Spectacle

We have been talking about spectacle in class and its made me think about why people look at certain things and not others. Sometimes people look at things because they are beautiful like in the Katy Perry music video wide awake, where Katy Perry is very beautiful and it is a very eye pleasing scene. Other people look at things for their strange and bizarre aspects such as the rich bitch music video and the Madame butterfly which are both somewhat strange videos but it is because they are strange and somewhat unsettling that people continue to watch them. It is the same idea behind a car crash it is a horrific scene but people cant help but watch because it is so grotesque. I think it comes down to if the scene is abnormal or something you cant see in day to day life; whether it be abnormally beautiful, or abnormally bizarre people want to look at it. This is the goal of artists to make work that is compelling and a spectacle to make people want to look and also to think about their work and create change in society.