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EDVARD MUNCH

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This video came up on my recommended and i decided to click on it because the imagery and connotations of cigarettes had previously interested me and had been something i was thinking about. It was really cool and i like the art style. made me think of what it would be like to paint/smudge smoke on photos so i tried with this photo and i think it turned out pretty cool.  I then smudged the face & also has a cool look to it.

Concrete Poetry

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☆  can also be known as pattern or shape poetry. ☆  the term 'concrete poetry' is modern, however using arrangement to compliment meaning of a poem is old. ☆  popular in Greek Alexandria (2nd largest city in Egypt) during the 2nd and 3rd centuries of BCE (before the common era). only a handful still survive, examples include poems by Simmias of Rhodes in the shape of an egg, wings, and a hatchet. ☆  The post classical revival of shaped poetry has been claimed to began with the Gerechtigkeitsspirale which is a relief carving of a poem church of St. Valentin in Germany in a spiral shape. It was created in 1510 by Erhart Falkener and in the late Gothic style. George Herbert's 'Easter Wings' (1633). resembles angels with outstretched wings.

Heroes/Hero/Neu!/Motorik

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I was sat at the drs waiting 2 get a blood test and looked at my phone which listening to heroes and thought the notes from the genius thing they do on the app was interesting, so later I went back and screenshotted them. The one I saw in the waiting room was photo 4. i also went on the website genius.com as I wanted to see if that was on there before going through the whole song on spotify to find the specific part I read. while reading the notes on the song, I found that it was heavily inspired by 'Hero' by the band Neu!. I listened to it and thought it was Gud lol. I then looked at the genius page and came across the terms 'Motorik' and 'Ostinato'. Motorik (meaning 'motor skill' in German) is the 4/4 beat, often used by krautrock bands. The beat was pioneered by the drummer of the band 'Can'. The beat is of moderate pace & the pattern is repeated through each bar & a crash symbol is often hit at the beginning bar of a verse or ...

Ben Vautier, Fluxus, Mail art

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decided to look for the author of this quote and found it was Ben Vautier He was born on the 18th July 1935, known as Ben. He discovered Yves Klein and the Nouveau Realisme in the 50s Joined the Fluxus art movemement. Active in mail art started text based paintings known as ' é critures' In 1981 he came up with the term 'Figuration Libre' for the French art movement during the 80s. Yves Klein - nouveau realisme, performance art, pop art, minimal art. Nouveau Realisme - saw the world as something they could take parts from and incorporate them into works Fluxus was an international, interdisciplinary community of artists, composers, & poets during the 1960s and 70s who engaged in experimental art performances which emphasised the artistic process over the finished product. Fluxus is known for experimental contributions to different artistic media. They produced performance events that included noise/dada music, concrete poetry, visua...