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Pandemic Montages: A Series of Digital Stories
This is an online exhibition of sixty digital montages (computer-based collages) made in 2021 by American artist, author and graphic designer Roy R. Behrens. They were produced during the period of precautions that were part of the COVID-19 pandemic. They were made entirely on computer, using scanned components and historic public domain photographs. All montages are copyright © the artist. For more information, see www.bobolinkbooks.com/BALLAST/.
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BOOK ART: Walter Hamady's Books, Collages and Assemblages
zhlédnutí 248Před rokem
This is a twenty-minute video tribute to the life and work of American artist Walter SH Hamady (1940-2019), who was an internationally-known book artist, letterpress printer, paper maker, collagist and assemblagist. He also famously taught book arts at the University of Wisconsin at Madison for more than thirty years. As founder and proprietor of The Perishable Press Limited, he published more ...
ART, DESIGN AND GESTALT THEORY: The Film Version
zhlédnutí 2,5KPřed rokem
What is Gestalt Theory? When did it begin, and why? How did it develop? And more to the point, why is it widely considered to be of direct relevance to a diverse array of other concerns, such as art, architecture, and design? This 40-minute video talk is a richly illustrated overview of the emergence of Gestalt Psychology in Germany in the decade prior to World War I. It talks about its origins...
HOW TO WIN KINGS AND INFLUENCE CABBAGES: The Process by Which Creativity Works
zhlédnutí 420Před rokem
This is a richly illustrated thirty-minute video talk about the nature of creativity in humor, science and the arts. Written, produced and narrated by a well-known American artist, writer and educator, it is especially well-suited for classroom viewing and discussion, in settings that encourage a STEM (or STEAM) approach to learning. It is ideal for instructional use. The film is especially ind...
Joseph Langland: ON SAYING SOMETHING AND SAYING IT WELL
zhlédnutí 108Před rokem
When the American poet Joseph Langland (1917-2007) read his poetry, it was more that he “performed” it-and in fact he often ”sang” the lines. Near the end of his life, Langland talked to a class of graphic design students at the University of Northern Iowa about the role of rhythmic sound and the music of the voice in the construction of meaningful verse. In an extemporaneous talk, he recalled ...
Ames and Anamorphosis: THE MAN WHO MADE DISTORTED ROOMS / Part 3
zhlédnutí 246Před rokem
This is the third (and final) segment of a three-part series of video presentations about the significance of the life and work of Adelbert Ames II (1880-1955), an American artist, lawyer, optical physiologist, and psychologist. He is best-known for having devised the Ames Demonstrations in Perception. This part primarily focuses on Ames’ influence on others, among them psychologists, filmmaker...
Ames and Anamorphosis: THE MAN WHO MADE DISTORTED ROOMS / Part 2
zhlédnutí 364Před rokem
This is the second of a three-part series of video presentations about the significance of the life and work of Adelbert Ames II (1880-1955), an American artist, lawyer, optical physiologist, and psychologist. He is best-known for having devised the Ames Demonstrations in Perception. This part primarily focuses on Ames’ use of anamorphic perspective (called anamorphosis) or "forced perspective"...
Ames and Anamorphosis: THE MAN WHO MADE DISTORTED ROOMS / Part 1
zhlédnutí 461Před 2 lety
This is the first part of an anticipated three-part series of videos that overview the life of American artist, scientist, and psychologist Adelbert Ames II (1880-1955). He was primarily known for having devised about twenty-five laboratory set-ups, collectively referred to as the Ames Demonstrations in Perception. This first part focuses on his life, the demonstrations, and the circumstances t...
Bauhaus, Gestalt Theory, and Problem-Solving: THINKING OUTSIDE THE BOX
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This is a richly-illustrated video talk about creative problem-solving in relation to the research of German psychologist Karl Duncker, who is commonly credited with the term "functional fixedness." It talks about Duncker's difficult life (subject to depression, he died by suicide in 1940) in the context of his research of problem-solving, his contributions to Gestalt psychology, and various sp...
