Wednesday 13 April 2016

4. 1944

1944 created by Rebecca Horn in 1973.

Description
An individual is walking around with these long fingered gloves on. The individual walks around in a very un-human way which makes the piece feel a little stranger. They continue to drag the finger/claws around the floor.

Observations
I found this piece hard to watch in the beginning as i felt as if it wasn't human. Later on i found that the more i looked at it the more i was intrigued as i kept trying to find context around it. I couldnt work out what the piece meant so still i am confused. It was made with a single tracking shot which lasted around 2 minutes. Other people didnt really pay much attention to it and seemed it to just dismiss it as weird with no value.