Julia Bender Moma Critique

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The artwork “Gamepieces” at Moma by Nalini Malani (2003/2009) stood out to me for a number of reasons. First, when first walking into the room a type of siren call was heard being played on a loop. This sound effect really added to the experience of walking into the room and immediately changed my sense of what the piece was supposed to demonstrate. The next thing I noticed was that instead of traditionally just standing in front of the piece, I was able to walk under the spinning chandeliers into the piece to get a different perspective. By being able to do this, I could interpreted the chandelier’s black/grey projection onto the wall, but I was also able to view it from the back where I focused on the colors painted on them. I loved the way that silhouettes of people were presented on the wall when they walked in front of the projection, because I think that those shadows can be interpreted as a part of the piece. The last thing I noticed about this piece was the block of blue at the top of the picture, and the harsher red being projected onto the bottom half. The blue was intended to give that upper half a more calm and relaxed feel, while the bottom half was intense and represented violence. I especially loved this piece because it isn’t necessarily straight forward like some other artworks ,therefor almost everyone viewing it has a different interpretation on it’s meaning.

 

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