'Some kinds of duration' was my favourite work at Artspace. The flourescent lights and drab colours gave the artwork a sad almost mournful feeling, it was a cross between a dissection and a funeral. The old photocopier crumbled in the corner under the harsh light as sounds and video of its more lively days played between and on the walls of the exhibition space.
The works that most intrigued me at Artspace were Ása Ragnarsdóttir: Six interviews in Reykjavik and Operation Tully: A documentary (on the undercover work and disappearance of Garth Mayhew) because of their mysterious subject matter.
All the works in 'Talking Pictures' had a sense of mystery about them. We never see the face of the person with their back towards the camera in 'Everything put to use'.
'Fugitive Dreams (Road Pictures)' seemed incomplete, nothing was covered up, all the inner workings and processes of the work were exposed except for what the projector was projecting. It was easy to miss the small frame acting as a window through which to view the projection of 'coming soon'.
The works weren't as impressive at the Ann Landa exhibition. One that was quite engaging was the interactive 'The Outlands'. Maybe i found it so engaging because i cant imagine ever being able to create a work like that. The scale of the projection was also very impressive and gave the viewer a feeling of almost being in the realms created by the artists.
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