Raphael Perret

Rapheal Perret is a very interesting artist because he's not the typically artist that just paints and makes sculpture; he is an artist that works with technology. Technology being computers, robots, and cameras. And I think this is very neat because technology is very important in our lives today. Technology is what Podcasting is all about!


Some of Perrets' art works are about movement. He said there are two things that make up movement: the person or object moving itself and the surroundings of that thing. (The surroundings being the space near that thing.) I think this is very interesting to interpret because I wouldn't have thought of the space around an object to be part of the movement for say.


Another piece of work he showed us that was interesting to me was his mats on the floor. Where people could step on the mats and make lines with their feet and it would be projected to a big screen, making a pattern. Then eventually this pattern could be knitted onto fabric. I would like to of tried this out and made my own pattern! 


Other works of his that I thought were interesting were the visual arts; the people dancing and or fighting. When he showed the video of the man dancing (doing flips) I was very interested! I was even more interested when he showed us the white ghost subject he made on the computer and the white sculpture model he made...all from that one man dancing. I never would have thought you could do so much, through technology, with one person busting a move!


The three works of art that I enjoyed the most from the opening of his show on January 19th were as follows:
1. Toddler Machine by Heather Freeman    2. Lines of Life by Jody Zellen    3. Bulletproof Skin