At first, the speaker, Maeve Jackson, talked about her two screening films. They are all about the same place in Europe that she went. The first one is artistic film, but the second one, she wanted to challenge herself by combining art and film (especially documentary) genre to create something different. I think the installation as a whole is very interesting. Since the screening needs projectors, she tokes some fallen barns from her grandpa’s house to decorate and frame the screening screen. There are also red light strings hanged to echo with the red vibe in the films.
In the middle hall, there are two old TVs with carts and photographs on the wall. I recognize she saying that one of her friends reminded her to try different cameras without judgements on camera’s features. So, some of the film photographs were made during that. I could not agree more about that point. I have heard people saying that a lot, but I’ve never truly understood that until I tried different cameras. Old-fashion cameras does not mean they are outdated or useless. It depends on the person behind the camera. A high quality, new released camera doesn’t actually help me grow better than others.
I also appreciate the point that when she produced these works, she tried to let go her thoughts and work intuitively. I think that is important point, but for me it’s always kind of an uneasy and scary thing to do.
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