I've titled this Structuring Perspectives Into Triangles. Enjoy!
Douglas Gordon
Douglas Gordon is a multimedia artist who was born in Glasgow in 1966. His work has been featured in dozens of museums around the world, especially the Tate and Gagosian. His work is related to Relational Aesthetics because he is concerned with highlighting the spectator's subjectivity within the work, and exploring themes of collective identity. He does this by utilizing images in popular culture, like Hitchcock's Psycho, and distorting them to such a degree that the meaning they were originally imbued with is completely stripped away to reveal a different meaning. One of his most famous works, 24 Hour Psycho , consists of the projection of Hitchcock's Psycho slowed down so that it takes a full 24 hours to get through the movie. This highlights the constructed nature of film, and the presence of the spectator. Other dynamic examples of his video work include Play Dead; Real Time , Zidane; a 21st Century Portrait , and Phantom . He also does a series of photographs ...
I wish I had an idea of what your intentions are with this? It is interesting, though. I just have no idea what you are getting at. :)
ReplyDeleteI definitely had a cringe response, even though I realize that you didn't drink your friend's spit. I can't wait to hear your explanation of this project, particularly of how the paper folding and spit tea relate to each other.
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