Peer Review - Exene Epperson
Review of fellow, wonderful student and friend, Exene Epperson.
Exene’s Quote: (The Impossible Image)
“The prime importance to me is beauty. Beauty is one of this main lines to make people feel something. It’s the sharpest tool in the box. If you’re trying to make people feel something, if you’re able to make it beautiful, then they’ll sit up and listen. And often if you make something that’s derived from human suffering or from war, and you represent that with beauty- and sometimes it is beautiful- it creates an ethical problem in the viewer’s mind. And so then they’re like confused and angry and disoriented- and this is great because you got them to actually think about the active perception and how this imagery is produced and consumed.”
My Thoughts:
Exene, your words are wonderful on Richard Mosse’s, The Impossible Image! You brought up some really great points and had a great reading into the deeper meaning of the quote and I can really appreciate that. Even if I had not already known your enjoyment of The Enclave, I can tell from your writing that you are very connected to it. It was nicely written with personal experiences while having universal undertones. This made it more interesting and relatable in my mind, while keeping a serious and professional undertone to your writing.
I also like how you brought up other viewpoints that others may have on the project and how it has caused some controversy in it being a political art piece or simply the latter (just an art piece). It can spark good conversation along with all of your other great questions.
“It will be as bright in our minds as it was in that dark room.”
Your final words left me thinking even more about The Enclave and it is a great way to finish up your thoughts. I think that we can both agree that we are going to revisit the exhibit more and get even more out of it.
Overall, your writing is wonderful, keep it up, and I would love to see more posts from you! Your writings are always really nice.
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