Assignment 1c and Presentation Responses

Shooting on film confused me. I recognize the art of snapping shots on my digital DSLR, but film is one I regard as something of the past. There are three main differences I found:

1. Permanence - On a digital camera, I can simply delete and retake the same shot. On a film camera, this is irreversable.
2. Cost - Because of this permanence, shooting on film is much more costly. On a digital camera, you can reuse the same SD card endlessly.
3. Fragility - Film is sensitive to light. If I took a picture on film and exposed it accidentally, all my time is wasted. This fragile process is terrifying, especially since in digital there is no such thing as needing to process the photos.

Overall, I had fun taking photos on a film camera. Would I normally do it? No. But the novelty of it in an advanced technology era is still enjoyable enough to come back to it as a form of artistic choice.

Stan Brakhage seems like a very patient and daring artist. The short film about child birth was unsettling to me, but I can respect someone wanting to push the boundaries of censorship. His more abstract work such as commingled containers is captivating. I found myself being able to practically touch the water on screen with how vivid it looked. The fact he would be open with people about discussing film speaks volumes to how down to earth he was. If he was alive today, the I would love to listen to him talk about film.

I LOVED the discussion of George Kuchar. I enjoyed his humorous films, which are meant to parody real life scenes and his bizarre yet realistic take on life. He seems to be a man far ahead of his time with his vlogs from the 1980s. His art style is so weird, but it encapsulates me with how aware it is of this fact. If he were alive today I would be interested in his response to today's popular culture which seems to thrive off of the weird and unusual.

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