I think that it is powerful how a performance piece can really have the power to connect with each person that sees it. I enjoyed reading about how most performance pieces have a strong meaning of "identification" behind them and really shines light on how the performer views that specific topic. I also read a few of the other students comments on Kathy O'Dell and would also like to agree about how crazy it is about the accessibility of videos in this day and age. (Snapchat, Instagram, Vimeo, and all the social media sites) When we think of performance art I think most people think about a play, dance, magician, etc., or something that we could just see on TV or a recording of. We also don't think about how back before the 2000's era there was no video camera or access to the internet. I love how when people would do a performance before the camera age, you had to physically be there to witness it instead of just accessing it on the computer. I think that t...
Vertov's idea of being kino-eye or a builder is a very interesting perspective. It almost reminds me of what is expected of us in our new project, using source material to create something new. When Vertov mentions creating "a man more perfect than Adam," or the burial process depicted in the reading, it really highlights his concentration on creating something that challenges reality. People experience life in relatively the same way, and Vertov is asking people to challenge that. Even when he wrote this piece, he noticed overused and over-exhausted tropes in film, and urged the discontinuation of these ideas, and instead challenged people to adopt the kino-eye perspective. Things such as psychological/detective dramas and theatrical productions transferred to film are still saturated in cinema to to this day, which completely rejected this proposed idea. I think it ties in with this dichotomy of the producer and the consumer, and will someone take the time and effort to produce something strange and uncommon if it is not well received by the producer? I think I agree with Vertov in that people need to challenge this idea and adopt kino-eye because "if you're not moving forward, you are moving backward."
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