Jenny Holzer "Language Games: Interview with Jeanne Siegel"

I really like Jenny Holzer's work. It's just words, but they are statements to grab your attention. I like how she used posters and signs to display her work. She didn't want to use an art gallery to showcase her work, because it seemed to planned. Jenny preferred the idea of her work being stumbled upon. "I think it has the most impact when someone is just walking along, not thinking about anything in particular, and then finds these unusual statements either on a poster or on a sign."

It's also interesting why she chose to use language. She felt that her ideas and thoughts could be expressed no other way. With language, it was forward and to the point, so no one had to wonder. "I was drawn to writing because it was possible to be very explicit about things. If you have crucial issues, burning issues, it's good to say exactly what's right and wrong with them, and then perhaps to show a way that things could be helped."

At the end, she is discussing how short of a period her audience has to see her work. "Since most of my experience is trying to stop people on the street, I'm very aware of how much time you don't have with your audience." I like that she took the challenge and ran with it. Instead of staying safe in a museum, she went out into the streets to grab your attention and change your ways of thinking.