This work, Breath, by Greek artist Nikos Navridis, 2005, was shockingly beautiful. It was a video installation in the Venice Biennial exhibition at the Istanbul Modern. You walked into a dark room and a still image of trash slowly bloomed in the middle of the floor, then started moving as if on a conveyor belt, faster and faster until it seemed to explode. All this lasted about 30 seconds. The sound track was heavy breathing, which made the experience more personal and intense. My students were also very affected. Why was the work so powerful? The content was both political and aesthetic, and duration was brief (no boredom factor), the experience completely engrossing and dizzying.
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