Sunday Without Love is a single channel video showing a scene of people in folk costumes performing a slow song about living without love. The inspiration behind this piece was an old postcard that Kjartansson had portraying a similar scene. The song was inspired by a comedic German song called “Ohne Libe Leben Lernen.”
When I walked into the Luhring Augustine Gallery, the first thing that caught my attention was how the only piece of work was a projection on the wall. The atmosphere felt intimate with soft conversations in the background, in a way contributing to the artwork. There was no pressure to focus entirely on the art, as the environment allowed for viewers to experience the work at their own pace. Sitting down to watch the video, I found myself enjoying this a lot more than other works of art I have seen. The song that was being played by the people in the video created a sense of stillness that was calming and entrancing. This piece of work also had a humorous quality, with people in folk costumes, in a grass field, performing a song about how you must learn to live without love. We arrived just in time to see the ending, when the performers finished performing and paused, making the scene looked like a painting. I left the gallery wondering whether this piece was a painting, a video, a song, or an installation, or something in between.
Wow Kiki, great critique. You really captured the atmosphere of the gallery well. I’m not sure I can offer a critique to your critique as I agree with it, as opinionated as it is, but if I were to add one thing, I’d say you didn’t touch on how fun this piece was! The video, while cool and surely impressive, was funny! It made people laugh and smile and sway to the music! It was welcoming in a warm way that made it easy to watch and listen to whilst conversing with others Some things can be taken more lightly!
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