David Rozetsky - 'Gaps'
I like Rozetzky's interview-style voice overs. This film was interesting and seemed a lot more intimate than the one we viewed a while ago. Perhaps that had something to do with the dark room? Though it was more intimate, the film seemed more intense, and not so soothing. They both had me captivated the entire time though - I think that has a lot to do with the music in Rozetzky's work. In this film I also particularly liked the section where they created a dance piece with all the actors using only their hands. Although, for a second I found it a little unsettling after having viewed 'The only way in is the only way out' - now anything I see with hands as the focus reminds me of that creepiness.
Fiona Connor - 'Wallworks'
I thought this artwork was a clever way to re-present art, and it took the idea of bringing an artwork into it's context to the extreme. The idea of connecting the everyday and the boring, old or mundane into art seems to be big in the contemporary art scene lately. That's certainly what we're being taught at VCASS, anyway. I think this work in particular is a big step in that it's completely changing the way we see the past and present, the real and fake, art and life. The amount of time and thought that's gone into creating each piece is very impressive. I commend ___ for proposing something so ambiguous, for traveling so far from LA, then traveling between the campuses and bringing so many people into her work. It's a massive project, and the determination she must have astounds me.
Despite all this, I wondered whether all that effort, time, materials and money was worth it for the outcome. Will the ideas and concepts within the artwork create a big enough impact within the contemporary art community (and her career)? Perhaps some would say the bringing together of communities within Monash alone is enough for it to be worth it.
And what will happen once the exhibition is over? All that money and all those materials - I really hope they are at least recycled, unless the artwork is kept together, which perhaps may be better.
I like Rozetzky's interview-style voice overs. This film was interesting and seemed a lot more intimate than the one we viewed a while ago. Perhaps that had something to do with the dark room? Though it was more intimate, the film seemed more intense, and not so soothing. They both had me captivated the entire time though - I think that has a lot to do with the music in Rozetzky's work. In this film I also particularly liked the section where they created a dance piece with all the actors using only their hands. Although, for a second I found it a little unsettling after having viewed 'The only way in is the only way out' - now anything I see with hands as the focus reminds me of that creepiness.
Fiona Connor - 'Wallworks'
I thought this artwork was a clever way to re-present art, and it took the idea of bringing an artwork into it's context to the extreme. The idea of connecting the everyday and the boring, old or mundane into art seems to be big in the contemporary art scene lately. That's certainly what we're being taught at VCASS, anyway. I think this work in particular is a big step in that it's completely changing the way we see the past and present, the real and fake, art and life. The amount of time and thought that's gone into creating each piece is very impressive. I commend ___ for proposing something so ambiguous, for traveling so far from LA, then traveling between the campuses and bringing so many people into her work. It's a massive project, and the determination she must have astounds me.
Despite all this, I wondered whether all that effort, time, materials and money was worth it for the outcome. Will the ideas and concepts within the artwork create a big enough impact within the contemporary art community (and her career)? Perhaps some would say the bringing together of communities within Monash alone is enough for it to be worth it.
And what will happen once the exhibition is over? All that money and all those materials - I really hope they are at least recycled, unless the artwork is kept together, which perhaps may be better.
