She is fascinated by Malcolm Gladwell because of the way «
he enters narrative space.»
Not exact matches
It's not always easy to
enter the work: one must follow multiple strands of color before a
narrative opens up and the viewer is absorbed by the sensual
space Reafsnyder offers.
The film avoids the structure of story and
narrative, built instead as a musical composition, creating an ambiguous psychic
space for the viewer to
enter.
, 1976 traces Acconci's early actions and performances, including FOLLOWING PIECE (1969), in which he followed passers - by on the street until they
entered private
spaces — SHADOW - PLAY (1970), in which he shadowboxed with a bright light shining behind him while moving in front of a wall — OPENINGS (1970), during which a camera focuses on Acconci's stomach as he pulls out his body hair, the film ends when Acconci is hairless — SEEDBED (1972), during which he audibly masturbated for eight hours a day under a temporary floor at the Sonnabend Gallery in New York while visitors walked overhead — THE RED TAPES (1976 - 77), a three - part epic that merges video
space with filmic
space, evolving into complex amalgam of
narrative strategies, photographic images, music and spoken language.
As you
enter the exhibition
space located in a beautiful brick building, you find yourself confronted with dark and delicate portraits mounted with a sense of architectural
narrative that highlights the already clear references to traditional modern painting, specially Braque's cubism and Arcimboldo's surreal portraits of flowers and fruits.
Gaignard's complete occupation of the
space gives people permission to
enter the
narrative of another and leave considering the foreign as perhaps a little more familiar.