Vladmir

I was really impressed with this artist. I had just as much fun as the last time, with the camera obscura. I was genuinely interested and had real questions and once again got inspired. I doubt I'll actually decide to engage in this art, but I think it's very cool that she can actually sell her work. That's difficult to do in art! She's lucky. It's hard to find a medium in art that will encourage people to buy. It has to be functional art. Basic drawings and paintings just don't do it anymore. Very few people will buy that kind of art. It makes me want to finally give in and adapt my art to something functional and buyable, so I won't have to live in a box when I graduate lol! Or rather, live at home until I'm fifty. That's really not cool, either. (not gonna lie)

One thing I specifically enjoyed about this art was how engaging it was. Much like watching a film in a theatre, it engaged an entire group together. We fed off each other's laughter also, which I really liked. The silly short stories seemed to encourage people to laugh, as well, and by extention caused us to engage with each other even more. At the same time, however, the experience was entirely personal, since we each had our own viewfinder. I found that this made the stories more engaging because each picture had to manipulated by you. You had to pay attention all the time to hear the noise to change the pictures. It ensured your engagement with the subject matter. Once again, I was pleasantly surprised to engage with true experimental art, and I enjoyed it and was inspired.

Another thing I liked about it was the stories themselves. They were often childlike, bringing back memories of being a kid, when we watched these viewfinders as little 7 and 8 year olds. I found that I felt younger and wonderfully immature, laughing at silly kid stories and actually enjoying being immature for once. Carefree almost. Perhaps these can be marketed as good stress relievers!

At the same time, I could see how the stories could be made more artsy instead of childlike as well. I like this versatility. "Fear and Trembling" was great! It was not childlike at all. It had true artistic aspects to it and was not so big on the laughter side. I liked it because I had no idea what was going on but the images were vibrant and interesting and the noises used were almost foreboding in manner. I liked the contrast of foreboding music vs the bright very normal images or the dinner table and girls' shoes. It was interesting to see how the sounds impacted the images and changed the story so completely. It made me realize how important the sounds were to the piece. After all, as kids we had no sound, just the pictures.

It's pretty amazing that this artist has been able to put together history, remeniscence, and usefullness into a brand new, yet old art. I thoroughly enjoyed it!