MoMa

My trip to the MoMa for the first time had me looking at lots of interesting artworks, both related to media and film and unrelated. One of the first exhibits I found had three towering shelves, filling up about the size of a classroom. On each shelfwere rows and rows of about 7in. screen old style t.v.'s, the fat ones that you saw more often from the 90's. Playing on each screen was a perspective of an old man, most probably in his house, and the total number of t.v.'s came up to 128 sets. Each t.v. portrayed a different aspect of his life, as he was working, sleeping, eating, meeting with other people, and eating while he was working. It was interesting how he used every single shots to focus on his everyday life, especially since it was during his last years.

The second most interesting Exhibit was a black room, with a screen for one wall. This first thing I saw as i walked in was a close-up shot of an african american man, staring directl; at you. All of a sudden, something comes rushing down. The camera angle then changes, to a long shot. The man is staring off camera, and a building stands behind him. All of a sudden, the wall of the building falls towards the man, and the man is perfectly placed so that he passes through a small window on the wall, all while standing still. The film continues with various angles and shots of the same action, ranging from a high angle shot, close up, etc. It was very random at first, but once you realize what it was, it turns out to be pretty cool.