The End of Fripo In The World
Interesting if not sad story of the death of a a 10/11 year old boy. The voice in the piece is scattered, yet pleasantly so. We are inside Cory's head as he surveys his bike ride and he give us a commentary of the events, places, and people in his home and neighborhood until he is struck by a car. He gives us descriptive and personal accounts of his life tied into popular media culture and his own imaginative symbology which helps us to see his viewpoint, kind in a kind of channel surfing way. I think he captures that age well as the imagination and real life seems to merge in a boys life.
Yesterday's Sandwich
Very good piece about Mikhailov process in assembling his "montage" photos. I like how he builds the element of "chance" into his work. The process then becomes more of a journey than a goal. I like how he compared the different culture coding that goes into the thought process of making work and how Soviet aesthetic contain a duality of meaning. I really liked the story about his friend, the photographer Vitas Luckus. Luckas killed a guy who told him his work was "shit". He then jumped to his won death after he realized what he had done. Don't ever accuse the Russian people for not being passionate:-)
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