DREAMS OF FIELDS: Salvador Dali's Encounter with Corn
zhlédnutí 228Před 2 lety
This is an informative and amusing account of two aspects of the life of the Spanish Surrealist artist Salvador Dali. Surrealism came out of a merger of Dada with Freudian psychoanalysis, and this tells the story of the day when Dali actually met with Freud. It also provides the details of a little-known visiting lecture by Dali in 1952 to the University of Northern Iowa, known then as Iowa Sta...
Solving Problems in Design
zhlédnutí 430Před 2 lety
In May 2022, an invitational exhibition titled Evolving Graphic Design was curated by graphic designer Yeohyun Ahn at the University of Wisconsin at Madison. This concluded in late June with a hybrid (both online and in-person) symposium, featuring short presentations by various exhibitors. This video on using problems in teaching design was presented by author and designer Roy R. Behrens.
COOK: The Man Who Taught Gertrude Stein To Drive
zhlédnutí 450Před 2 lety
This is a sixty-minute voice-over film biography of the life of William Edwards Cook (1881-1959), an American expatriate artist, who grew up in Iowa, but spent his adult life in Europe, living in Paris, Rome, and Mallorca. More specifically, it is a detailed account of the nearly life-long friendship of Cook with the American writer Gertrude Stein. It is based on her frequent adulation of him i...
CAMOUPEDIA: National Parks Posters
zhlédnutí 94Před 2 lety
This is a video overview of twenty-three full-color posters that commemorate national parks and monuments. They were designed in 2019 by American graphic designer and author Roy R. Behrens. They have been exhibited as printed posters, as well as in online exhibits, at various nature centers.
CAMOUPEDIA: Dazzle Camouflage: What it is and how did it work?
zhlédnutí 1KPřed 2 lety
This is a series of excerpts from a fast-paced interview with American writer, designer, and camouflage historian Roy R. Behrens. Filmed in 2017 in connection with the centenary of World War I, it addresses a series of questions about WWI ship camouflage, and particularly "high difference" camouflage, commonly known as "dazzle." See also: Nature, Art, and Camouflage (35 min. video talk) at czca...
CAMOUPEDIA: Nature, Art, and Camouflage
zhlédnutí 441Před 3 lety
This is an illustrated overview of four kinds of camouflage (blending, countershading, mimicry, and disruption), with examples of their common occurrence in nature, as well as their adoption as wartime deception strategies. A central aspect of the film is the involvement of artists, designers, and architects, in studies of both military and natural camouflage. Part 1 of a series of 4. For more ...
CAMOUPEDIA: Art, Women's Rights, and Camouflage
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CAMOUPEDIA: Art, Women's Rights, and Camouflage
CAMOUPEDIA: Embedded Figures, Art, and Camouflage
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CAMOUPEDIA: Embedded Figures, Art, and Camouflage
CAMOUPEDIA: Art, Gestalt, and Camouflage
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CAMOUPEDIA: Art, Gestalt, and Camouflage
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Excellent and so informative
Thank you. I rarely get any feedback, so this is greatly appreciated.
Absolutely astounding!
That's wonderfully encouraging-and a rare comment, whether positive or not. I delight in making these, but so few people have any grasp of what I might be trying to do. The opportunities for "sharing" (through publications, exhibits, or whatever) are all but non-existent now. Nonetheless, I do sometimes feel tempted to embark on a new series. Thanks again.
Nice, studying this in intro to design rn
Thank you, Jay. I'm so pleased that this might be useful. RB
Never thought I’d find myself watching this video but TikTok took me down a rabbit hole of naval warship and I find dazzle camouflage fascinating. Roy R. Behrens provided great information. Thank you for this video!
Thank you! Good to hear that others are enjoying these.
Gorgeous work, Roy. These compositions seem a tight-fitting tribute to a bygone era when America was pretty great.
Thank you, Patrick. You are far more generous than I am. I'm not sure when the country was great, but it is undoubtedly in the armpit now. Wish I could be hopeful.
Thank you for this well sorted overview!
Thank you for commenting! It is always encouraging to hear from others who appreciate one's efforts.
23:08 it would be nice if these artworks were credited. Is this Hugh B Cott? Did he make this? There's a credit card in the end, but I can't easily tell which is which.
