50 Great Works of Video Art – Response

Pipilotti Rist’s  “I couldn’t agree with you more” has this sense of mystery to it that makes the viewers want to watch it all throughout. From the very beginning we see her walking around recording everything thats happening around her, as she moves around we get different sights and we also get different points of views as she slowly moves the camera around. I believe that the music used in this video also played a huge role in order to establish this mood. Something that i found really interesting about this video is how when it came to the editing, she saturated the video which made the red tones more vibrant but then again she also added some type of blue or green filter that cooled down the not so brighter and cooler colors. Although, the tones of her surroundings are highly saturated when it comes to her face, the colors are somewhat dull. Something else that i found really intriguing is the fact that the entire time she’s looking straight at the camera which would want to make you lock eyes with her but then again on her forehead there’s some type of light that’s projecting a different video with what it seems to be a male figure. The interesting things about this video is that when you put this projection with her looking straight at the camera and the saturated colors of her surroundings, your eyes end up being all over the place which is what i believe it makes this so amusing and entertaining to watch.  Next, John Baldessari’s “I am making art” is quiet ironic in my opinion. We see him just standing in the middle of the frame just moving his arms, bending over,  touching parts of his body and repeating the same thing over and over, “I am making art”. I think what he’s trying to show us is either one of two things, the first one, that anything can be can be considered “art”, or the second one, he’s in a way mocking or criticizing the people who believe that everything is “art”; Which in my opinion seems more like it as he’s not really doing anything extraordinary, he’s not showing anything off and his tone of voice is quiet dull which also sounds somewhat sarcastic and annoyed at the same time.

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