The Critiques

Now onto the second video...I missed the first one while trying to do something on my own computer...

I couldn't hear what the artist said but I do remember the original video where I believe it was a couple drawing on the man's back then the man tries to redraw everything back onto the paper..

In one of my classmate's version, instead of using actual straight lines the girl had incorporated more curves and points. Though what the girl had drawn did not exactly look the same as the guy's there were similar structure. There is also no biological connection, a lack of communication between both the performers, and I too agree with the artist that it initially does look easier than being done. The girl actually rather paid attention to her own drawing than the guy's, most likely because she herself was trying to create a piece of artwork. While in the original video, it was more like she had to draw the lines that lead to somewhere and it wasn't an actual art piece she was trying to recreate/create on his back. In other words, she was plainly trying to go from point A to B vs point A to B then to C and to many other ending points...

Now to the third video, an interesting piece where he filmed himself first then created a script upon watching himself ponder into space. Actually there wasn't even a script, the artist said he just watched and said what he thought instantly at the moment. To my surprise as much rambling as he had said, whatever he said seem to fit well into the motions and facial expression (if any).

Not sure which video we're on now but all I know is that What he has to say is (apparently) important. It starts off with the sentence "What I have to say is important". For sure it's important, and I definitely thought so but after a while it was literally the same thing over and over again. During each time he says his line, a different facial expression or even hand gesture of movement is different. The tone changes as time passes, which in the end creates this endless cycle of something important. Though overall, it becomes really unimportant as to what he has to say to us. He uses different way to get his point across, finger motion, some sighing within his lines to show perhaps how frustrated or even important it is for what he has to say.

...got side tracked but, finally paying attention. Shereen's video where she is redrawing this eye on paper with a tutorial playing at the same time with probably a YouTube video. Skipping on ahead, with the 2010 version of EAT originally by Andy Warhol...the artist decided to film his girlfriend eating. Except even though within our 2010 year, most of us have cellphones with cameras or whatever technology that shows that we are updated to...There's this private space invasion that she gets from an inhuman object. I wonder what happened if the camera was hidden? Or perhaps he asked beforehand and that it was really for a project. Would she question while being filmed? Will she be more cautious how she eats?...anyway the video ended up having the couple get into a fight and the girlfriend tried to grab the iPhone...