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The exhibition space has great effect on the video also how we look at the work.

The environment in which you view a piece of work can change the meaning of the work.Videos and films are shown in all sorts of places such as cinema's, school's, in your own home, in theaters, gallery's and museums. It sometimes depends on the context where you see the specific work, like if you were to view the piece of work in a school or museum it will be classed as an educational piece, then if you were in a public place it will be classed as advertising when it comes to cinema its for entertainment value. Each location has its own importance, like you would not go to the cinema and see a film that you would see in school or college, or you would not expect to be in a public place and see a blockbuster, the pieces of work have there own appropriate place’s.

When we went to the Tate modern to look at 5 experimental pieces. The first piece we looked at was Dominique Gonzalez called the Turbine Hall, the concept was all about being 50 years in the future and it is constantly raining outside, there were blue and yellow metal bunk beds with large sculptures that overshadow them, the idea was that the sculptures were moved inside so they did not get wet. I did not really see the video; I just saw this huge screen at the rear end of the hall.

The one I am comparing it with is the one in the states of flux area on the 5th floor in room 8 of the gallery, it was called Psi Girls by Susan Hiller, this piece fascinated me, it was shown in a dark long room with 5 screens, which all showed images/ clips from films that are all about girls who can use telekinesis also to do with emotions, all the screens were in different colours which were, Red, Pink, Green, Blue and orangey/gold as each clip finishes the clip would swap to a different colour and a different screen, it was very clever mind you if you had watched the pieces of work in a diffident atmosphere it would not have been the same. It was the best one there I thought it was very clever the way it was done.