In this last part of chapter 2 Michael Rush references video artist Anna Gaskell, “ Floater,” (1997) a single channel video projected onto the floor. She shows a young girls body flooring in water , views presume she is dead, the video zooms in on her “lifeless” open mouth (120) . But is she actually dead that is what Gaskell wants the audience to think. There could be happy ending for this video for optimism. But I’m not that person I do not want Hollywood happy ending, most of the small obstacles are resolved with a predictable ending—talking about every super hero movie ever made by Disney.
K Foundation's performance K Foundation Burn a Million Quid , Aug. 23, 1995 Andrew Ruesseth mentions a couple artist including Andy Warhol, and the infamous banana on the wall piece of art. And how much is art worth? A comment on society's values of high art which raises the question of what makes using money in art wrong. Burning it to make a statement that we put so much value in a piece a paper that all it is a piece of paper. Or using precious gemstones that valued high rate already why make a ridiculous medium out of it. Because why not that how most people live their lives thinking about money. Either you have a lot of it or live paycheck to paycheck. And if you live middle class all you do is hope you live to move up or down.
What do you think about the artist's decision to project onto the floor?
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