Initial Questions:
Working with new media (video, performance), have you encountered difficulties with presentation (how to best play a video, how often to perform a piece) within a gallery/museum setting? If so, in what ways did you overcome these challenges?
Would still images be able to convey your concepts? Why performance, video, animation, etc.?
Response:
To be completely honest, it was hard to sit through the Kathy Rose lecture. I thought I was going to learn more about her concepts behind her video work that I became familiar with by going through her website before I attended the lecture. Instead I learned that she is an artist that works largely without concept, but takes inspiration from Asian culture and dance. I found it shocking that an artist with no concept could attain so many reputable grants, teach at a university level, and garner so much attention without even communicating a message. As we watched each video, I took avid notes about what I thought the message was in the piece, always feeling like I must be missing something because I found most videos to be about nothing. I was not missing something, Kathy Rose's work was what was missing something. I was completely uninterested in her wacky videos with seemingly random costumes, dancing, and content that reminded me of a bad undergrad film students' first attempt experimenting with new technology. How is it that this work has tricked so many people into thinking this woman is talented?
My second question I proposed before attending the lecture was answered: "Would still images be able to convey your concepts? Why performance, video, animation, etc.?" The answer is: She has no concept so the medium could not possibly matter. I have no new questions.
I left with feelings of frustration towards the art world/market. I felt discouraged that I will ever be able to market myself amongst people making work of this nature that is being eaten up by the higher powers of art institutions.
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