Abstraction

 The beauty of abstraction is that it is free to all interpretations and that the artists meaning and the received message of the viewer are often profoundly different. Pipolotti Rist describes this in her interview, and she indulges in this by allowing viewers of her exhibits to become immersed in their own interception and give in to where their minds may wander. She speaks about how frames and perspective can be used to force a viewer to interact with art in ways they may not have before. When guests make it to the forest of lights, they describe that the setting feels familiar like they've been there before, and will spend time wandering around this area. This interested me, that an unnatural environment such as that could bring out emotions and feelings of familiarity.  When Pipolotti approaches her work, she approaches it from a point that human bodies are as much equipment as cameras are. 

Peter Mack's really struck me as have a rhythm to it, or active energy to it all. Specifically" his work "composition: from many sources" had a lot of substance to it, while also having a relatively short length. So many colors, changes of perspective camera angles were used. 

Of all the work sampled, Sabrina Ratte really hit me and led me down a rabbit hole where I viewed as much of her work as I could. The best way I can describe what I see when I view her art is that it is a deconstruction of reality down to its most familiar elements. "Habitat" was strangely relaxing, the buzzing sounds and visuals really sucked me in and immersed me while also giving this sense of peace. The framing and focus of "Habitat" also had this sense of journey, that there were corridors to explore. "Black refraction" is a music video for Tim Hecker. This piece had a somber tone, while also having this sense of etherealism. Ratte really is a master of composition and editing, she's able to take disconnected images and weave them together into something wholly unique.