Comments on: Shakespeare’s Oculist or pretentious rhetoric. http://blog.olivierlaude.com/archives/49 Illic ego est, vestri deus quod dominum. Thu, 28 Aug 2008 20:07:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.2 By: olivier http://blog.olivierlaude.com/archives/49#comment-46 olivier Wed, 23 May 2007 22:21:58 +0000 http://blog.olivierlaude.com/archives/49#comment-46 Fair enough, I think she does have a bright future ahead of her but from my personal perspective needs to loosen up and speak more from a personal position rather that work towards maximum political impact. Too much work these days is done to play to contemporary issues and interests. Her latest works feels calculated and targeted, it plays to the center. There's really nothing wrong with that approach but I personally have a hard time with it, it's not a judgement, I have always been suspicious of insiders, they make me uncomfortable, a character trait I presume, brought on I gather, from the combined weight of my life's experiences. If I ever reach the center, I might very well freak out, or a the very least become even more sardonic. Taryn Simon's work is great and will continue to be so, I have no doubt, but for my money I'd love to see more work that bucks the trends rather than embrace them. Ms.Simon is certainly one the best and most talented arbiter of large format documentary work, which is so hot right now. Fair enough, I think she does have a bright future ahead of her but from my personal perspective needs to loosen up and speak more from a personal position rather that work towards maximum political impact. Too much work these days is done to play to contemporary issues and interests. Her latest works feels calculated and targeted, it plays to the center. There’s really nothing wrong with that approach but I personally have a hard time with it, it’s not a judgement, I have always been suspicious of insiders, they make me uncomfortable, a character trait I presume, brought on I gather, from the combined weight of my life’s experiences. If I ever reach the center, I might very well freak out, or a the very least become even more sardonic.

Taryn Simon’s work is great and will continue to be so, I have no doubt, but for my money I’d love to see more work that bucks the trends rather than embrace them. Ms.Simon is certainly one the best and most talented arbiter of large format documentary work, which is so hot right now.

]]> By: Maren http://blog.olivierlaude.com/archives/49#comment-45 Maren Wed, 23 May 2007 19:11:26 +0000 http://blog.olivierlaude.com/archives/49#comment-45 The thing is, though an artist might stray from the work of theirs you love (often, the "early work"), I think you have to look at the arc of their entire career. I'm always happy when I see someone with early success still going, sometimes faltering, but often building. I like Taryn Simon's new work. But mostly, I like how she thinks, and I want to see what she thinks of next. Perhaps I'll be disappointed at some project along the way, but it takes guts to keep trying, and producing when everyone is so poised to pounce. The thing is, though an artist might stray from the work of theirs you love (often, the “early work”), I think you have to look at the arc of their entire career. I’m always happy when I see someone with early success still going, sometimes faltering, but often building. I like Taryn Simon’s new work. But mostly, I like how she thinks, and I want to see what she thinks of next. Perhaps I’ll be disappointed at some project along the way, but it takes guts to keep trying, and producing when everyone is so poised to pounce.

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