Comments on: Day 7 | Joe Nanashe

By: nick gee

nick gee — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 05:42:04 +0000

“Save your good name?” i don’t think joe should have anything to worry about in regards to saving his name. the name joe or joseph has been around since biblical times. thinking that every average joe from the past is what defines you is pretty sad. lets face it you could do this with any name that pops into your head.

By: jackie

jackie — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 21:38:56 +0000

“Joe” was interesting because i feel that naturally, we all notice and are alerted when we hear our names or words that sound like it.
my father always called me Jack, and when ever i hear “jack and jill” or “jackalope” or “jackie chan” i feel sort awkwardly aware.

By: Kevin W

Kevin W — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 23:43:18 +0000

“Joe” was cute. I would have liked it better if it were all about Kevin. It is something that gets old too quickly. That is why I think it is a great piece for a “1 day only” showing. In fact many of the pieces were perfect for a small showing. The problem is that if I was not around for the one day, then I missed it. Oh well.

By: Elizabeth M Sant

Elizabeth M Sant — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 00:24:31 +0000

Watching ‘Joe’ was very enjoyable. I thought it really connected the loss of meaning and the multiplicity of the name Joe. While watching it many many times I really started to get the idea of loss of identity. It seems that these Joes are products of their environments.

By: Nate Bell

Nate Bell — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 23:36:25 +0000

The Joe video is very interesting. I have started to notice how many videos have the character’s name repeated many times though out the video. The video being shot at is interesting. I find it soothing in a weird way. I have been there when you just want to shoot your own equipment.

By: Adrienne Marks

Adrienne Marks — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 22:53:03 +0000

I found the “Joe” video to be completely inane. I did not enjoy it at all. I get the idea of modern-day, pop culture driven self portrait, but I found it choppy and annoying. Thank goodness it only played for one day.

By: Jesse Thompson

Jesse Thompson — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 22:21:10 +0000

I walked into the building today just as “Shoot” was playing, and I made out the figure of the man with his arms raised and seemed to be pointing a gun straight back at me through the screen..and then after a second fired. I normally play FPS (First person shooter) games, but I still reacted and backed up abit when it went off. I really did feel an interaction with the shooter and it really caught me by surprise.

By: Josh M

Josh M — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 17:25:33 +0000

In reference to ‘Drop,’ ‘Jump’ and ‘Shoot,’ I enjoy Nanashe’s work. The emphasis is violence through a metaphorical dislocation between the actual and the virtual. It is interesting that this violence is captured on video, rendering it somewhat distant or harmless to the viewer and at the same time the mechanical object is physically damaged. The outcome of his work seems to invite the viewer to participate, so there is a play on mediation, though this mediation isn’t acting in the traditional way. This work is like a visual representation of Glitch music - an electronic music genre whos origins derive from a failure of digital technology. Glitch uses system crashes, bugs, errors, hardware noise, skipping, audio distorition and circuit bending as it’s building blocks.