Monday, February 11, 2008

Deadpan

4'33", I want to do the remix of that...It would just be someone shouting "remix" throughout the 4'33" of the recording. I'll see if I can interest Lil' Jon in the piece. When I think of deadpan I think of comedy. Comedy and expirimental film, that would be something interesting. I was also thinking about art, as in who decides what is art. This subject confuses me in a way. Why are these pieces considered art? Is it because enough reputable names say that it is? Or is it irrelavant anyways. I like the latter. I guess if these creators set out to create art, then they probably created crap. I like to believe that these pieces were created to expiriment and not to entertain. I know we are supposed to be writing about deadpan, but just imagine that I am typing this in deadpan tone...there mission accomplished. Every monday, I leave the theater in a weird funk. The pieces that I have veiwed tend to put me in a different mood. They seem to make me view my surroundings in a non-objective way. They seem to invite me to view the present, from a new perspective. Not quite sure of these feelings just yet, but they definetly affect my stress level in a positive way.

1 comment:

Sarah Buccheri said...

You say: "I guess if these creators set out to create art, then they probably created crap. I like to believe that these pieces were created to expiriment and not to entertain."
I am a little unclear on what you are thinking here. Did you think the pieces we encountered were crap? (Not a really sophisticated analytical term btw.) Or do you see them as legitimate experiments regarding the nature of art?
Also, "weird funk" suggests something negative. Yet you continue by saying that the films have opened up new perspectives and effected to positively. Consider your writing a little more carefully as it is sometimes hard to tell exactly what you are trying to say.