Monday, April 11, 2011

Not much information was given to me with this work of art. However, it caught my attention very quickly and though it may not have intended to be seen as art and more as a biology experiment I could quickly relate it to the before and after pieces we were assigned. This video time lapse was created my ‘Henry’ and posted on his personal blog and youtube.com where many people commented and shared thoughts. The video starts off as a bowl of fruit looking fresh and delighting, with rich vibrant colors. As the video progresses the colours fade and become darker shades of what they were while the fruits deflate as they begin to decay. The scene in the video becomes less and less appetising as the rotting fruit withers and browns. Just as the bowl becomes a revolting mess of rotten fruit, a green sprout emerges from the bowl and begins to grow lush green leaves. The from start to finish the video symbolises life blooming lush and colourful, slowly moving towards death and decay until it’s all rotten. Then like a cycle the bowl suddenly comes to life again as the seeds of the rotten fruit sprout and begin growing in to the plant that will bear more fruit and start the cycle over. This leaves us with questions like is before and after a constantly changing thing? One of the class lectures discussed the constant cycle of before and after with the rotting cow head in the two glass rooms. This example is very similar and has almost the same implication.               

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