During class on February 11, we discussed videography as an art form. The one artist that we talked about, that I found very interesting was Paul Pfieffer. All of his artwork incorporated or was completely made from video footage to draw in his viewers. He re-created a scene from "The Poltergeist," so that people that came to see his showing, could almost feel as if they were a part of this well known horror film. Paul Pfieffer takes real videos and uses a computer to erase certain images to enhance his pieces and give them a sort of "haunted" feeling. Besides "The Poltergeist" piece, he also created many sports videos, featuring greats like Michael Jordan. A sports piece that stood out to me was his video of the Stanley Cup. In this video, he erased the hockey player that was skating around with it above his head, so it appeared as if the trophy was floating in the air by itself. Paul Pfieffer's videos create a ghostly and interesting image that makes the viewer look a little bit closer than they normally would to see what's missing.
-Steph
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