First off, I would like to thank the kind security guard who had to escort me to the Monika Bravo exhibit because I found it impossible to navigate there myself.
Secondly, kudos to the artist of the Landscape of Belief exhibit. Was it creative? Certainly. I thought that the three panes of glass made the exhibit 3D and thus, super awesome. The part that I found to be most creative though was the fact that it used modern technology as a medium to express their artistic ideas.
Over the past year alone, I have noticed that video has become a much more popular form of art/communication. We all know and love Vine videos just as we all know and hate Instagram videos. My point is, life ain't all about still shots anymore. Videos are used for artistic purposes socially or, like the Monika Bravo exhibit, it can be put in a dark corner of a museum somewhere to be appreciated.
PS. The text that made up the landscape was completely unreadable so I'm not sure if that really contributed to it much. Or maybe I just didn't read the plaques thoroughly enough to understand.
Hey im with you on your first comment, it took me like 3 minutes to find the place. It was in the pit of the Moa ahha. Its true though, that nowadays art is really being expressed through videos. Its interesting to think about how using video technology will advance in the artistic world in the future
ReplyDeleteI agree with you, that videos as art are becoming more prevalent. I'm not sure if I love the movement, but it is happening and it does expand what art becomes in our minds which is pretty cool.
ReplyDeleteI agree with your "P.S." statement, if Bravo wanted the words to add meaning to the work, she would have designed them to be readable. If they are blurred then I'm sure that was intentional, and she felt it added to her message to not give them more clarity.
ReplyDeleteAs far as the words from living cities. I also wondered about the word legibility. I didn't realize that these landscapes were made of words until I read the plaque upon exiting the exhibit. Of course, as soon as I did, I had to turn 180 degrees and go right back in and try to make out any words I could....to no avail. The fact that I knew that it was made out of words from the book helped me feel this sense of deeper meaning...but it also left me with the incessant idea that I was missing a deeper meaning by not knowing what words she was using. But maybe that was her intent.
ReplyDeleteI also considered the fact that the text was not readable. Originally I thought that only one landscape was made up of words but then I was told that all of them were. To me, they just looked my white blobs but I'm guessing it was the overall concept that she wanted to convey even though they weren't readable.
ReplyDeleteThe hidden exhibit was probably one of my favorite parts... it was an adventure just getting to it!
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