I have never really been able to understand or enjoy video instillation. I remember when the new MOMA opened a few years ago there was this whole video instillation exhibit in the back of one of the floors where a lot of the Warhol's hang. I tried to sit and watch and get it, and I really didn't -- I couldn't get into it.
After seeing the exhibit at 303 Gallery, my relationship with video instillation changed. I found myself fascinated mostly by the format of the piece. Seeing something on a screen that large and that close up had a huge effect on me. I was able to really see the textures of the animals that were on the screen. The "plot" of the video also fascinated me. The concept of an animal as large as a moose could be in a hotel room, walking around, was truly absurd -- much in the same way that any Absurdist or Surrealist painter would include a strange object in an ordinary scene.
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