WEEK 5

1. Research Tony Oursler's projection sculpture to identify some of the idea and methods he uses his work.

Tony Oursler 1956 was born in New York, is still living and working in New York. he siad , people are often attracted to faces.

As research Tony Oursler's portraits often in a very uncomfortabe position. Sometimes they are under pressure on the sofa, chair legs, spring mattress, and suddently appear in the open trunk. and they are suspended from the ceiling, even they was insered in the a dark corner. Although these portraits are made from a variety of fibers, but it looks very realistic and lifelike. The small projector gives them vivid cheeks. And back and forth rotation of the eyes seemed to look forward to who. At the same time, loudspeaker also heard complaints that they are low, hoarse cry for help, or dying before crooning. Since 1992, Tony Oursler's projections and stage set-like environment, together,created a brand of personal style. In a short time, Tony Ourler's the full of imaginative portraits quickly gained popularity. the artist is the use of highly sophisticated simulation technology to create the virtual reality video devices. First he knitted material with a white head shape out of the shell, then use a small video projection device, the image projected on the first type, resulting a ture portrait. His works is the combination of high-tech success stories and art.

2. How do you think the Enlightenment concepts of science, progress, reason, individualism, empiricism, universalism, freedom and secularism can be applied to Oursler's work?

For Tony Oursler's works , i think they relation with th enlightenment concepts of science and empiricism.

3.Refer to pages 96 and 97 in the ALVC handbook for the full list of key ideas of the Enlightenment, Also use Youtube, the internet and the library to research Oursler's work.

Define the empiricism - the idea that all thought and knowledge about the natural and social world is based upon empirical facts, things that all human beings can apprehend through their sense organs.(ALVC hand book 1)

And the idea of sciense - the notion that scientific knowledge, based upon the experimental method as developed in the scientific revolution of the seventeenth century, was the key to expanding all human knowledge ( ALVC hand book 1)

WEEK 3

Fiona Hall's work and Mercantillism

Fiona Hall's contemporary work relates to the Renaissance concept of Mercantillism.

1.Research the two examples:

'Leaf litter' (1999-2003)

'Tender'(2003-05)

2.Tender (2003-05) and 'Leaf litter' (1999-2003)to explain how they relate to this concept.

Australian artist Fiona Hall has been in recent years through plant and species classification and the transfer of the effect of European colonialism and the subsequent creation of the world's economic and cultural system. Hall's research shows that (Lieniyisi, Sweden, botanist, modern botany and animal School founder) of the global organization system is the development of knowledge structure in Europe has a role within, but also with economic and commercial interests, including the creation of the plantation economy, this economy has become the creation of wealth outside of Europe for Europe powerful machine.

3.First define mercantillism and explain how it has developed since the Renassance.

The theory and system of political economy prevailing in Europe after the decline of feudalism, based on national policies of accumulating bullion, establishing colonies and a merchant marine, and developing industry and mining to attain a favorable balance of trade.(http://www.answers.com/definition%20of%20mercantilism)

16 ~ 17 century is the period of primitive accumulation of capital in Western Europe. During this period the rise and development of commercial capital, to promote the economic collapse of the feudal nature, unified domestic market, and through colonial plunder and expansion of foreign trade and accumulated a lot of money to promote the development of handicraft workshops, produced on behalf of business interests and capital requirements of mercantilist thought. Mercantilist countries to obtain the former refers to the policies adopted by monetary wealth. After the late 16th century, in England and France there have been many ideas to promote the works of mercantilism. Mercantilist emphasis on the accumulation of gold and silver currency, the gold and silver as the only form of wealth that the foreign trade is the real source of wealth, only through the surplus wealth to get more gold and silver. Therefore, advocating the support of the national development of foreign trade.

4. For each work you will need to describe the shape, from and materials of the work, and explain the ideas behind each example.

Fristly, the leaf litter is trying to show us the mercantillism. Fiona Hall used different money for the background. Futhermore, she used leaf 's shape.