Tuesday, October 4, 2011

Wexner Center: Soft Palate

So today I went to the Wexner Center with Christie and the only thing that opened was The Box. We went in to watch Martin Arnold's Soft Palate and it was three minute and ten seconds long. At first, we didn't know what was going on and it was dark and there was some kind of noises coming from the screen. We didn't know what to expect and thought something was going to jump out or something. What we first saw was Mickey Mouse's gloves and shoes:
Then more and more of Mickey Mouse's body starts to show:
His mouth starts showing and the sound becomes a snoring sound which means Mickey Mouse and sleeping and soon will be awake.

Mickey Mouse is now awake and startled of what is going on. I think Martin Arnold's big idea is that even though we all know who Mickey Mouse is, but when he shows us bits and parts of Mickey Mouse it doesn't register to us right away that it's Mickey Mouse. He slowly builds up who he is showing and at the end we know who he is showing. 

1 comment:

  1. Interesting interpretation of the piece. I had never really thought of it that way, but I like your take. Nice job.

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