ASSIGNMENT FIVE

I thought the exhibit was interesting. It showed me many different ways to look at America and find out things I never knew. The piece that stood out to me was the piece The Silent Echo Chamber. I just thought it was interesting to show people on tv before the camera starts. To me it seems like their contemplating everything they have to do and say, so they look a little uneasy. It showed how they act and look while waiting for the camera to start rolling. It’s not really fair to the ones being filmed but I think it kind of shows more about the person. They seem out of character when the camera is off, and not as they normally are when they are being recorded. Seeing these famous people during these times, seems like looking in on a private moment for them. They probably never wanted to show anyone these moments yet we find them amusing and if we saw this on tv we would probably think nothing else of it but that it was funny. Seeing it in an exhibit make us look more into it. They look like their preparing themselves or just waiting for the camera to start. People don’t usually see them like this, they see a composed and collected individual. So seeing them now, kind of show us another side to them, maybe even makes them seen a little more like a normal person. It’s rare to see someone before a camera starts. They seem to be either uneasy looking, just doing their own thing, or doing something really unexpected. It kind of reminds me of a zoo. As bad as that sounds, a lot of us found it interesting and just wanted to sit and stare and see what they were going to do, but it’s not a zoo, it’s an exhibit.