DANIEL BARROW

Daniel Barrow was a very interesting artist. I totally enjoyed his new method of presenting drawings. In the beginning of the talk, he named himself as a media artist. I was so surprised when he said that n I continued to observe how he defined himself and whats the relationship between his work and his media artist identity. Eventually except the fact that he used overhead projector to perform and he used other equipment to present his drawings, I do not really see him as a media artist, rather I see him as an expanding drawing artist. Itis experimental and he does not really investigate the technoogy itself.
I reflect on myself because I used to call myself as a media artist. It is a dangerous term to me that media artist can mean a lot of things. It is a very broad term but not every artist is able to use it correctly. I do think that media artist is attributed to new media artist since no one calls themselves as new media artist anymore. New media artist carries a huge responsibility and it indicated that the artist keep exploring new technology. It is highly challenging and ambitious when some artist called new media artist.
Furthermore, since media art is a very popular trend nowadays, sometimes I suspect if Daniel like being called as a media artist or he is a real media artist. To me his original ideas always came from drawings and the style and character of his painting and drawings are marvolus. It is only common that nowadays we use technology but does it encounter that he is a media artist?

I was stuck in the beginning of his talk when he introduced himself as a media artist until the end of the talk. However, his works are excellent and I really enjoy his "artist statement" video. It is very hilarious and the way he made joke of himself definitely entertaining but also sarcastic.