The Crossing: Unit 4

When I began watching the art piece “The Crossing”, I had very low hopes. I had recently seen Empire by Andy Warhol as an art piece. I absolutely hated that piece. This was due to the fact that I expected sound, music, or something to happen during the movie. Absolutely nothing happened for almost 10 minutes. That practically drove me mad, I was just looking at a building and that time seemed to go by so slowly. I expected same going into this piece, and was not too excited to relive that feeling. However, I was pleasantly surprised. The piece began with a man walking slowly towards me, and for a second I think it’s a person. When I realize it’s a screen, I am surprised, and intrigued. As the water begins to follow on the man’s name, I wondered if it was a 2 stills put together or if they videotaped a man getting water dripped onto him.  As the video progressed and he became more and more engrossed I began to feel more and more relaxed watching him. I did not realize at first that the image of the man had slowly disappeared until the wall of water was almost completely gone. If the artist intended to relax and intrigue his audience, then I would say that this is a job well done.