The Family Show

Today I attended "The Family Show" by Jennifer and Kevin McCoy. This was an introduction to their art exhibit which is showing at the Freedman Gallery. Their art was a combination of sculptures and videos. I was very interesting, but it was very weird as well. My favorite part of the show was when they showed segments of their video "I'll Replace You" This was a video in which Jennifer and Kevin McCoy casted different actors to play versions of themselves in their daily lives. The one segments they showed us was when the actors played the McCoys as artist.
It was very funny because the actors acted brilliantly, but they had no idea what they were talking about. The actors were not given a script at all. It was pure stand up. I feel that the film being unscripted was what made it funny.

There were a few films though that bored me. The first film that they showed was segments of the show Starsky and Hutch, and how each segment was grouped together. For example, there were films of every close up, every car chase, every prostitute, etc. I felt that they had way too much time on their hand to go through that. I know I would go crazy if I did that.

Even tough there were some boring parts through out the show, it was still kind of cool to see some of their sculptures and pictures. I liked the idea that they were going for.