Whitney Biennial Compare/Contrast Posting

Two pieces that I particularly liked at the Whitney were Ari Marcopoulos' Detroit and Kate Gilmore's Standing Here. They are both similar and different in many ways. They are both pieces that deal with audio and visual effects. Marcopoulos plays with the theme of youth, and the freedoms that they have. In his piece he has two young boys making noise with all different types of devises. I liked the piece because it was like a home movie and reminded me of my childhood and how my younger brother and I would play together. Kate Gilmore's piece is different because she is dealing more with the social struggles that woman face. Kate is in a column made out of sheetrock. She is wearing a polka dotted dress with heels. Through out the performance she is trying to break free of the column using pure muscle and determination. I liked this piece because she is a woman, doing some sort of construction, which is typically a man's job. She is still exposing the struggles that woman face today.