Video Art (2/2)

Just finding Inspiration......

I was rewatching some of the video art examples David presented to the class to find my footing for this project. I was looking at Francis Alys's video, Sometimes Making Something Leads to Nothing (1997), and Pipilotti Rist's, Ever is Over All (installation), 1997. 

I found that Alys's video, although bleak in content, I liked the rawness of the film and thought it added to the message--making futility a realistic struggle and often a common one, and not something that is glorified. The decision to make an amateurish video rather than a put-together one is an interesting concept that I may explore. 

Rist's film, I thought was eerily silly. The pacing was slow and created a tense feeling, followed by the crashing of the car windows, made a chilling example of video art. The blue filter adds an almost ethereal or otherworldly aspect to the piece, complimented with the exotic music. I assume the woman has past a tipping point in her sanity as she aggressively destroys cars with a mallet. She does so with eagerness to devastate her surroundings, and that contrast is super interesting.