Andrew Venell is an artist from San Francisco, California, who works with various amounts of media for his work. He has created two-dimensional as well as three-dimensional art, his theme focusing on popular culture and the way it gives meaning to our everyday lives.
One of his projects includes the video piece, "AMomentOfSilence.tv," which is a link on the Internet that functions as a place for one to mourn and contemplate about those who are long gone. If you actually access this link and examine this artwork, you will see nothing but a black screen that is animated with blurry static. The blurry static looks no different than a usual case of television interference. Furthermore, there is absolutely no sound, allowing you to concentrate on your own thoughts. The length of this video is unlimited; it lasts infinitely, like a never-ending circle. It is as if though the artist is taking into consideration every single moment of silence that had occurred throughout our lives and accumulated them into "AMomentOfSilence.tv."
From now and until forever, I will be debating whether or not this should be considered a work of art. On the other hand, this piece seems to be full of meanings and interpretations, none of them being conjured by the artist himself. To me, the meanings are formulated by the viewers, those who actually come to this art to have a moment of silence. Not everybody has a moment of silence for the exact same person or event, thus there are various reactions and use of imagination that comes from the viewers. I appreciate that the artist is sensitive to those who follow the moments of silence for the sake of soothing their own sorrows. On another note, the moment of silence itself does play a role in our everyday lives, and as one tragic event after another passes, I feel like I can relate more and more to this art.
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