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January 10, 2006
PS1 Visit
Went to PS1 in Long Island City with JD today to see a big "pcompy" exhibition.
Jon Kessler, The Palace at 4 A.M, encorporates video work and motors with interesting print work. H e dealt with current political issues in the US as a theme for this work. My personal reaction is that the artist showed a little too much of this working process as a whole, and that the piece seemed too complicated and a bit hard to comprehend at times.
"All of the apparatuses used for The Palace at 4 A.M. are in plain view. Thus, the wires, gears, cameras, motors, etc. constitute the body of the work itself, creating yet another dual relationship. Though Kessler demystifies the physical structure, it also serves to further mystify his manipulations; viewers must trust themselves to ponder the power of each image despite that fact that everything is visible to the eye."
Posted by min at January 10, 2006 06:46 AM