video installation 3

Video installation magazine article 

My two chosen directors are Tony Oursler and Sam Taylor-wood.

Sam Taylor-wood Hysteria.

This video freaks me out a bit, mainly because its boring and gives me fatigue but yet again like with the other films - what is the point, even the comments on the video are on the same wave length as me, maybe because I don't have the intellect and composure of such geniuses - who'd of thought great minds would create such magnificent work such as a woman being an emotional wreck in a dark room…but anyway heres what I think the content of the video may be about, enjoy!

 In Hysteria It shows a close-up of a woman's face laughing and shedding tears at the same time, is it supposed to be an investigation of different "methods of madness." thats what it looks like to me, like she has bipolar disorder but I very much doubt thats what the video is about.

 Heres some more of my intriguing theories on what this video may be aspiring to portray to the audience 

 i'm trying to find something to write 500 words about a woman laughing, crying and being angry…time of the month? Oh that could actually be it - as the film has no dialogue or sound it could be her suffering in silence…she's laughing being normal then she gets all weird and emotional but we don't know why and she is in silence…??? Artistic message - of women being strong?! like he-man, oh wait like woman! 

But thats just a few ideas. though I was thinking it could be more to with emotions as a whole the audience is stunned by the silence as we expect to see noise with laughter and smiles not silence - and thats what makes it eery, then the laughter progresses to anger then sadness (crying) so maybe Sam Taylor-wood is highlighting to the audience how quickly and uncertainly emotions and people can change and how each of the three different emotions are different yet smoothly flow together and we dont nessacerily notice how different but yet similar the emotions are.

As for the theme, well…what theme - how is there a theme or am I just being dumb and naive? The theme I'm going with is emotions and emotional torment. Because her emotions had a certain impact on the audience - for me it was confusion…I can say that if I was watched that for a certain amount of time I think id be doing the same as that woman! So I think it has a whole physiological theme to it!

From researching this particular video I have gained nothing, well actually try and not to make your work look to artistic and 'out there' because to me it looks silly - but on the other hand i could just create something random and unnecessary and say it has some meaning or message because thats what it seems this lot have done! and thats the influence this video has had on me and my ideas for my project film!