cReMAsteR hEAdAchE

Headache…

 

would

you

expect

to

have

this

after

watching

a

film

or

a

performance?

I had one.

Twice.

First was when I watched “Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind.”

After watching it, I also found myself searching for food in our kitchen.

The headache and hunger was due to the extreme analyzing that my brain had.

 

The next one was when we, in our Communication Arts 110 – Aesthetics class, watched an art performance entitled “Cremaster 3,” the third of the Cremaster Cycle. It is made and portrayed by Mathew Barney.

It was so hard to understand. It also doesn’t have any dialogue at all.

It was shot in the Guggenheim Museum which is a very prestigous one. (whatever)

There is a part of the museum wherein you can see every part or floor of the building.

 

On my perspective:

    On my perspective, the art performance was all about a person(Barney) who is in a certain training to be a like someone he looks up. At the beginning, the characters were introduced. Among the characters were the trainee(Barney), group of “synchronized girls,” two bands(music), a half-cheetah half-human woman with glass legs, and a “worker at the museum.”

    As for me, the characters around the main character means:

        Group of “synchronized girls =  trials on the main character’s journey, nature.

        Two bands(music) =  The two bands, represents war.

        Half-cheetah half-human woman with glass legs =  villain of the story.

        Worker at the museum =  the one that the main character looks up and wants to impress.

The main character is on his way to impress the man “he looks up.” This man was at the top most level of the building. The main character first went on the floor where the girls are. The actions of the girls symbolizes the different aspects of nature like caves. The next level, where the bands are shows that the main character literally have passed through wars just to impress him. He then got to the third level, wherein he was carrying and transporting different sculptures. For me, this seemed to be the time when the main character is on a “physical training.” Then to the fourth, to the half-cheetah half-human woman with glass legs. At first, he was tempted by the beautiful lady but it suddenly transformed into a monster. It was also on this level of the building where the “man he looks up” is. He had a fight with the monster and got defeated. He went down to the second floor and got under the legs of the “synchronized girls.” For me, it is a cave where the main character rested and took a nap. He was then dressed up by these girls. This told me that the mother nature was helping him to be a stronger person. Then he fell to the ground floor, in a tub. This scene seemed to show that the main character just woke up from a dream. Then, the background music changed, as if the main character is now more brave and stronger. He quickly climbed to the third floor (war zone), and got a weapon. Then he proceeded to the floor where the monster is and he quickly fought and defeated it as if he was not beated before. Then he was able to impress “the man he looks up.”

    That’s it. That is how I understood the performance.

 

To give you a hint of what I am talking about, here is a preview of the Cremaster 3.

 

 

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Hows the head??? 

 

 

 

 

 

Sources of pictures and video:

http://images-eu.amazon.com/images/P/B0002RGNRU.02.LZZZZZZZ.jpg

http://ocma.net/img/20_Matthew-Barney-Cremaster-72-.jpg

http://www.duiops.net/seresvivos/galeria/perros/Bulldog%20With%20Headache.jpg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GMYHQdl8krI