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Quotidian Project 56

Quotidian Project 55

Quotidian Project 54

Response to Video Artist: Valie Export

I did not enjoy Valie Export's works as much as the others, perhaps because I did not understand them. She had a wide variety of approaches, ranging from experimental film techniques, to interactive performance art, to a strange self harm piece called Remote. She was successful in making me as a viewer uncomfortable because the way she presents visual information was unsettling and grotesque.

Response to Video Artist: Vito Acconci

Vito Acconci's videos were very dialogue heavy. I didn't entirely understand why he made videos if much of the imagery he provides the viewer comes from his dialogue. He was very poetic in how he told a story such as in Undertones where he sat across a table from the viewer and told a story, using repetition to transition from section to section. I just felt his work fit more closely with poetry and spoken word rather than video art.

Response to Video Artist: Shirin Neshat

Shirin Neshat's work has been different from the others so far because she uses powerful images to tell a narrative rather than leave the message up to interpretation. The handful of her films that I watched are concerned with women's rights, such as Turbulence and Women Without Men. They gave them impression that they were more functional in delivering a message than experimenting with film techniques as the others were. I enjoyed her style the most of the 5 artists I saw.