Sorry for the delayed response. It was unclear to me which images you were asking about. At 23:08, the series of digital montages that appear at the end are works that I myself produced in 2021. They are described in a published essay at <www.academia.edu/105309636/>, but they can also be found online at <northerniowa.academia.edu/RoyBehrens/Montages>. No, they have nothing to do with Hugh B. Cott, as much as I admire his work.
@@camoupedia9126 Thanks. They look great.
Very cool.
The in-video context cards are very much appreciated, outstanding in a world where data loss and website changes are possible and do happen. & Thanks for the video!!!!
Thank you for commenting. I receive few comments, but they are nearly always encouraging.
Hard to believe that there are no comments. Gestalt theory is so interesting in so many ways. I study different videos on gestalt theory all the time.
I exchanged a few letters with Mr. Hamady over the years. His letters were works of art in and of themselves.
Roy, there are SO many beautiful, and thoughtful, works contained in these 8mins. I am impressed.
Thanks, I needed this. You definitely need to research smzeus!!!
I really appreciate you sharing this lecture and your content, here, and on your amazing blog. This talk clarified and help me see some aspects of creativity in a new way. I have a number of students struggling right now trying to create a epic thesis idea out of thin air and I think discussing the strategy of combing two existing (things) will be freeing.
Thank you, Rebecca. Especially because, as you can imagine, so very few people respond to anything anyone does, so one ends up floating about like that lost luggage that circulates in outer space. Fortunately, we have inner motivations that propel us to keep creating things, to felling our trees regardless if someone is actually there, in the forest, to hear us. Of course, I don't know who you are, but (online snooping) we may both be RISD graduates, and apparently you are a teacher, and we all know what that might entail. I thank you again for your kindness. RB
@2:20 Horseshoe Bend is in Glen Canyon National Recreation Area
Interesante. Esses vídeos deveriam ser dublados para compreender melhor.
What wonderful student work! Clearly those students were lucky to have you as a professor. I was lucky too -- waaaay back in the 1980s at UWM. On the first day of class you burst through the door carrying a glass jar with a cocoon inside, stopping to show each of us the wonder of nature as you made your way to the front of the class to start the lecture. That was my first clue it was going to be an amazing semester! Thank you for the positive impact you have had on my design career!
Thank you, Kris. How wonderful to hear from you. I'm sure that in that jar was a cecropia moth, which, believe it or not, we were raising in our East Side apartment on Bellevue. Pretty strange days those were, but with many good memories of teaching. From there I went to Cincinnati, and then back to my own alma mater here in Iowa. I retired at the end of 2028, but I still teach History of Design online for Drake University's retirement-age education program. Thanks again for reaching out. Best Roy Behrens
Talented, lonely, scheming paranoid fascist. The more one knows of Dali the less one likes him.
I enjoyed this series very much. I remember some of the distortions from when I was a young child in school and through college. Always find them fascinating, partially because they would seem to require immense planning and execution. Every time I see the Interstate highway number markings on the pavement, though, I think someone should enlighten the DOT as they obviously aren't aware of anamorphisis.
Thank you, Merle. It's very good of you to respond. It encourages me to make more of these video talks, which I enjoy creating.
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I'm pleased that people are enjoying these. I'm learning as I go. John, I've been writing about camouflage since c1970 or earlier. The correct spelling is camouflage, but everyone calls it camo, so if they look for "camoupedia," they search instead for "camopedia." Much of my traffic probably gets diverted because there is a far more recent site (about military uniforms only) that cleverly uses the alternate name of camopedia.
I just saw this channel for the first time and I've been on Camopedia for a few years now. Love the work and love the videos.
Thank you, John. I will soon be posting more.
12:51 You were doing so well, but your etymology of the term "doughboy" is horsecrap. American infantry were being referred to as "doughboys" in the Mexican-American War (1846-1848). The US Army uniforms at that time, of course, were blue. The truth is that no one has a definitive, authoritative answer to the origin of the term. I also don't know what bakery you've been to but I'm not aware of any olive drab colored dough. As well as variations in color that varied from mustard green to brown.
I think you got me on that one, John. I wonder what my source was, and why I believed it. By coincidence, I know all about horse crap, because we just hauled some home for the garden.
Thanks to my friend Peter Bodnar for sharing one more disguise.