Chelsea Galleries

Postmasters:

I really enjoyed Natalie Jeremijenko's interactive bird art, however I would have liked to know more about the data she gathered. Do birds prefer fast food to vegan food? Which perches did they like best? Were they scared when their perch started talking to them? I was also disappointed that we couldn't play with the remote control ducks.

Gehry Building:

I don't know what to make of the Gehry building really. I suppose it's good right, because it's green and energy-efficient and all that? I like the way the glass is clear, not green, so it interacts more with the sky. When I was in Vancouver last summer I noticed all the glass skyscrapers were sort of greenish, like a dirty fish tank. It looked even worse under the sky, which remains overcast something like 80% of the year.

Bitforms:

This gallery was really fun. I wanted the belts to do more though. I spent most of the time in front of the screen with all the tiny images constructing a larger image. Some of the images were being filmed in real time but others were from way before. I kept standing there trying to figure out the program, trying to time how long before it would switch. Was it just picking random images? Was it drawn to images wherein one color made up the whole frame? then I realized, the longer I stood there, the more prominently I would become part of this art.

Eyebeam:

I could have sat and watched the time-lapse footage of manhattan for hours. That space was so amazing, it was like 6 or 8 times the size of my apartment. The simulation though, makes me uneasy. Are meteors going to be the next generation of fireworks? The way technology keeps evolving, it's silly of me to feel uneasy about any of it. in my history of media class right now we're talking about socrates debating the evils of writing (a new technology at the time). his argument was that it was a cheaper, less truthful form of speech. however, I wouldn't know about his argument if plato never wrote it down. maybe fireworks should stay within the atmosphere.

Pace-Wildenstein:

I could make this. I saw the movie about the flowers, but the one I was really into was the one with the chicken. It was hands, a chicken, a plate, and a mirror. I think he was taking the chicken apart and putting it on the plate, but I only saw half and a mirror image so it became like a kaleidoscope. Dead flesh being ripped apart and manipulated times 1000 plus sound effects. Awesome.

As for the other NYTimes articles, I'm exited about the onyx project, because i would love a choose your own adventure movie, however I like watching good movies more than once. Because I wouldn't be able to do that with this, I guess I'd have to come up with a new way to evaluate it. Either way, I could waste many hours on something like that. As for the special effects one, no matter how the technology improves, it still looks fake. 3/4 of all movies made today seem to be shot against the green screen, and it shows. give me 1980s Cronenberg effects any day.