Immediate Response
I am not sure what I just saw on my screen. The music was heinous, the plot development was outlandish, and the concept was bizarre. Furthermore, I have absolutely no idea what I am supposed to retain knowledge-wise from watching this video, as I saw nothing that seemed of importance to me, or to our digital sculpture class. As I sit here writing this report, I am bewildered and nearly at a loss for words. I found that the characters in this video were erratic, mysterious, and damning. The flow of the video was illogical, and the creator of this video must have been tripping on some ridiculous drug, or combination of drugs.
Objective Response
The film starts off with skimpily clad women in a bubble bath tub on the bottom floor of what appears to be designed similarly to the Guggenheim Museum. The women then proceed to exit the tub and push a pentagonal stage in circles with several different characters on it, which are seen later on different floors of the museum. The last character, a man dressed in pink Celtic-like attire with a large pink afro and bloody mouth clamping onto a red rag, sprints towards one of the walls and begins climbing up it in parkour style athleticism. On each level he encounters different people; the first, a line of dancers; the second, a group of punk rock fans and a band; the third, a woman in a white dress who later becomes a cheetah; the fourth, multiple piles of abstract sculptures; and lastly, a man throwing a jello-like substance against a piece of black metal. As the Celtic-like attired man descends the floors, he kills the cheetah woman, and then falls into the bath tub with the scantily clad women, where he emerges and sees the woman in the white dress with cuts on her face, blind folded, and holding onto pieces of fabric attached to the necks of several lambs.
Technical Objective
The construction of the scenes in this video is odd. It seemingly takes place in the Guggenheim Museum, but I am not positive about this. The layout of the space is completely white, with exceptions from all the human figures, and the water in the bubble bath on the ground floor. What influences the creator had in making this video goes way over my head as I have zero knowledge or insight about what he or she is trying to portray to the audience. The only context I have is that there is a seemingly overarching theme of chaos and death.
The Work In the World
What this video has to do with the world, I haven’t the faintest clue. Perhaps it has to do with the chaos that surrounds our everyday lives, or the abstractness of life itself and the variety of circumstances we find ourselves in throughout our lifetimes. One of the characters is a woman who looks like a cheetah, so perhaps there is a reference to nature in some way, shape, or form. The only connection I can make that may not even be correct is that this video takes place in the Guggenheim Museum, given the circular structure and walkways of the interior space of the building.
The Story It Tells
I do not know. I have pondered for a long time what possible meanings could come out of this video, but have yet to find one. The chaos within the video and the randomness of its plot are driving me insane. The characters are unpredictable, mysterious, and unflattering, which does not help create a foundation for meaning within the context of the plot. As I finish writing this report, I find myself in a constant state of befuddlement, speechlessness, and pain, as I struggled to sit through watching such a tumultuous and whacky video.