Tom Sachs Video – Naomi Malone

I watched the video titled “10 Bullets” by Tom Sachs. In the video, he went over the 10 “bullets” or rules of the studio. The way that the video was shot, with splices of random somewhat unrelated clips, reminded me a lot of the YouTube videos from the 2010s. Like with bullet number five, “I understand”, footage from an art studio was spliced with soldiers in war. The 2010s feel of the video makes sense because the video was made 14 years ago, but it really brought me back while watching it. It also, in a weird way, reminded me of Fantastic Mr. Fox or just Wes Anderson movies in general. I think it was his commentary and the camera angles throughout the video that reminded me of the director’s films. In general, I think that this video was definitely applicable to the art studio for Sculpture II. For example, bullet 7, “Keep a list” is definitely going to be important as we continue throughout the rest of Project 2 and most likely in Project 3. Having a record of what you need to get done and how you’re going to divide and conquer is important. Overall, I like the way the video was formatted and I will try and take away tips that I watched.