Week Six

When we watched Alex Bag's video in class, it immediately reminded me of Ryan Trecartin and his works. I saw this Ryan Trecartin video last semester when he visited UWM. This isn't exactly the video I wanted but I couldn't find a better one. In general, his works echo Alex Bag's video because they are both so random. The part in United Fall 95 that reminded me most of Ryan Trecartin was probably the part where there was two girls wearing bright wigs and lipstick and talking about being bored. The characters were similar to characters in Trecartin's films because they are always wearing bright colors and they are usually wearing paint on their skin as well. In both artists' works they also seemed to talk in a "valley girl" kind of way with all the "like", "ya know", etc. Their videos are both so random with so many ideas put into one piece, even though they don't seem to go together. This particular video is similar to Bag's because of the bright wigs and clothes like I mentioned she used in her film in the "I'm so bored" sketch. They say "fricken" a lot and they are both in a store. In both pieces, the characters are talking about such random and odd things that it makes you wonder if they are on some kind of drugs. Trecartin uses more detail in his pieces, there is more too look at and more complex sets and effects.