“However small the chance might be of striking lucky, the chance was there.”

 

 “Never do anything by halves if you want to get away with it. Be outrageous. Go the whole hog.”

 

“Two rights don’t equal a left.”

 

“There are a whole lot of things in this world of ours you haven’t started wondering about yet.”

 

“We are the music makers, and we are the dreamers of dreams.”

 

“A little magic can take you a long way.”

 

“If you are good, life is good.”

 

“Don’t gobblefunk around with words.”

 

 “Most of the really exciting things we do in our lives scare us to death. They wouldn’t be exciting if they didn’t.”

 

“You should never, never doubt something that no one is sure of.”

 

 “We are all a great deal luckier that we realize, we usually get what we want - or near enough.”

 

“KID, YOU’LL MOVE MOUNTAINS!”

 

“You’ll miss the best things if you keep your eyes shut.” 

 

“On and on you will hike, And I know you’ll hike far and face up to your problems whatever they are.”

Bismuths work has been shown in lots of different countries around the world, these include Vienna, New York, London, Nice and Paris.

In 2005 his film ‘Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind’ won him ‘Best Original Screenplay’ at the 77^th Academy Awards alongside Michel Gondry and Charlie Kaufman. (Artspace, 2020).

 

One of his exhibition pieces called “The Jungle Book Project” was based around how children can become obsessed with watching and re-watching the same video repeatedly. He decided to try and get his god-daughter to watch something other than Winnie the Pooh and so bought a copy of The Jungle Book. He wanted to see how she would react to seeing the same film but hearing something completely different, before he could send them to her he had become “fascinated by the experience of listening to all the dubbed versions”. (Bugada and Cargnel, 2020).

 

In 2016, Pierre Bismuth created a second film called “Where is Rocky II?”. The film is based on a fake rock that was left in the Californian Desert by American artist Ed Ruscha, Bismuth hired a private detective and the film follows the pair as they try to find the rock, which is named “Rocky II”. (IMDB, 2020).

 

In an interview Bismuth said that he only started studying art in the late 80’s, before that he had studied visual communication at Les Arts Décoratifs in Paris. He began studying in Berlin and was interested in the work of Beuys. He also stated that he does not want to create art that appeals to everyone, but instead wants to focus and reaching a specific target audience. (Vienna Contemporary, 2013).

 

Bibliography

Artspace, (2020). PIERRE BISMUTH. [online] Available at: https://www.artspace.com/artist/pierre_bismuth [Accessed 31^st January 2020]

Bugada & Cargnel, (2020). PIERRE BISMUTH. [online] Available at: https://www.bugadacargnel.com/en/artists/181-pierre-bismuth/works/10130-videos

[Accessed 31^st January 2020]

IMDB, (2020). Where Is Rocky II? [online] Available at: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2644044/plotsummary?ref_=tt_stry_pl [Accessed 31^st January 2020]

Vienna Contemporary, (2013). “The Idea Of Vienna Being Boring Probably Makes It More Interesting” – Pierre Bismuth. [online] Available at: https://viennacontemporarymag.com/2013/09/21/the-idea-of-vienna-being-boring-probably-makes-it-more-interesting-pierre-bismuth/ [Accessed 31^st January 2020]

 

Laurie Anderson is seen as a pioneer in multimedia and installation art movements. She uses lots of different mediums in her work, including performances, music, installations and film work. Her work usually feature her own political views and her opinions on current social issues. (The Art Story, 2020)

 

Bibliography

Laurie Anderson, (2020). Laurie Anderson. Available at: http://www.laurieanderson.com/about/ [Accessed 31^st January 2020]

The Art Story, (2020). Laurie Anderson. [online] Available at: https://www.theartstory.org/artist/anderson-laurie/ [Accessed 31^st January 2020]