Behold, the mesmerizing video of me stripping wallpaper. The video ended when the camera ran out of memory. I strip wallpaper, just like I paint. If you have 7 minutes to kill, watch it. The money shot is at the end, but you have to watch the whole video in real time for the payoff. I can easily call this art because it's almost identical to the videos I did in grad school. Sometimes I miss making video.
Someone asked for any words of wisdom I had on being full-time working artist. I haven't had a chance to respond thoughtfully. Mostly I sit around and pretend I'm a full-time artist. So far, so good.
3 comments:
That was mesmerizing even without the money shot. I can't believe the timing on that.
And context is everything on this one, you do have to watch the whole thing.
Also, I am often impatient with (and even a little hostile towards) video art, but find this delightful in that context.
I seem to have a knack for deadpan banality and the timing was uncanny. Thanks for watching. It occurred to me to make the video when you suggested I might "try removing from a different direction," as though I were approaching this wallpaper thing methodically. whoo boy, I got a good laugh on that.
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