Final Video Art Project

Attack of the Botello Zombie!

In my performance art piece, I envisoned a world in the not-to-distant future where zombies develop a hunger for technology. Since our brains are becoming more useless by the day due to technological advances, zombies also developed no use for our brains either.....

Leigh Bowery Homage

Here's a clip from one of my favorite TV shows, the British comedy "Spaced" from the late 90's...Pretty funny obvious reference to Leigh

Music Covers

I didn't want to go to current with this post, that would be to easy. I love all types of music from all different generations. So I did a little digging and came up with these cool cover songs that were made in the post-modern 1980's world....

China Girl - Iggy Pop (1977):

China Girl - David Bowie (1983):

Hazy Shade of Winter - Simon and Garfunkle (1968)

Hazy Shade of Winter - The Bangles (1987)

Keep Me Hanging On - The Supremes (1966)

Keep Me Hanging On - Kim Wilde (1986)

Andy Warhol at Burger King

A pretty funny and cool commercial Andy Warhol did for Burger King from the year I was born, 1981

Xerox Project

For my xerox project, I decided to use something that meant a lot to me growing up. I made 12 copies of my hand (left and right) to represent the 12 members of a basketball team. I then wrapped them around a basketball to represent that all 12 hands are needed to win championships. I then wrote the name of each college team that has won a national championship and the year in which it happened.

Orlan

Orlan was someone that I have honestly never heard of before this class. I really enjoyed learning something new about somebody so fascinating. Orlan truly was one of a kind. She pushed the envelope on nearly everything she did, with little to no regard to public reaction or perception. These types of people, to me, are inspirational. Rather than following the norm of society, Orlan did what Orlan wanted to do. That seems to be a very common theme amongst many of the artists we talk about in class. They are groundbreaking, game changing artists who leave a lasting impression on world society and culture. One of Orlan’s traits that left an impression on me was her obsession with plastic surgery and the “Reincarnation of St. Orlan” beginning in 1990. I mean, the girl had horns put on her head. (Although they weren’t intended to be horns, but ended up looking that way, so conservatives had an easy dig at her). Also, I could’ve have sworn that Orlan is the mother of Lady Gaga….their outlooks towards life and society, not to mention they look eerily similar (before the plastic surgery project, of course!)

Reincarnation in progress:

Lady Gaga tributes Orlan by wearing "horns" very similar to Orlan's plastic surgery: