Atomic Elroy

I’m toying with the concept of ‘reality video art’, I got the idea from Bravo’s squeamishly trite TV series. It is sort of what I do anyway, I shoot documentary style footage and then edit it into something else. The video in the previous post is an example.
I’m also intrigued by the concept of supermodernism, it seems to be a concept tied mostly to architecture, a movement that’s for the most part has come and gone… I think it may artistically be a building block to become unstuck in postmodernism. It should be a great starting place to take my artwork.
I suppose the dilemma for me has always been the lack of an art movement to attach my work to. I believe now it is really my attempt at justification of legitimacy. Not have been an Art School Brat, I sometimes feel like a the red headed stepchild when it comes to dealing with the art world.
I was educated in art by myself, and other artists, and “dropping in” ( yes I was a Teenage Drop In) to some art classes of artist friends. I grew up at the end of the age of manifestos, some sweeping sophomoric rant about the inadequacy of the art word to support radical concepts and a prophecy of a “New Art Order” that said writer of manifesto would be the leader of… just writing that sentence made me laugh at how ridiculous the concept is. Yet I still cling to the concept of a movement. Perhaps reading too much Artaud as a youth has made me a manifesto junkie, I’ll take his advice in the essay “No More Masterpieces” and apply it to manifestos!
I’ve decided to shoot in HD but, in B&W, as it seems to be easier to down convert to SD on DVD and still look good. I like HD but need a bigger faster computer to make a complete switch.
It’s been a while since I last blogged… it felt good.