Today I saw a video by Penelope Speier. She's an artist who is featured at the Satellite Space for February. This is her first video installation and it is based on her experience visiting Japan. The video showed a paintbrush writing or painting along the surface of a flowing stream. Sounds of the water moving can be heard and a few fallen leaves can be seen clinging on a rock. Impermanence.
While visiting Japan, Penelope witnessed monks writing over and over again a certain prayer. She was inspired by this act. What I liked about the video was its simplicity. I liked the simplicity of the movement, the simplicity of the site and the simplicity of the sound. It was beautiful.
A few days ago I found a video animation that totally inspired me. It was a mixed collage of animation, photography and video. Layer upon layer of narration made the work complex that I had to watch it over again. http://www.spike.com/video/2916829 I still don't fully understand it. So I think I'll have to watch it again. It makes me want to work with more layers of narration and to play with video. I should write more, too.
Lately I've been drawn to work that falls into the ""less is more" team and the "super lush and seductive" team. I even saw a cooking show last night that had a fish dish from Veracruz with a shitload of ingredients tossed in. At first I thought, "that's too much!" but then I thought, "I bet that tastes sooo good..."
