1. Explain why you selected each of the TWO videos you choose from the selection listed above.
2. For each video list/discuss the key concepts you learned.
3. How do the videos relate to the readings in the text?
4. What is your opinion of the films? How do they add depth to understanding of the readings and art concepts?
African Art: Legacy of Oppression
Once again, this video was a random selection. None of these topics sound particularly thrilling to me so I just drew a straw out of the bunch. This one was very short, it discussed African Art, African Masks to be more precise. Apparently these mask were used not for ritual purposes but to envoke fear. To whom you may ask? To us. Apparently Western Society used these people for slavery and took their resources. It's pretty tragic story. It reminds me of how some African dances have people dressed up like us. The stereotypical image of European. But where that disguise was harmless, these masks were meant to cause conflict.
African Art
Wow, the guy who narrates this video could not sound more the guy from the Dry Eyes commericial. The dullness in his voice and cadence made it really hard to endure this video. If I learned anything from this video it's that a good abundance of the masks that these African Tribes make have something to do with animals. Which makes sense the make a mask of a zebra when they go on the hunt so that they can try and blend in with the crowd. They also believe that once they dawn the mask they gain the power of the animal, kind of like how Jim Carry became that green guy when he put on the mask. But anyways even though this video was beyond boring, it was still a good segue because I'm in the middle of constructing my mask right now, so I guess gives a little bit of influence you could say.
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