WOO

Well that is my second year of degree finally over and I am going to be extreamly bored for the following summer months. All thats left is to get feedback for a couple of things, hopefully all shall be well and hopefully getting funding for my 3rd year of degree will go smoothly. Big thumbs up.

But anyway. Ive been floating through youtube and I came across a piece of video work called "A Little Death" by artist Sam Taylor-Wood. It was made in 2002 and shows the decomposition of a Hare on a unit beside a peach... After watching the footage I wondered... Why is it, I am more interested as to the lack of decomposition with the peach and the way the walls changed colour from the moisture or whatever was going on in the background... I think Ive grown up desensitized to video image of rot and decomp and a few questions come to mind. Is it just the video imagery to which im not sensitive towards? and if I experienced this in real life where the smell and sounds of decomposing flesh were also involved how would I react and feel then? Do others feel the same way as I?

 

Sam Taylor-Wood

"A Little Death"