Rothko's Rooms

[svkartisbest]

genius in pain or pain in the genius. shema yehud

[saladshootavvv]

lol Feldman.......YOU KNOW WHAT I MEANT! 

[saladshootavvv]

Don Giovanni? Why not Felman's Rothko Chapels?!?!?!

[andrewnorris1]

Cut the music. It does nothing for your film and does Rothko a great disservice

[cmatthews926]

@andrewnorris1 ..why?

[andrewnorris1]

@cmatthews926 Sorry, if you need to ask why you are in the wrong profession.

[cmatthews926]

@andrewnorris1 Uhm.. I'm a psychologist lol, I never claimed to be a museum curator. But I'm still curious as to why you say that.

[andrewnorris1]

@cmatthews926 Tell me what has a 19th Century German classical composer got to do with an American abstract expressionist painter of the mid 20th century. If music is ever used in films it should compliment, enhance and/or help to creat a mood/atmosphere. It should be hardly perceptable, like you don't even notice it, but you come away feeling that you have had an aural and visual experience. This music is too loud, too raucous whereas the paintings are quiet and meditative. (to be continued)

[andrewnorris1]

@andrewnorris1 The Rothko room in Tate Modern is a place for quiet contemplation. Ok, so the film shows the room without the paintings, but even so it contributes nothing. In fact Rothko's work does not need music, there is music in the colours. Let the colours sing and dispense with the orchestra. You say your are a psychologist. Would you play this music to a patient coming for therapy? BTW I do love this music but not here. i hope that answers your question. Regards.

[cmatthews926]

@andrewnorris1 agreed, and no, I would definitely not play this music for a patient. If music were to be played in a Rothko setting I would imagine it should be something of very subtle ambient drones/sounds.

Interesting, I'm no longer inclined to watch this video haha.

[crossingthechannel]

it's called color-field abstract expressionism, and it was pivotal in the development of contemporary art in the mid 20th century.

[KwautLizard]

Visited the Rothko Chapel in Houston which was specifically designed to house Rothko's last series of work before he committed suicide. A moving space that highlight each of these last screams of expressionism from an inspired albeit tormented artist. Hurray to Tate, can't wait to see this space.