Candice Breitz Lecture

Candice Breitz's work explores an area common to people across the world, pop culture, mainly that of America. Candice said she felt like an outsider moving to different countries, but was always able to relate to others through the sharing of pop culture. I thought it was very pertinent to use pop culture icons, in which most can relate, to minimilize basic ideas that everyone can relate to (like the "I" vs. the "You" in the famous love ballads.)

I found her own film work more interesting than the found imagery. Her series using the biggest fans of Madonna, Michael Jackson, Bob Marley and John Lennon in different areas around the world was completely fascinating. I love that she chose not to include any of the actual songs, so that the people singing in unison became a chorus. It seemed as if these people were actually singing together, even though they were all filmed seperately on different occasions. That further shows her overall theme that pop culture is really one of the only things that people around the world can always relate to with eachother.


"Whitney can really hold a personal pronoun."