Krauss speaks about how the early works of video art are narcissistic in nature. They revolve around the artists and their bodies and the way they move in front of the camera. They shoot themselves, direct themselves, and make art about themselves. This also relates back to art before video where there are artists that would make a plethora of self portraits and draw themselves over and over again feeding into the narcissism that Krauss speaks about. On the other hand, McLuhan speaks about different types of mediums hat are used in art. He speaks about hot and cold media. Hot being high definition, meaning that it’s very descriptive and leaves nothing to the imagination. Whereas cold media is something low definition that leaves the recipient with holes to fill in themselves. Forms of hot media include movies, photographs, and plays. Cold media could include paintings, cartoons, and sculptures. The difference between hot and cold media doesn’t only end with definition it also includes interactivity between the art and the recipient. Cold media is more interactive with the audience than hot media is because it leaves room for interpretation and input from the audience.
Three techniques that Krauss speaks about is reflection, feedback, and vectors. The one I would like use in my pieces would probably boomerang. It seems interesting trying to actually listen to yourself talk at a different pace than what you hear in your own head. This would lead to some pretty interesting reactions. Even replaying the audio in the video would be pretty interesting by putting the audience in the same position as the artist in this case. That would lead to another type of connection between the artist and the audience members and it could lead yo some deeper thinking. Maybe some questioning about how we communicate and whether we listen to our on voices when we talk.