I knew Monday was going to be a hectic day at work so i thought i would retire early. Unfortunately i was awoken from sleep by a phone call (the details of which i now only vaguely recall); I tried to go back to bed but had difficulty doing so. So i turned on the television, my own version of the counting sheep, and watched the channels go around. Oddly enough, just as last week, i stumbled on PBS, but this time the show was art:21, art in the twenty-first century. Somehow the scientists at PBS have figured out just the right combination of beautiful visuals and personal narrative with a soupcon or pretentious educational value that keeps me glued; as if id be a better person after watching this.
I liked the some of the giant sculptures like the one made of dogtags, and some of the great photography like pictures of high school wrestling, and some of the more bizarre like what happens when you submerge yourself in a tub of lard.
Posted by Matthew at October 13, 2003 12:20 AM