Art, nature & technology

LEONADO DA VINCI, YVONNE RAINER & GEORGE ORWELL

Firstly, i believe one cannot speak of art and technology without making mention to the renaissance man himself, Leonardo Da Vinci, as i'm sure everyone is very well aware, da Vinci's ar went far beyond the paintings he created, his idea's, theories and philosohies in relation to sience and technology saw perhaps the first images of what could be very plausable flying machines (now helicopters) deconsructions of the human form, and all matter of experimentation that demonstrated a mind well beyon the time and reaching into the future of technological advances.

The artist i would like to make mention of in this weeks topic however, is Yvonne Rainer, an avant garde artist whose beginings where in dance ( as mentioned in art & today) her involvment with art and technologhy spawned in her dance/ performace melding the movements of the body and incorperating what could be seen as 'accidental' tripping of wires to create light and audio experiences within the works, since these beginings Rainer has branched out into film which encompase subjects such as feminsim, narrative, identity and spirituality.

Whislt on the matter of art, nature and technology, i must make mention of George Orwell's novel 'Animal Farm', (perhaps some of you had to read this at school?) this novel has those very aspects of doomsday mimicry which Heartly speaks of in art & today, representing human characteristics in an analogy of animal instincts this novel speaks to an encompasing utopian ideal, representative of the russian revolution.

.....And just incase, i was speaking to my dad earlier on tonight ( checking out the exhibition posts - thanks hayley) so if you get round to checking in out .. HI DEDDY!!! heh heh!