R. Kelly Closet versus Cory's Clouds

I thought that the compilation of R. Kelly's Trapped in a Closet, Chapters 1-5 was rather confusing and difficult to watch because so everything was playing simultaneously. The simultaneity was a technique that made the images seem like were just playing on top of each other to make a form of video art that was left up to the viewer to interpret. Sometimes, I thought as if the images playing were the consecutive scenes that made it seem as if they were somewhat merging in a fade. There were also times when I thought that at different parts of the screen, there were different images playing at the same time. So not only were images on top of each other, but they were also next to each other, which produced an even more profound complexity in the author's decision to create such a work. R. Kelly was also the center of attention at times when the artist would place him at the center, like he was serenading the viewer because he was pointing and looking beyond the screen. It was like even though all these other things were happening, he still knows you are watching and wants to reach out to you.

Cory's Super Mario Clouds seemed to relay the message that there are certain codes that participate in the complex production of certain videos. I was fascinated by all the codes and how a cartridge is also involved. Both videos seem to exude the complex structures and techniques of videos that go into both the creation and presentation. Both artists also used an original product and maniuplated it to either simplify or complicate its components. I was ultimately fascinated by the infromality and public exposure of Cory's website that it made me think that these techniques can be executed by anyone and that both of these videos can probably be mimicked to create the same product or make similar new ones. It reminded me of Sherri Irvin's article Appropriation and Authorship in Contemporary Art and how people can simply reproduce Cory's project because he laid out the foundation for them. So would that be art--repeated?