Lecure 1

This is a bit late but . . still.

I'm sure everyone else has said this so far but I will say it again. Kate Gilmore's lecture was the best I have been to so far. I found it very inspiring and almost creepy as to how much I could relate it to my own work. Every bit of her work that she examined was right on par with my own except she uses film and sculpture and her characters actually succeed in their tasks where mine don't. Her dark humor was astounding. She completely humiliates her characters by the end of each video and I this is what I hope to achieve with my own images. Each attempt at suicide should show how determined yet unintelligent my character really is. Gilmore also spoke about how she had aesthetic concerns with her work, such as wardrobe and color and I can understand how important those elements are. Each detail counts for something and says something about your piece. The biggest connection that I think our work had was how we both use ourselves as characters and not other people. She said each work was personal and about her life and that is how I feel about mine as well. Each piece doesn't have a specific meaning but the series as a whole has personal meaning. With her work she says she is very competitive and has to win. This is why her characters probably always reach their goal. With my work, I have had personal experiences with close friends and suicide. I never really knew how to deal with those sort of things so I always resulted to humor. I also just have this weird, morbid sense of humor that resides in me naturally. The best thing about Gilmore's work, I thought, was the use of sculpture. I found it quite amazing and I hope to one day get to this point with my own work. To have that added element that she has and that Bill Thomas also has would be satisfying.