Extra Credit Even Justin Timberlake Concert

On November 26th I attended the Justin Timberlake concert.  While watching the concert I realized how technology has changed the concert experience.  The incorporation of lighting, images, and the sound system have changed the concert forever.  Without the advances in technology these things would not be possible.  Amon Tobin is another perfect example of really incorporating technology into concert.  He takes it to a whole new level compared to Justin Timberlake.  You rarely see a concert now where the singer just sits on stage and sings without using any technology.  We see events like Coachella and Electronic Daisy Festival using technology to their advantage.  

The Justin Timberlake concert involved so much technology.  I thought it made the my concert experience much better.  For some reason my video's will not upload so I just included one from Youtube that perfectly shows what I am explaining.  The imaging on the video screen was amazing.  I do not know how the artists of these pieces get everything to flow so smoothly.  As you can see in my video there are tons of geometric shapes being used in the video, which is exactly what we learned about this year.  Amon Tobin is another artists that uses technology to his advantage, he uses so many geometric shapes in his art as well.  The concert also involved a moving stage, as shown in my picture below.  Halfway through the concert Justin stood on his moving stage and moved from the front to the back of Staples Center, making it so everyone can see him up close.  This is huge for concert experience, and would never have been possible 20 years ago.  Technology has made this possible.

Coachella 2013 included by far one of the most amazing pieces of art that was made possible by technology.  They recreated Tupac via hologram and made this hologram perform a song. This is a mind boggling use of technology, nobody expected it.  This has made possible for dead singers such as Michael Jackson to make an appearance at some events.  

Technology is changing the total music experience.  There are so many different possibilities for where technology will take music and concerts in the future.  I think it will only bring benefit to each person's concert experience. 

Bibliography

Justin Timberlake - Strawberry Bubblegum, Staples Center November 26, 2013 Live Los Angeles." YouTube. YouTube, 27 Nov. 2013. Web. 12 Dec. 2013.

Justin Timberlake - Let The Groove Get In (at Staples Center 11/26/2013)." YouTube. YouTube, 27 Nov. 2013. Web. 12 Dec. 2013.

Amon Tobin 'ISAM' Live : Mutek Premiere (Official)." YouTube. YouTube, 05 June 2011. Web. 12 Dec. 2013.

Tupac Hologram Snoop Dogg and Dr. Dre Perform Coachella Live 2012." YouTube. YouTube, 17 Apr. 2012. Web. 12 Dec. 2013.

LACMA Event 3

On November 17, 2013 I attended the LACMA.  This was my second favorite museum I attended, behind the Getty.   LACMA contained exhibits that had pieces about a lot that we have learned about this year.

The first exhibit I attended was an exhibit that included works from Arnes Varja.  This had my favorite piece of art, which was called My Shack of Cinema.  This was a house that was built only with camera negatives, it was amazing.  He even made the stools in the house out of film canisters.  The next piece of art that stood out to me was one that included tons of geometric shapes, which brings me back to what we learned in Unit 2.  It is really cool to see everything I am learning in exhibits, these geometric shapes have been in every museum so far.

The next exhibit we went to was Bruce Nauman's exhibit showing "in for the beginners".   In this exhibit there were two hands and Nauman's voice which said and performed all the combinations of all our fingers extending and retracting.  This exhibit had me so confused because I tried for 10 minutes to get the hang of this but could not seem to do it.  Nauman uses technology to show us the distance between words and actions.  

The next exhibit was Chris Burden's Metropolis II, this piece amazed me.  There was so much going on at once and must have taken years to make.  This exhibit really made me think back to Unit 3 and robotics of art, because this exhibit looks like the future to me.  

The next exhibit I attended I am not quite sure what the name is but it included tons of information that we have learned this year.  There were timelines explaining the study of the brain which is what we learned in Unit 7.  CP snow's name and two cultures was even mentioned in the exhibit which takes me back to the first week of this class.  It also included pictures that incorporated Unit 2 with geometric shapes.  This exhibit also had a box camera which I found really cool.  

The thing I did not like about the LACMA was that with our ticket we bought we were not even allowed to see all the exhibits available for some reason.  But besides that the LACMA had my favorite piece of art out of all 3 museums I have been too, the film one.  I would definitely suggest taking a short ride down Wilshire and going to the LACMA, it was very interesting.