Art Encouter 3

In Janet Biggs Predator and Prey Biggs states a commentary on the beauty of nature and contrasts it with the horror of captivity. She also draws lines comparing the captivity of animals to man's self created captivities, his own habitats. The film was place on a series of plasma screens in a grid pattern. The sound in this film seems ambient at times, while synthesized at others. This use of sound directly contrasts Mircea Cantor's Deeparture. In this silent piece a film is projected on the wall of a gallery enclosure in which a wolf and a deer are together. In this piece the viewer waits in anticipation of an attack that never comes. This piece relates to predator and prey in its natural subject matter, though I see it as more of a commentary on the spatial use of galleries. My favorite piece that can be found at the Haggerty Museum, was a series of cut telephone conversations from well known films. I liked this piece because it intersected so many different actor's performances together. It amazes me at the numerous different ways in which the conversation can be cut. However I felt that this piece effected me most through performance.