Reading Response #9: Pg: 135-156

In this week’s reading, we gain this understanding that many political statements are tried to be made. Artists in the past and even up till today, make an effort to create pieces in which, they present their own ideology, in efforts to gain more audiences towards a viewpoint from a particular party. There have been countless pieces in which have been a part of a great movement; Some good and some bad. One of the more famous pieces in which played a big role, was Eine Faust in der Tasche Machen, in which seven countries were being showcased in the burning of the Third Reich’s book. Which to be fair, I thought was the Mein Kampf. But regardless of that, the idea of an artist making a statement based on political viewpoints, have circulated as a more controversial side, more than anything, because there will always be an opposition towards that viewpoint. And by making into a video format, there can be a visual stimulant towards the audience which is better for getting any message across. It almost comes across as a method used for Propaganda, which you could argue to the point. Another piece which caught my eye, was by Doug Aitken, where seeing a volcanic eruption, where the land in the Caribbean is beyond devastation, and for someone to manage to capture that, is what really makes it unique. To see a lifeless country for it truly is, after the apocalypse of that volcano came though that country. That’s what makes it, interesting, and overall, the approach and presentation of a ideology and practice.