Who is the practitioner (what is their name?) and when were they practicing?

The practitioner in question is Turkish Illustrator and Art teacher Ferhat Edizkan, or ‘@Edizkan’ on instagram. While his first public post is from the 2nd of October, 2012, it is evident that he has been working far longer than that as an artist, as his work is mostly comprised of figure drawings, paintings and technical art. He consistently posts every two to three days and since the creation of his account on instagram has posted 1,515 times, accruing 496 thousand followers as of time of writing.

What is the title of the photo or video you have chosen to analyse (can you provide a link?)  

The video is simply titled “Figure Drawing, Skeleton” on Instagram, although it was also posted under the name “How to draw Skeleton” on his youtube channel of the same name.

With the photo or video, you are examining when was it produced (date)?

Edizkan’s video was produced as early as February 12th, 2018 onto his instagram, although he later published it to his youtube channel on the 30th of November

How was the photo or video authored?

It is not clearly stated how Edizkan’s videos, even this one in particular, are authored. Despite this, there is reason to believe that his videos are filmed using his phone, as all of his videos are fitted to the square constraint of the in-built Instagram camera. Now while this alone wouldn’t necessarily indicate that this were the case, the fact that all of Edizkan’s videos that have been published on his accompanying youtube channel all contain the same square ratio, would indicate that this may be the case. Or at the very least, that Edizkan authored the videos with Instagram’s gridlike affordance in mind, and uploaded to youtube as an afterthought, leaving the same square ratio           

How was the photo or video published?

Edizkan’s videos are consistently videos of his artistic process, drawing, painting. The video in question is very similar to many of his others, and seems to be published just digitally, most likely using his phone, directly to instagram and posting onto the gridlike structure of instagram.

How was the photo or video distributed?

Edizkan utilises multiple platforms of distribution, although the majority are all mainly digital. As far as i’m aware he doesn’t have any print media that he associates with, although he does share the videos he creates and publishes on instagram, to his facebook page. While he does have a youtube channel on which he distributes some of his work, it appears that it is not as well maintained, as it seems the content there are just rehashes of the content made for instagram, albeit at a staggered date. Most likely because of the large disparity between the affordances of his audience between each platform. As while his audience on youtube isn’t nonexistent, it pales in comparison to the reach he has on Instagram.

Alongside this, Edizkan relies on the affordances of certain hashtags to reach out to instagram audiences that may not be aware of his work, trying force his works into some search terms to further aid this method of distribution

 

Who is the practitioner (what is their name?) and when were they practicing?

The practitioner i have chosen is a british digital artist who chooses to maintain the moniker of @b0neface rather than declaring his real name to the public, who is quite well known for working on large projects with games studios and musicians

What is the title of the photo or video you have chosen to analyse (can you provide a link?)

The image is accompanied solely by the caption “Gone.”

With the photo or video, you are examining when was it produced (date)?

This particular piece in question was produced and published on the 16th of January, 2018 on both his Instagram and Twitter, establishing the production date as confirmed

How was the photo or video authored?

While this work isn’t a photo, it is a digital work, most likely authored in Photoshop cs6 or some other form of digital painting application. This is important because this control over the creation of the image provides the affordance of pre-planning, allowing the author to crop, shape and create the image in a way ahead of time with Instagram or whatever platforms they may have in mind. B0neface’s use of negative space indicates a planned image based around the constraints of the Instagram’s grid interface. For comparison, B0neface would have edited the original image or created an alternate versions for his other publications on twitter and the like.

Most likely he works from a single parent file, of which he edits and creates child copies, as most of his works are created with being taken to print in mind, so while he does specifically crop and edit for digital release, i believe he keeps the raw file unaltered so as to have the best quality for print

How was the photo or video published?

Now, while this image in particular is a direct upload of his work, it sort of deviates from the norm from his work, as generally he uploads photos of the final print of his work. Meaning his work would be published and printed on card stock for selling at some later point. This image in particular though, was uploaded to his Instagram and twitter, but not his personal web page. Interestingly enough, his twitter post provides a more portrait style cropping, alongside two other close ups of his work. This could be due to the fact that twitter affords the author a way of displaying multiple images at once, while Instagram’s handling of multiple images in one post can be seen as a constraint.

How was the photo or video distributed?

This image was posted on only a handful of his platforms, his most popular being his twitter and Instagram. Funnily enough he neglects to use hashtags or anything of the sort on any of his works, as it seems he may have made a name for himself from working on larger projects that he no longer uses hashtags or relies on any of those systems, instead choosing to rely on his existing fanbase and word of mouth.

While this may be the case with hashtags, he does tend to cross post and link wherever he can between his platforms, consistently posting links to his home site and Instagram on his twitter posts, and while he is unable to link outwardly on his posts, he links to his own site in the bio of his Instagram, despite having not updated it since 2016

References

B0neface, Self Titled,  viewed 27 April 2019, <http://www.boneface.co.uk/>.

b0neface 2018, Gone… , Twitter, 16 Jan, viewed 27 April 2019, <https://twitter.com/b0neface/status/953236372327993344?lang=en>.

 

 

Who is the practitioner (what is their name?) and when were they practicing?

The practitioner of this week’s work was Nam June Paik. Paik began practicing what he was known for, video art and installation, around 1962, and seemed to have practiced until his final years of life, and eventual passing in 2006.

What is the title of the photo or video you have chosen to analyse (can you provide a link?)

 

The title of the piece i’ve chosen is ‘Electronic Superhighway: Continental U.S., Alaska, Hawaii’

With the photo or video, you are examining when was it produced (date)?

Paik’s piece was assembled/created in 1995, although it could just as easily be argued that while it is the sum of its parts, it uses works dating back to 1956 with his use of the Wizard of Oz and the like within his piece. It could even be said that the seed of this work was planted upon his arrival in the country he came to know as his home in 1964

How was the photo or video authored?

Pak’s piece in particular utilised various clips of film and media, most recognisable being the 1954 film “The Wizard of Oz”. In regards to that particular piece of media, it was filmed on the ‘Technicolor DF-24 Beam Splitter Motion Picture Camera’, meaning the film was partially filmed with different coloured film strips and developed together to create basic rgb colour, while the rest would have been filmed in black and white, later coloured in a sepia tone colouring process. All for this to be converted into a broadcast signal and fed to the televisions in this art piece on a closed signal loop.

How was the photo or video published?

The videos underwent the sort of process i mentioned above, although that may not be the case for all of the media involved, as it’s a mixed back of old film, direct to broadcast TV and television, possibly later recorded onto physical media such as tape or laser-disk so as to be later distributed. Meaning that Paik would have had to unify the different forms of media to present them all in the single place

How was the photo or video distributed? As explained earlier, the videos involved would have been displayed through theaters or broadcast TV, later to be imprinted on physical media to be sold for home viewing. In regards to the piece itself, to this current date, photos of the piece are placed online for museum websites that hold the piece itself. Interestingly enough, many photos of the piece are distributed digitally or physically in print, yet fail to convey the main movement of the imagery involved

References

Smithsonian American Art Museum, Electronic Superhighway: Continental U.S., Alaska, Hawaii, SAAM, viewed 25 April 2019.

<https://americanart.si.edu/artwork/electronic-superhighway-continental-us-alaska-hawaii-71478>.

 

National Museum of American History, ‘The Technicolor world of Oz’, Ryan Litelmen, viewed 25 April 2019,

<https://americanhistory.si.edu/blog/2010/06/the-technicolor-world-of-oz.html>.