Vox

This is a late entry...
I actually went to see Bivouac right around when it came out. Bivouac includes video, photography, drawings and sculpture that all related to the human body. All of the pieces also relate to the term bivouac. There are several pieces from Bivouac that I enjoyed, the first was Sung Hwan Kim's "In The Room 3" piece. It was a clip, not the full video, and this clip was about dogs. There was a comparison between two homes, one in Amsterdam and the other in Seoul. There were costumes and props, the whole thing seemed really sad. Mostly, because what is being shown is true. The way people (and animals), train and teach each other is absurd... even more so when you watch someone trying to teach a dog. I didn't really think of that until now how weird that actually is. The next piece I looked at was Anna Molska's "Tanagram". Two men wearing helmets and pads are shown arranging blocks into different shapes. All of this is very geometric, almost as graceful as a ballet... probably because of the music. The blocks reminded me of when in elementary school they had those colorful blocks that you could make into different shapes and patterns JUST like what their doing in Tanagram.. obviously not as big though. My favorite out of all the things shown is what was in the screening room. Kelly Richardson's "Twilight Avenger" was quite beautiful. At first it first appeared to look like just a big bright photograph but then you notice its slightly moving... and there is peaceful nature sounds. So, I sat down and watched its whole duration (or what I thought was its whole duration... it seemed to loop). Its a dreamy piece and definitely catches the eye. It made me think about nature, and I think that's what the piece wanted you to think about. Showing something like this in the city makes more of an impact than it probably would someone in the woods. As someone who grew up in the Poconos (aka: middle of nowhere), this made me quite nostalgic.