I enjoyed the last readings of our class. I found Vito Acconci, Dan Graham, and Tony Oursler all have great perspectives on video art and the role of television in society. I also found the writing to relate heavily to a work I am planning on doing in the future.
In Television, Furniture, and Culture, I found the first passage on page 133 to be very interesting. "Once a TV set, however, is placed in a sculpture installation, the TV set tends to dominate; the TV set acts a as a target, the rest of the installation is functions as a display device." I find this to be a very true statement that I should think about more in my art. In AdShades2: Gallery, I plan on using one TV to block the images on the screen of another. I wonder how this feedback installation with one watching the other will function as installation.
I liked the structure of the Dan Graham essay. It was interesting to read the concepts of some of his pieces alongside further arguments he was making with his writing. I found the discussion of the nuclear suburban family to be really strong, as well as furniture designed for watching the TV, being squishy and reflecting the state of consciousness of a viewer.
The Oursler essay is interesting in the way it freely travels between quotes and unique observations of TV culture. It almost feels like a TV program flipping through channels. I was particularly interested in the FCC section as well as the public's reaction to the Tank Commander video game.
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