Category Archives: Hillman Curtis: Artist Series

For Hillman Curtis’ Artist Series I watched three videos: Lawrence Weiner (Visual Artist), Mark Romanek (Filmmaker) and David Carson (Graphic Designer).  I liked the video on Romanek the most, followed by Weiner then Carson. I’ll start with Carson.  He seemed … Continue reading →

Stefan Sagmesiter’s short film was very inspiring to me as an artist. I love that his show is all about everything he has learned in life so far. The idea of keeping a diary promotes personal progress was so obvious … Continue reading →

The Hillman Curtis Artist Series was both intriguing and inspiring.  I like how all of the artists and designers in all of the films we watch are such characters with such bold opinions.  While watching the short films, I wrote … Continue reading →

The Hillman Curtis: Artist Series captures everything I love about what we do, or what I want to do with the skills and knowledge I’m gaining in this program. It seems that the true geniuses in artistic fields seem to … Continue reading →

Most of these I had seen a couple of years ago, but it was interesting to revisit them after a while.  I always enjoyed his interviews with Scher, Sagmeister, and Glaser, and I think that he is quite a talented … Continue reading →

The Hillman Curtis Artist series was impressive. I find myself not only appreciating the work of the people that Curtis is documenting but appreciating his work just as much. I love the brevity of each film. To me each story … Continue reading →

I’m not positive I feel quite the same enthusiasm much of the class feels about the Hillman Curtis Artist Series. Don’t get me wrong, I did enjoy it but I didn’t find it exceptionally exciting and inspirational. I think that … Continue reading →

Hillman Curtis did a great job creating a visual style that reflected the artists portrayed in his mini documentaries. The five videos I watched were short and sweet- making them easy to digest and appreciate. My two favorites mini videos were … Continue reading →

I went into this week’s blog post with the first flash project and a 30 source annotated bibliography looming over my head. I figured I could just watch one of the artists’ shorts from the Hillman Curtis series and write … Continue reading →

I really enjoyed watching the videos from Hillman Curtis. Not only were the topics interesting, but visually the way Hillman Curtis edited the videos was great — regardless of content. Gave me cool ideas for compiling interviews, getting the right … Continue reading →