Anthony McCall Response

I really enjoyed this reading.  I know we touched on it in class, and I love the way that McCall is able to manipulate lights. I really think that it is interesting how he manipulated the presentation into a projection instead of a video, that way the viewers have to interact with each other. I also enjoyed that his piece was looping so that all the viewers were entering in different times and entering a different type of environment.

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