This is from an exhibition by Tat Marina called "Finding Face". Particularly ironic in this scene since everything but the face is visible, I particularly like the tricks the artist plays on the audience. The scene appears to be underwater, but the subject is wearing jeans and something about the image makes it seems as though the subject isn't really in water up to his neck, but instead that the photographer is manipulating the audience in some way.
This image taken from one of David Hall's galleries is also slightly confusing, but in a completely different mood. The twilight zone impression given off by the neon lights coming from behind a mysterious door leave much up to the viewer's imagination. The circle in the middle of the door is also curious. I couldn't find a high enough resolution image in order to tell what that circle is depicting, but this may add even more mystery to the piece.
This installation by Amy Youngs is by far my favorite. It includes a fish bowl filled with artificial plastic decorations and live crickets. A microphone at the top of the fish bowl amplifies the crickets' sound and the video projection of grass at the back of the fish bowl makes that set up seem almost four demential. I love this piece because it is such a creative way to make a clear commentary on the state of nature in our current society. Here she has used ALL man made objects to represent a "fake" sense of nature to which she has subjected these poor crickets. Although we would not think of this twice if this fish bowl was filled with water, a mini castle, and some fish, taken out of the standard fishbowl context, the viewer is faced with the reality of how idiotic humans can be to place nature in a bowl...literally. Although this would be out of the range of acceptable final projects since it is an installation and not an actual video, I will not be able to use it for my final project, but I do like the idea of using nature and man for my final video project.
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