Video #1 Response (Hirak)

I think I've always responded to text rather well; just have always been one of those people who would rather read something myself than to have it read to me. Maybe it's a control thing, but I feel like it's easier to absorb or to understand when I have to read and translate meaning on my own. Even though the sister was saying exactly what I was reading, I still found it more appealing to have the ability to read as well. I also really enjoyed the bombardment of text he used on a plain black background. I've pondered many times how I may be able to use text in my own work and it just never seems to work well; it just seems out of place. What I like about this guy's work, though, is that everything seems really out of place but it's effective for me still. This said, however, the still images throw me off. There doesn't seem to be any cohesion between the few images and the text and even the audio of an airplane or something flying over is odd.

I went to the Phoenix Art Museum last semester to see the "Berlin Show" and there was a video that had a similar bombardment sort of feel both with imagery and audio and sometimes it seemed to work but then sometimes it was confusing yet pleasant. It had that sort of soundtrack to someone's life kind of quality and I get the same feeling from Brent's video. It's actually something that has inspired some ideas for work I'd like to create in the near future.