Althea Thauberger's film on tree plotters really stuck out from her other films. Correction: all her films stuck out, but this one made more of an impression on me. In a very carefully and professional pan, we see several people laying on broken and muddied dirt - likely sleeping. When we reach the end of the pan, a helicopter lands and a person jumps out to wake all of the sleeping people - by the end, they are all situated concretely staring into the camera - much like trees which were once fallen (heh...)
I have no clue what to say about A Memory Lasts Forever....
Not Afraid to Die (I believe was the title?) was an interesting concept - specifically the independent audio and video tracks. Something as changing (per-performance) like that reminds me of works of Acconci or Cage - It's interesting how a work is not complete (especially in these works) until they are viewed --
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You could have spent the entire blog comparing Not Afraid to Die with Step Piece or 4'33". Your last sentence should not trail off, it should be the beginning of an insightful analysis.
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