Monday, November 23, 2015

Response to Video Artist: Joan Jonas

Joan Jonas's videos, Left Side Right Side, Vertical Roll, and Mirage were very short and did not have plots. 
Left Side Right Side was a close up of a woman with a mirror held against her face so that it reflection one side of the face to stand in for the other side. After watching I felt confused because she was just stating the obvious with a mirror on her face. It could have some deeper meaning, such as a desire for perfect symmetrical features, but it may be up to the viewers interpretation.
Mirage was shaky footage of a projector playing video in the dark. It was as if someone was struggling or too busy to hold the camera steady. The subject was static, but the view was dynamic, unlike the last video.
Vertical Role was also short and confusing, but it caused me a certain stress that the other two didn't. It was a video of a film reel of a woman's body. The disorienting part was that a metallic banging noise was played each time the bottom of each frame went off screen. It is hard to tell what it was about as well.

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