As I walked out of the elevator on the 5th floor of the Whitney museum, the large projected screening that almost occupied the wall space caught my attention, I saw the work of Oskar Schlemmer. It was a 35 mm film transferred to video, color and sound in the time span of 29 minutes. Prior to reading the description of the piece, as the viewer, I perceived the work as confrontational through its futuristic realm. It seemed to me Schlemmer used a formal dance routine to define other means in reality. The dances were broken into three parts with different characters dressed in different costumes which was created with various hues and variations that formed an abstraction within the space. For instance, in one of the “chapters” of the performance, two robot like characters were facing one another from  their distant corners of the all pink space to create a visual effect for the viewer. In between them stood a tall transparent like beam that held its purpose to separate the two subjects. The slow paced movements performed by the characters forms a composition in the space. You notice the sequence  that the artwork holds to tell a story; according to my assumption, it is exploring the ideas of masculinity and femininity. For example, the two figures that meet confront one another through the robotic like dance moves juxtaposed with soft ballet gestures. Although the artist’s main concentration was not on the gender issues that have evolved through time, however it was intended to “convert and transfigure space through form, color and light.” The two figures that moved to the melodic sounds were parallel to each other, in such a monotone yet romantic manner. The abstract dance and theatrical approach of the piece gives the viewer space to decipher their own thoughts and ideologies of the piece.