At first after I watched both videos I was confused as to how it related to the topics we were learning. William Pope created a movement in which he crawled across the streets. One thing that struck William Pope, was when someone asked him why he was wearing a suit, despite his color, and why the person filming him was caucasian. William Pope’s crawling is meant make a statement about homelessness. He decided to start this, because he had family member who were living on the streets.
Both Dudley Williams videos are of an African American male dancing to “I Wanna Be Ready” by Alvin Alley. In my opinion, this video ties in with the vertical movement we have been studying all semester. Every time the song referenced death at all, the dancer was always closer to the floor than at the other parts of the song. The ground here might symbolize death and “putting on the long white robe” that relates to dying. He is trying to rid himself of all of his sins, and start over by becoming pure again.