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It’s hard for us to sympathize to an issue that is a thousand miles away unless it goes viral on the internet or in the news. The way Omer fast connected us to the drone pilot and the people affected by his actions is brilliant. The re-enactment of the ‘interview’ shows how powerful a message […]

In 5000 Feet is the Best, both parts of the video have moments where the view can be seen from above, or rather “5000 feet away”. The second portion of the video that took place in Las Vegas was a bit boring, but not so much what he was saying. The view of Las Vegas […]

Before watching the video “5000 Feet is the Best” by Omar Fast, I was expecting to see a video related to an Omar Fast piece we saw in class where he showcased high quality sounds coming from regular things we see in our surroundings. Instead, the video is completely different. I was surprised to see […]

Even though I have seen many exhibitions lately with multiple-screen video installations, Omer Fast has a knack at putting them to good use. I thoroughly enjoyed his exhibition at the James Cohan Gallery. I sat for some time in each of the three separate rooms to watch 5,000 Feet is the Best, Continuity, and Spring. […]

I found Omer Fast’s short film 5,000 Feet Is Best, one of the three films featured in the James Cohan exhibit to be the most fascinating of the three that were featured. I found it to be a very intriguing and intense film that keep me captivated throughout even though it would probably be considered to be fairly […]

What I like in the artist’s work is the camera perspective and the frames. The proportions of the frames were visually pleasing me. For example, in “Continuity” in one scene, the son and the father was walking towards the garage but you could also see the wall behind the corner and the door which was […]

The Omer Fast exhibit in Chelsea was very interestingly laid out with an extremely dark gallery, a few hallways and several dark halls leading to rooms with large television sets. In general I noticed that Omer Fast uses themes of narrative and his works all struck me like cinematic movies. A lot of his work […]

Last Thursday I attended the Omer Fast exhibition at the James Cohan gallery. The first thing that caught my attention about this exhibition was the the space that was used for it, although it might’ve seen like your typical gallery space, something about this one gave me this sense of intimacy, i don’t know what […]