HI Karen,So to reiterate what we spoke about during the class critique: I liked very much how you connect the set of 2-dimensional photographs with sensory experience. It is a worthwhile connection to pursue. I liked also how you tried to "fill in" the missing eperience of the photographs while depriving us of vision, so the lights out, but strong smell, unpredictable contact with the performer etc all worked very well. What I think you should work out is how to connect the performance with the images more clearly. If i did not know what the assignment was I would not have made the connection. You should also consider how you would do this performance in a gallery or museum. I also think a larger room would work better.
Pretty solid. We are given most of the sensory information that a photograph lacks through this performance. For sure, in order to communicate that message and hint at the missing link, there needs to be something more... but I'm still not sure exactly what that would be. Is it imperative that the viewer know that this is a response to Abu Ghraib photos... or photos in general?
ReplyDeleteas mentioned already, good work tapping to the whole senses thing. and there does need to be a connection to the images, but when you find out what that is i feel this could be a really really good work. if im honest, i felt a little uncomfortable in that room. in a good way
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