Lecture 2

Paul Demarini

            Media artist Paul Demarini is a really interesting artist that really sparks attention to his viewers such as myself.

            During his lecture he explained a bunch of his different types of work through power point. One of his main works was the monkey in the cage piece here he uses glowing paint and a black light. The monkey hands hold the lights as it moves across the paint. The paint is an image of his friend that passed away when he was attacked by a wild dog. It was dramatic and sad hearing the story, but very amazing of him to make this huge piece dedicated to one of his friends who he loved.

Another one of his pieces was called Rain Dance. You use an umbrella and every time you move under this sprinkler type thing, the rain goes off and so does music. It is very interactive and apparently a lot of people like interacting with it.Although he had trouble figuring out the video for Rain Dance, he eventually fixed the problem and the video was quite interesting. It was nice seeing him interacting and testing out his own art pieces.

            He had many other designs and sculptures that were made out of wire and all this other interesting fancy equipment. He is a really interesting digital media artist and I would be very interested in seeing one of his galleries to look at his art.