The Knife and The Chair

I found several similarities in these two works, but I favored The Knife more at first. Perhaps it's because I was less aware of what was actually taking place, and how the effects were actually being made were much intriguing than that of The Chair. Also, the knife itself was a more intriguing object at first viewing the video. The object in both works appeared to be suspended in a negative space, kind of floating. However, the feathers in The Chair made the object's figure ground relationship more able to establish.This led to more ideas of what the possible meanings behind the video were, and provoked stronger feeling which elevated to the same fondness I had for the Knife. I also liked the comparison of darkness with bright colors in both works. While both works came across as simply playful and experimental at first, I found them to be much more clever and curious the longer I watched.