contextually – phenomenology. 2. Dan Flavin “Monument for V Taylin” - Serial Industrialized construction – the “HOME DEPOT” projectThese notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor’s lecture. GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes, not as a substitute.- Communistic government – communist minimalist art: minimalist art is atheistic – no religious dogma. Religion always introduces transcendence and this piece is egalitarian and democratic.3. Carl Andre – “Equivalent” 1966- Shared public access – anyone can make this and there is no privacy.- No movement and no spiritualization- Deflating transcendence and movement –what am I looking at?- Where is my entry point? How will I know how or who made this?4. Wittgenstein, Mereau-Ponty, Barthes, Freid - Comfort in death of artist- Minimalist has taken depth away from artist and giving in to the spectator- In conceptual art you must understand that there is a degradation of visual expression (visual withdraw) your eyes do not do the work- Conceptual artists take this to the extreme – - Participant model – your responsibility for meaning of the work.- Michael Freido Intrinsic use medium specificity – ITS ALL ABOUT THE OBJECT – o Theatricality: engages space around it and ruins guidelines between art and the environment.o Presentness: minimalist works of art are just present. “Presentness is grace” As soon as we talk about grace transcendence is added back into art – debates for minimalist.5. Ed Ruscha, from Twenty-Six Gasoline Stations, 1962. Artist’s photo book –- Drove from OK to CA and along the way he took pictures of gas stations and put them into a book. The title came before the pictures – he likes the word gasoline and he likes the number 26- The pictures are not “arty” the dead pan images are not allowed to decide whether or not it is beautiful – not that interesting, mechanical – I don’t even know if it is art. - The conceptual artists were anti-aesthetic – collection of “ready-mades/facts” - Using a serial medium – sterility of American landscape- Visual Withdraw – You are supposed to be looking at something interesting and the artist doesn’t give that to you – what am I looking at? - Emphasis on the distribution form: Artist do not go to work on the content of art but in the way that it was distributed (photograph in a book) – no original books just copies. Not original distribution form.6. Aesthetic Autonomy- Arts job is to give us a space for our thoughts- Minimalist: Optimality/Autonomy – vs. conceptualism: linguistic- Minimalist: Uniqueness of a work including singularity – vs. conceptualism: mechanical reproduction- Minimalist: Intrinsic meaning – vs. conceptualism: supplementation- Supplement: Aesthetic of the supplement is when an external form 7. Top Hat Questions: ANSWER: A ANSWER: