Natalia Gonzalez Requena

              I had the pleasure of listening to Natalia talk about her art. She was energetic and humorous. She grew up outside of the U.S. as she had an accent. Her art was different then any art I have seen before. Mainly for what she focuses on. She focuses on experience through three main aspects; body, time, and space. I can tell she really enjoys what she does for a living in the way she becomes  immersed in her work. Her artwork captures movement is many forms. and how time can change your perception of a certain space that is occupied. She also likes focusing on the moment as it is filmed. She wanted to see how the orientation of different objects, particularly a string and a rock and how the shadows change due to time. She showed us a film she created capturing these moments of time and space. One was in a cave with the random placement of lights. Then she proceeded to create a pattern with the lights. The shadows created an interesting view on nature.  Most of her artwork deals with "recordings" and she says they are made mainly through formulation, removal, documentation, indexation  response, direction, alignment, projection, orientation, connection, reflection, and movement. She says she works with mostly environmental things because it allows her to connected on an aesthetically level. Some of the things she works with are; buckets, lights, cameras, sound, tape, chalk, hallways, walls, rooms, string, house, rocks, street, furniture, sand, and mirrors. She likes connecting with the art because artwork is not all about the work itself it is also about the impact the art makes upon people and the artist.
        I enjoyed her concepts about her work more then her artwork herself. Her videos were very disillusioning and not in a good way. I feel as though you need to be there in order to appreciate her artwork more. I like how she has three main aspects and really tries to grasp them. People do not really thing about space, time, and body as a thing that needs to be examined more. I would like to go to one of her galleries in the near future before I really get an understanding on her work. In addition, her exhibits are normally filmed because she feels that there is viewer, artwork bond that should be understood more. Another thing I really respected about Natalia was she was a girl from humble means that became successful because of her passion for trying to understand the unknown.