Nicholas O’brien video art

I went to see Nicholas O’brien’s art today. I really liked that the videos were animated, with not too much movement going on. I found very interesting how O’brien was speaking about such simple things as an eraser, a churchkey, coat rack and a broom but he spoke of it not as if it was only an object. He saw something more meaningful to the every tool he was speaking of. He looks at an eraser as a forgiveness, because it allows us to erase our mistakes it allows us to “expunge our mistakes but not ruin our paper.” My other favorite piece was when he was talking about the church key. He said it’s “piety to the most faithful…unlocks places, invites people… object of who…potential revelation.” I mean I could see what’s he is saying, like it’s a key, keys are made to open things; O’brien looks somewhat deeper into that. He also said something like it’s a reward key; when you open the bottle and take that first sip, that’s a reward behind the closed cap. I really, really enjoyed the shows. It made me think how everything around me has a special meaning. The most simplest things…trinkets…may carry lots of meaning and purpose within it.