FLASH FILES

I find these sorts of websites extremely boring as I am full of ideas of my own and not in need of any inspiration- I already find enough inspiration in everyday life, watching television and movies, in my dreams and reading books. Although one day they may be useful to me at the moment I am very content with my ideas and the knowledge I have of flash currently that allows me to make simple yet evokative pieces of art. But in saying this, I do understand this is an assessment task so I have adhered to the criteria given to me by my teacher.

I could only find three flash files that were remotely interesting after nearly two hours of searching- it also doesn't help that my internet at home is very, very, very slow.

The first file I downloaded was 'old film effect' it is quite a simple flash file, yet it has a lot of potential. I think the image should be changed as it doesn't quite suit the tone of the piece. It is asthetically pleasing to the untrained eye but as a photographer and I guess an artist, I was slightly disappointed with the over all feel of the piece, I could definintley make this flash file alot more interesting, interactive and evokative by changing the colours, contrast, image, perspective and by adding music to it.

The second file I downloaded was 'rain' it is a simple animation and yet way too complicated for someone as inexperienced in flash as myself, however, I know soon I will be able to mirror it and even better the flash file. It has sound to accompany it which drove me mental as I downloaded the file. That would be the first thing to go. I see potential in the piece, and yet I feel unable to use something someone else has created. I realise there is no original thought but I have enough photographs and ideas to last a lifetime and I see no reason to use other people's ideas. I want to work out a way to make rain, in which I did for my first piece of artwork and I want to continue doing the same thing.

The third file I downloaded was 'water reflex', once again a simple concept and simple animation but after browsing this site for what seemed like an eternity I came to expect it. I feel like they do not live up to the expectations I had for this site. I really hate wasting my time on something I am never going to use.

Please, Please, Please don't make me do this again- it is torture and I don't think I will live through another one of these- don't make me be a statistic- and commit suicide.

http://ffiles.com/

ARTISTS

Angela Ferraiolo

After searching the website for an artist I could relate for ten minutes, I stumbled across Angela Ferraiolo.
She is an interactive writer and filmmaker experimenting with text, video, and animation for the web, installation, and mobile applications. She is currently working on a new interactive movie titled "The Loop". Her digital story "Map of a Future War" was published in the Fall 2008 issue of the New River Journal. Her plays have been produced at La Mama Galleria and Expanded Arts in New York City and at the Brick Playhouse in Philadelphia, USA. She is also the author of the RPG Aidyn Chronicles and the MMORPG Earth and Beyond. Angela teaches game programming and theories of game design in the Film and Media Department of Hunter College in New York.

I think what makes Angela's work amazing is unlike a lot of artists that deal with a dream land- she deals with reality. Her pieces are about the capitalistic society we live in, the ups and downs we have, politics and the disposible society we have become. I guess she is trying to speak to society, to make people sit up and listen and to right the wrongs.

I really relate to her work because as an artist I like to expose the truths of reality. I do see how artists find a dream like state to be a better thing to base art on but not everyone can relate to it. People striken by poverty, exposed to famine and disease and fighting in wars could not relate or care about dream like works of art. She has her target audience and I am it.

http://www.angelaferraiolo.com/

BEEOFF


Beeoff is a group of artists who have been working together for a couple of years in the "new media field". The works are often seamlessly intertwined in the areas of sound, video, and software. Art in many different ways but always intended to be produced and viewed in real-time.

I really liked the groups artwork, it was surreal and a bit creepy. The piece empty copies is really wacked but for some reason I love it. It reminds me of my bush walks in the hinterland and a bit of twilight. I love experiencing new artworks, mainly because everyone has different ideas about what it really means and no one not even the artist can ever pin point the meaning of a piece of artwork all they can do is show their interpretation of it and people will get different readings from it.

http://www.beeoff.se/

http://www.furtherfield.org/display_list.php