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.
This weekend I went to an awesome record store in Seattle called Easy Street Records. Man oh, oh man was I was in vinyl record heaven, at first glance the store had some records, merch, and cafe. And I was a little excited to fully know to expect, so I checked out a few bins seeing that it was a marked sale. And some rows wrapped around the upper level which was small but it had a whole lot of vinyl records. Words cannot explain the feeling in a record store and a great one for that matter. But what made this store worth the trip was the number of rare records that you cannot find at Best Buy, Barnes n Nobles, Wal-Mart or Adventure Land Comics store. This place is my top favorite record store aside from RIP "Off the Record" which unfortunately went out business.
What do you think about the artist's decision to project onto the floor?
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