Yang Fudong and gabriel Orozco

In the image of the film seven intellectuals in a bamboo forest, there are seven chinese intellectuals dressed like intellectuals observing nature and thinking about life and performing rituals that they don't quite believe in. What i love about this is you can tell, just by the way that the people are dressed, that they don't quite belong there. I love the black and white film though, it helps to convey the emotions one feels when they contemplate life and the future as well as the past. I love this piece because it reminds me of me and my friends. I love hiking to my favorite spots and just talking about life, the world, and the future. I find it funny that they are performing rituals that they don't believe in. It shows that, in the world, what tends to happen in this world is that people put aside their tradition and embrace the modern world. When we're kids or people growing up based solely on tradition, we like to rely on things like rituals to get us where we hope to be. However, in this modern world, we work for our own future and we know deep in our hearts that we make things, we want to happen, happen. it's kind of like a way of finding our roots and relieving it. The world changes and even if we change along with the world it's always good to remember where we come from and what our ancestors believe, even if we don't believe in it. Respect your elders even if you don't see eye to eye.

What i like about Gabriel Orozco's piece title Horses is that it's all about freedom. Although i don't quite believe that the knight is the only piece that can touch every square without touching the same square twice, the knight is the only piece that can hop over another piece without killing it. What i like about that is that it has a choice to pass someone up without having to hurt them. The chess board is expanded and the artist calls the pieces horses and not knights.  The cool thing about it is that the game seemingly doesn't have a purpose at all. I feel like the four different colors on the board symbolize diversity and the fact that the pieces aren't knights symbolizes that there is no war. Although there are differences in appearance, there is no hostility and no conflict. They all coexist in peace and get along. I feel that the artist was trying to portray a world that he one day wishes to see. Although i agree with the artist, i feel that this piece is a little naive. It's like a dream that the world will get along. There's always one horse that causes trouble. However, this world, like this game, has potential and i think that was maybe what the author was trying to get at; that this world has the potential to be at peace.