Thursday, January 18, 2007

Mr. Doug Aitken creates tension between the idea of film and video art, by projecting his vignettes on the new Taniguchi MoMa's exterior wall. Some have called this work archivideo. The exhibition is five (5) short pieces interconnected by actors (Donald Sutherland, Chan Marshall, etc.) droning through their everyday mudane lives. The actors represent everyday jobs and work that continues to be repetitve, although at the end they all progress toward similar moments of private reverie. Ultimately, the shorts all collaborate into geometric abstractions that reestablish that fact that the audience is watching video art.

NYTimes Article

MoMa

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