Thursday, May 29

ryan trecartin

nytimes article also his stuff is on ubuweb
ROB BANKS at

2 comments:

nash bryant said...

I personally really appreciated I-Be AREA more than A Family Finds Entertainment, because the focus seems to be more about identity within cyber culture and how gender relates to the expression of virtual identity. The part where "Oliver" sells her identity, which includes all her passwords, an outfit, etc, was a point of interest for me because it reflects the ease that one can discard their identity in favor of reconstructing self. Also, in a Family Finds Entertainment, the psychedelic visuals can be a bit overwhelming and by lessening them in I-Be AREA it allows for the narrative to develop further, with less discontinuity. I dunno, generally i'm a sucker for genderfucking which is also incredibly pulled off in both videos. The diversity of body types represented in the videos makes the films more "real" for me in the sense that i never got the impression that one kind of person is favored over another in the casting process. when i was reading about trecartin's process their was an emphasis on collaboration over a singular artistic vision, which is something that i think we can all relate to and is encouraging for me in relation to RTRI. Not to say that we should emulate his process, but maybe we should.

May 30, 2008 at 3:19 PM
jessica said...

nash.
you are as eloquent as you are hot.
i forgot that his stuff was so collaborative, and yes, i get a lot of ideas from that process and these films as well.
the fact that he is able to create these worlds is really interesting to me. i mean, sure, film does that a lot, but what trecartin attempts to do is something that kinda abandons normatives all over the place, and his stuff still comes out accessible.
definitely food for thought.

June 19, 2008 at 7:46 PM

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