Jake Butler - FMX211 Blog

Since this blog was written in Spanish, and I was only able to read a version translated by Google Translate, the blog was a little difficult to read. Looking through these shows is very interesting, but i will always have bias towards the Christmas themed pieces, as someone who listens to Christmas music year-round. The songs by Michael Bublé and Audra McDonald were beautiful renditions. Aside from just the Christmas songs, the clip from Meet Me in St. Louis at the 1990 Tony Awards was interesting to watch as well. As someone who is not well-versed in Broadway, it was an experience to see the actors' stage play, costumes, and how they have to sing and speak loudly, being in a big auditorium.

This short film depicting the events of the opera, Madame Butterfly, is interesting to say the least. For someone not well versed in operas like me, the first thing I thought was that this story was banking on shock value to garner attention, and while shock value may bait potential viewers in, the animation and style help connect viewers emotionally to the character of Butterfly. You feel the shock of her former lover taking her child away from her when she expected a joyful reunion. Since, in the modern age, death has been depicted so many times in so many properties, the short film does a good job of making the viewer feel the emotional shotgun of Butterfly's suicide through defamiliarization. By turning the film meta, the puppet wanders onto the set of the film and uses a screwdriver to disassemble itself. Sapegin depicts a very jarring and inhuman portrayal of a very human concept, which helps to better acquaint (for lack of a better term) the viewer with this concept. In this

The way these two approach art is very interesting and an example of why modern art takes such an indirect approach to expression. Huyghe particularly, says that his art is not meant to be an absolute. It's meant to do more than just stoke the fires, it's meant to create deep realities for one to dive into. He explains that his intention is not to create a singular, clear story, but instead to "build a kind of mythology" and an emotional aura that consumes a viewer. When he creates, he builds the world in his mind and then creates from that mental space. In that way, his art benefits because viewers are better able to immerse themselves in the work. In the case of Abramovic, she similarly approaches her work unconventionally to elevate the quality of her work. She sees her work as using the human body as a medium. Most might say her medium is photography, but since Abramovic plays with the artistry of the human body, her artwork takes on an interesting form as if it w