Reading Response #9?

1. Benning's work is related/similar to the Riot Grrl subculture in that it captured the whole do it yourself and stand up for your artistic beliefs. Most of the work from these underground movements was made with low tech equipment similar to the punks and there "lets use what we got" mentality. The Riot Grrl subculture is different from the punks in that they focus on women empowerment and the ideas of finding yourself as a women. The punks were more male influenced and dominated.

2. Benning's work is described as visual essays by Milliken because its basically what they are. A story written out with images from her own life and fiction based pieces. All different mediums are used within in order to make the film more personal for her and allows the viewer to get deeper into the story.

3. The term sculpture has changed over the years into a much more open classification allowing for many new, different types of constructions into the sculpture genre. More common now-adays are installations which I think his projections would be classified into more. Every artform evolves into a newer version of what it was, thats all that the art of sculpture is doing.

4. Minimalist sculpture is post modern because it focuses more on the viewers experience with the work instead of a stamped on meaning from the artist. The lack of caring in the work leaves it a post modern work.

5. Both artist use the human body as the object of their art. The attention is focused on their reactions to the physical endurance of using their own bodies.

6. The mode of film practice refers to the specific working style within the avant garde community. Classical Hollywood cinema, surrealism, and French new wave are all forms of non-experimental processes of film practice.

7. The main difference between experimental art and gallery art is the availability to the audiences. Experimental films have been and are still being shown in small venues, classrooms, and film festivals. Now with netflix and the Internet, experimental art is available in all types of forms. Gallery art is location specific which holds back most viewers from specific galleries.