What was the most interesting quote of the lecture and why?
When she was talking about working with the millionaires and how she got them to behave the way they did in her work even though she was in the room with a camera she responded saying “ every time I am totally amazed that there is this total neglectance”. Meaning they were so focused on themselves they didn’t even care if they were making themselves look bad in front of her and the camera. To them they were the only important one in the room and the other elements they ignored.
Using three words, define the core of the artist's practice and artwork.
Manipulative, typographic, revealing
What is the most interesting thing you learned about the artist that you did not know before?
I found I was most interested in her explaining why she created work such as “Your Blood is as Red as Mine.” She openly admitted that she did it because after being mugged, she noticed she was beginning to become racists, which scared her. I found her openly admitting this, was a very interesting things to know about her and her inspiration.
Do you know the answer to your two original questions? If so, what are the answers?
1. You seem very interested in staging all of you subjects in order to get the responses that you want from them. Have you ever worked with trying to catch your subjects in the moment instead of initiating the conversations?
She doesn’t want to try to catch things in the moment because her work has a lot to do with manipulating the subject by asking questions. On one occasion she did use footage that was off script when one of her subjects starting asking her about her religious beliefs and telling her she needed to take it more seriously if she wants to go to heaven. With the exception of that though, most of her work would not work well in this format because she would not get the responses she needs out of them on their own.
2. You seem very interested in these rich and powerful men such as in your work Economic Primacy and in Rites of Passage. Have you been interested in using powerful women in any work?
In a way she has already focused on powerful women in her work “Forever” in which she interviews older housewives who are extremely rich in Beverly Hills. Though this focused less on the money side of things, these women felt they had power because of their looks and status in society.
What image or artwork do you find the most compelling and powerful after hearing the artist describe it?
I find the millionaire piece was most compelling because of her description of how her experience with these men where. After hearing her talk about it I realized that she did not use editing to her advantage to make these men look bad. They were in real life that arrogant about their wealth and status in society. The quote from this work “It’s inevitable that some people are poor. Someone is always the poorest... People shouldn’t have to starve to death. But... recently, I was in a room where I was clearly the poorest. All the other guys had more than 100 million dollars... so I was the poorest. Someone always is,” was most shocking to me because of the speaker's complete disregard for how they came across.
Do you have any new questions in regards to the artist?
I am curious about what typographic groups she wants to work with next.
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