Week Nine
I didn't even think to post anything for week 9 because we weren't assigned any new reading.
A bit more about Hickey, just in case...
After viewing Ryan Hudgin's video installation and hearing Steve relate it to Warhol's film "Haircut," I revisited the chapter "Delicacy of Rock-and-Roll." The film simply focuses on a man's head and a barber's hand with scissors cutting the man's hair. "We couldn't fucking believe it. This was really boring. Mesmerizing, too, of course, but not mesmerizing enough to keep us from moaning...Still we watched and it just went on and on," (97) says Hickey of the film. I wasn't bored of Ryan's installation, but it had a mesmerizing quality to it. Even though it was looped, I kept staring and I felt a little hypnotized. I definitely see the parallel. I have been trying to find that Warhol video on the Internet, but unfortunately I couldn't find it. Ryan, you should totally put your clips on YouTube or something though. Do it! NOW.
Xox,
Lauren
