Alex Bag's "Untitled Fall '95"

Bag has created "Untitled Fall '95" as a piece specifically to be viewed through video. This performance piece was created in the Fall of 1995, but has been created as the story and rantings of a female student over a course of eight semesters at art school.
Bag's only choice to create this performance piece was to use video. Bag connects made-up time with her stories and feelings about her made-up experiences. Video was the only way for Bag to believably make it seem like the viewer was watching a woman over the course of four years. If this piece had been performed in front of a live audience it would be obvious to the viewer that it was created in a shorter period of time instead of being made over the course of four years.
Bag also speaks directly to the camera, making the viewer feel like she is speaking solely to them, instead of an entire room of people. If bag had performed this live it would not feel as intimate to the viewer and the viewer may get bored. It feels more like a friend telling a story or a one sided conversation than a performance piece. The only practical medium for this project is video.
In this case I feel that the video as a whole is the artwork as opposed to the multiple performances being the piece. The work would not make sense to be performed without video, Bag would have to take frequent breaks to change her costumes and her short video creations in between her speaking would have to be shown to the audience using video.