C.O.P.S. class notes: Hello/Goodbye 08/20/11

I’m taking classes at the Conceptual Oregon Performance School this summer and I’m a huge nerd. Here are my notes from class and related links. This is a video based class so the majority of the links are videos. The Amateur As the class has already covered viral film territory the focus this class was instead on one specific film maker. American Movie: The Making of Northwestern Part one Part two Part three Part four Part five Part six Part seven Part eight Part nine Part ten Part eleven Coven…

C.O.P.S. class notes: Hello/Goodbye 07/31/11

I’m taking classes at the Conceptual Oregon Performance School this summer and I’m a huge nerd. Here are my notes from class and related links. This is a video based class so the majority of the links are videos.   Gender & Punk Class notes/discussion topics:   “Gender & punk” being a loosely defined, small framework for a gargantuan range of topic Most videos are based in music rather than performance or art realm Old-school punk (definition of movement in hindsight, sensationalised after the fact) Iggy Pop interview on the…

C.O.P.S. class notes: Hello/Goodbye 07/17/11

I’m taking classes at the Conceptual Oregon Performance School this summer and I’m a huge nerd. Here are my notes from class and related links. This is a video based class so the majority of the links are videos. Class notes/discussion topics: Initial aspects of endurance: impressing others, consistently topping oneself or others. Endurance as viewer: How long will you watch? Once you’ve seen/watched it, you “get” it. Question of the necessity of watching a long form piece in entirety. [see Andy Warhol’s “Sleep”, from the YouTube comments: “imagine this…