Music Videos as Trash Art
Taught by Scott Greenberg
Scott Greenberg is a Songwriter and Multi-Instrumentalist from New York. A lifelong musician, he studied Music Production and Technology at The Hartt School of Music. While at Hartt, Scott became heavily interested in Music Theory and Composition.
Over the last decade, Scott has worked on numerous musical projects including Midnight Brigade(Folk Rock), Impossible Colors(Alt Rock), and solo work under the name Scott Making Cents.
Scott also works as a AV Technical Specialist, most recently at New York Public Library and New York University.
Are music videos art?
The music video is an inherently problematic medium. During this class we will watch a number of video clips (spanning the history of modern popular music) and discuss the aesthetic issues inherent such as: manufacturedness, gratuitous persona building, and tasteless cliches. We will also discuss elements of camp, postmodernism, and the continuing evolution of the form in a post-MTV world.