Korei Curtis Weekly Response 7

Korei Curtis

Week 7 Response

    For this weeks post, I watched Matthew Barney's, “The Cremaster Cycle" trailer. I picked this one because it wasn't too long and also seemed interesting. My first initial thought when watching it for the first time was that it looked like if Dr. Seuss's characters were brought to life and lived in modern times now (in 1994-2002). I had to rewatch it to get a better outlook on it and found some interesting parts to it.  These "cycles" had a weird aesthetic to them and had many mini films in it showing different type of things. He showed this not only cinematically, but also through the photography, drawings, sculptures, and installations. Basically it was somewhere in between traditional film and art installation. Most of the characters in this are in an animal humanoid form. They were usually oddly dressed and trying to accomplish some sort of strange task. They did things like walking 2 air blimps on a football field, be underwater just looking around, and/or sitting on a pedestal licking their hand like a cat. It was very weird but interesting to watch.