Thursday, March 29, 2018

review:“Progressive Rocks" by Nathaniel Mellors

“Progressive Rocks" by artist Nathaniel Mellors exhibited at the basement floor of New Museum was truly a fascinated experience of mine.
Mailer created a series of works related to imagery and mechanical sculptures of human heads. He tried to discuss how the mass media manipulates and changes our consciousness in contemporary society from the perspectives of "language" and "body."
The work "Ourhouse Episode " is different from the story structure of the mainstream TV drama. It can be a family soap opera without a sense of conscience, and it is also a conceptual art.  "Ourhouse Episode " is an experimental work of the TV drama concept. This form makes the storyline open and changes the original specifications of the video art and TV script. Meller is good at diverting pop culture elements, and then dismantles the narration of his imagery into the works. He is trying to Combining historical, literary, television or film elements in content, and he used traditional format to raised doubts about mass media, and extended discussion on the current world, between humans and the environment, materials, technology, and media.
From the works of Mailer, we can see the intention of his clamoring for discussion, but he does not directly criticize. Instead, he uses the mass media as he likes, and joins in the magic, witty, and satirical elements to question.

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              “Progressive Rocks" by Nathaniel Mellors exhibited at the basement floor of New Museum was truly a fascinating experience.
              Mellors created a series of works of mechanical sculptures of human heads. I guess he is trying to discuss how the mass media manipulates and changes our consciousness in the present.
The work "Ourhouse " is different from the story structure of the mainstream TV drama.  "Ourhouse" is an experimental work using a TV drama concept. This hybrid form of TV show and experimental video art was achieved by the open-ended narratives and balance between genre, language, costume, and technology. From his works, what I can get is that maybe he is trying to combine historical, literary, television and film elements. He uses a narrative form of the TV show to raise doubts about mass media and extended discussion between human and the environment, materials, technology, and media on the current world.
              From the works of Mellors, we can see the intention of his clamoring for discussion, but he does not directly criticize. Instead, he is questioning uses the mass media as he likes, and joins in the magic, witty, and satirical elements.

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