I found that in the pieces where he established a language or inverted our natural language, there was a point where I found it to be natural in that flaws and literacy were part of the learning process. I found it interesting to hear the girl struggle through higher level books because each word that was mispronounced or sounded out seemed to take on it's own persona. I started to go over the meaning of the original word and recreate a meaning for this mutation of the language.
I did not enjoy his nonsense piece because I found conflict between the imagery and what was occurring verbally. I did not understand why he had chosen to act as if he was incapacitated to create this scene and I wish it could be revised in a more appropriate manner.
I liked how in some of his pieces he assigned a syllable or word to an image or a cease in time. For example, in the piece where he slammed against the wall and said a word each time he did so, it interpreted to me as the struggles to create the perfect sentence and to carefully choose your words without wasting time and breath. It gave me good insight to the difficulties in the physical and mental articulation of a sentence, particularly in youth where language and grammar are just comprehended.
I enjoyed the pieces that conveyed motion and time. The piece that showed simultaneous pictures in a sequence was interesting because I had never quite noticed that quantity seems to slow down the cadence of time. I also felt that there is rhythm and almost like a beat to his works that involved time. One thing that was of interest to me is the ephemeral side of an image. In the simultaneous video piece, I felt that each moment was a snippet of information and wouldn't occur the same twice, so I watched intently.
Overall, I enjoyed Gary Hill's attention to the moment and the mutation or articulation of language.
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