Michael Rush

I've always enjoyed learning about turning points in art; I think this is because by now pretty much everything has been done, just like Hennessey Youngman (lol) said in his youtube video about Bruce Nauman. The ability to surprise someone or show something that hasn't been done before is getting less likely as time goes on, and although there seems to be so much material left to magically create, in actuality most everything has taken influence from someone else's work.

Although, looking at the distinct difference and progression of technology not only just with businesses and schooling but how it's affected art and how artists make art is really interesting. Coming from Portapak's in the 1960's alllll the way to what we're using in class, the handy cam, it's certainly quite a feat; and that's not even including the software used to manipulate such images. I also completely agree that in little time people will move away from being so shocked about video art/installation and move onto something else to label as progressive, shocking, and new.