BEETHOVEN VS. GAGA
Julia was inspired by a Kanye
and Beethoven mashup she had seen around the internet, and we were both eager
to do classical vs. music from our day.
We agreed immediately on the idea and were super excited to start
planning.
When we decided to team up, we knew we wanted to implement my love for Lady Gaga from the very beginning, but we never knew a Beethoven vs. Gaga battle would be so much fun. Our research at first seemed a little bit limited; there was hardly any speech that would make sense during the battle we had envisioned. However, we both decided that sticking with just music would be appropriate in a battle between two music legends.
When we had all of the links that we wanted to use, we got together and sifted through what would be most effective during the battle. There was a lot sifted out (such as Beethoven's 5th's motif and several Gaga songs), but keeping it simple seemed to keep our battle more effective. We ended up using classical music that wasn't exclusively Beethoven because it made more sense in the context that we were setting up. While we were initially overwhelmed by all of the different directions that we could go, it was amazing to see how when we both sat and thought through it together, the next step seemed to become more obvious.
Being inspired by all of this content by two of our favorite artists, we were reminded of "The Ecstasy of Influence," by Jonathan Lethem. Lethem argues that it is okay to borrow from other artists, and that it may in fact be impossible not to. Creating art - our Webspinna battle - solely from things that others created helped us realize that it is okay to create art out of fragments of already existing art. In fact, the Webspinna Battle was a way to celebrate that.
In conclusion, this project was really fun for us. It taught us many things (like Julia’s impressive “worm dance” skills), and I have secretly wanted to dress up as Lady Gaga for a long time. It was a great experience because we took two things that we were passionate about and combined them into a huge, awesome spectacle that was both a lot of fun to prepare and to perform. It also helped us acknowledge the beauty of all music, whether it is classical or pop. Appreciation of art is a fine quality to have, and this assignment is perfect for accomplishing that.
When we decided to team up, we knew we wanted to implement my love for Lady Gaga from the very beginning, but we never knew a Beethoven vs. Gaga battle would be so much fun. Our research at first seemed a little bit limited; there was hardly any speech that would make sense during the battle we had envisioned. However, we both decided that sticking with just music would be appropriate in a battle between two music legends.
When we had all of the links that we wanted to use, we got together and sifted through what would be most effective during the battle. There was a lot sifted out (such as Beethoven's 5th's motif and several Gaga songs), but keeping it simple seemed to keep our battle more effective. We ended up using classical music that wasn't exclusively Beethoven because it made more sense in the context that we were setting up. While we were initially overwhelmed by all of the different directions that we could go, it was amazing to see how when we both sat and thought through it together, the next step seemed to become more obvious.
Being inspired by all of this content by two of our favorite artists, we were reminded of "The Ecstasy of Influence," by Jonathan Lethem. Lethem argues that it is okay to borrow from other artists, and that it may in fact be impossible not to. Creating art - our Webspinna battle - solely from things that others created helped us realize that it is okay to create art out of fragments of already existing art. In fact, the Webspinna Battle was a way to celebrate that.
In conclusion, this project was really fun for us. It taught us many things (like Julia’s impressive “worm dance” skills), and I have secretly wanted to dress up as Lady Gaga for a long time. It was a great experience because we took two things that we were passionate about and combined them into a huge, awesome spectacle that was both a lot of fun to prepare and to perform. It also helped us acknowledge the beauty of all music, whether it is classical or pop. Appreciation of art is a fine quality to have, and this assignment is perfect for accomplishing that.
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