Tuesday, November 27, 2012

"The Quintet of the Astonished" by Bill Viola

http://vimeo.com/15130088






      This is a very short work in time but is also very slow. Even a breath can be last for half of one minute. The name of it is easy to understand, all the five people`s expression shows their astonished and sad. Maybe they have just gotten the news of losing some loved ones. I can see the every second detail of the changing in the motion. Even without sound and words, I can perceive their naturally reveal of sadness.


      As for the picture of the work, this is a very important element because the position of the five people don`t change a lot and it is more like a slightly transformation picture. We can see that the five people are tightly together, but this cannot help ease the grief. What`s more, the color of it is quite dark but by no means it is not able to draw the audiences` attention.


      Anyway, this distortion of time gives us a new aspect to learn and understand the world.



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