Comments on: Michael Sherwin | 12.1 – 12.20.2008

By: kevin G

kevin G — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 21:04:24 +0000

The use of the projector screens threw me off a little. I enjoyed the music to be interrelated with the visual but had a feel that the audio and the choir physically took over from the screens

By: Brandon

Brandon — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 03:21:25 +0000

I’m not sure I agree with the use of the choral music, it just seemed too “bright” against mostly calming and sometimes dreary scenes. I also wasnt very fond of the very foggy/cloudy scenes, they almost had too much ambiguity. Other than that though, I enjoyed how it was put together, especially the occasional use of figure in some of the scenes.

By: jake huizenga

jake huizenga — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 20:08:40 +0000

The idea the idea of an inner quest is really powerful, as well as the choir being present and guiding, or narrating the quest is an interesting adaptation to the installation.

By: zac

zac — Sat, 13 Dec 2008 23:50:12 +0000

The use of the choir was powerful and was like a narration of the imagery in a way. The shots moving through the environment was interesting in that they were all involving darkness. The live performance with both screens must have been pretty emotional. Because for some reason the use of the choir just does it for me. I feel that it brings the intensity that the nature shown in the video deserves.

By: Nick

Nick — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 21:44:56 +0000

beautiful yet disconcerting imagery. most of the nature imagery is at a time of the year where it is cold and dead. The choral music suits that mood in my opinion. This is suppose to be somewhat about the inner self so perhaps thats why i view this as slightly dark and cold. i can imagine this would be much more effective as the live installation, however, i still enjoy it.

By: Adrienne Marks

Adrienne Marks — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 19:46:08 +0000

I love this concept, live performance matched with a contributive video. Occasionally the handheld motion became distracting, but in someplace it really lent itself to the idea of a very personal inner quest. Also, a confession: I love choral music. I have frequently thought about what moments in my life would be set to choral arrangements if my life were a movie, although I think doing this really geeky thing completely negates any moment being worth choral music.

By: Tracy

Tracy — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 15:34:52 +0000

The gospel like audio and outdoor scenes work very well as representation of an inner quest. The city Lorca itself seems to be full of religious history with its baroque churches and unique devotion like atmosphere, so the title seems fitting. I would like to see the complete installation with the extra screen to get the artist’s full intent, yet the single screen seems to be working well by itself.