Tuesday, April 12, 2011

Man Ray

I just finished watching Retour A la Raison by Man Ray. It is a very abstract video, which compliments the music rather well. I would have to say that two of my favorite scenes from the video would include the black and white stop motion appearance of the nails, and the scene towards the end when this wooden object is spinning and the shadow behind it seems to spin in the opposite direction. I find both of those images captivating, as if they are placing me in a trance. I do not like the overall video, and there does not seem to be much of a plot, which bothers me, but as far as the artistic sense I find it rather amusing.  Below I will post a link to the video.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3nrGKWMaX-4