1.30.2009

Visiting Artist 1 January

Alix Pearlstein: What the h


Pearlstein is based in New York City and she has received a lot of recognition for her work. I was expecting to see some captivating video's. However, the second the first clip started titled " Two Women" , I started laughing and figured that this lecture would probably not do much for me. Alix began with an interesting introduction but as her speech continued I couldn't help but notice the many "um's" that came flowing out of her mouth. It was unfortunate for her because it automatically made me think she didn't know what she was talking about. She introduced each of her clips but her concepts she described were not apparent in her films. Its like she just made a bunch of crap up and hoped we wouldnt catch it. She said her work deals heavily with time and points of resistence. I did not see any of this in her videos! Very odd presentation.

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