Cory Archangel

The artist I chose was Cory Archangel.  I like his work because it deals with appropriation which is something I tend to do more often than not.  I also like how he uses and configures various digital mediums in order to create art from something.  An example is the video game mods and the music created for or with pre-made videos.  Another not to add to the modding is the fact that some are really simple like the Super Mario clouds.  Other than that I like his last name. 

My project is to take myself and meld it with game videos.  This will turn me into a screen of sorts to project many images at once as my body is taken over by the games.  Basically the game is actually consuming my life.  It relates to Archangel in that he likes to explore the relationship between culture and technology.  I think it gives a frightening mood with a bit of disgust.  It shows how consumed we are with technology and how it could eventually one day take us over or blur the lines of reality.  This can be seen as the game skin spreads like a plague across my body. As for the game footage I chose to use playstation based games since he used nintendo. The list is God of War 3, Red Dead Redemption, Uncharted 3, Final Fantasy x, Hot Shot Golf Fore, Devil May Cry 3, Star Wars Battlefront II, and Assassins Creed III .