The idea I have for displaying the video of my brother is to have it on a monitor with a set of headphones that the viewer can put on and sit and listen to it. I want the viewer to display it like this because it is a very personal thing that he is sharing, therefor I wanted it to be a more intimate thing rather then displaying it on a projection with the sound really loud. This way they will really focus and listen to him more, the viewer will connect to it more and then hopefully the emotion will be felt.
I got the idea for displaying it in this way from Tracey Emin’s piece of work titled ‘A Conversation With My Mum’. (pictured above) In this piece she video’s her and her mum have a conversation where Emin asks her mum very personal questions. She displayed the video on a small monitor on a small table top- like stand, with two sets of headphones and two wooden chairs (a bit like dinning table chairs) for the viewers to sit on and watch the video. I have always like this idea, that the people watching the video really are forced to engaged with it, and also I think it is interesting how the viewers are almost sitting in a similar situation to Emin and her mum who are on the video, and sitting on household chairs which also relates to the feeling of a home, an inviting environment.
