Ursus Wehrli tidies up art

In this video, Ursus Wehrli talks about tidying modern art by sorting each piece of the painting by color, size and shape.

While browsing through the list of videos, this one caught my eye mainly because it has the word tidy in it. I'm prone to having obsessive-compulsive tendencies, and it goes more than being organized with my stuff and not being able to stand messes. Like the speaker in the video, I tend to deconstruct the things I see and arrange them in a way that would make them look like they're not just a random coincidence. So when you see me looking all contemplative while in the car, that's not me pondering about the serious things in life like how to end poverty or which nail polish color makes my fingers look less stubby. I'm most probably trying to make sense out of the UZU548 plate number I see in the car in front of me.

My weird obsession aside, the video also subtly points out that art in whatever form is subjective. There is such a thing though as taking it too far, or over-analyzing art like what Ursus Wehrli did. This can either bring up a new perspective on the piece, or totally bastardize the original concept behind it. We all see things differently, and that's what makes art fascinating.

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So we had to maintain a group blog for my Philippine Literature in English class. This week we were asked to each watch a video from ted.com then make an entry commenting on what we watched. I chose this and crammed the whole thing because I seriously just want to sleep.

And since I'm done, goodnight.