I first became interested in Raphael Rosendaal’s work when I
came upon his piece jello time several weeks ago. I think jello time struck me
because it was unlike anything I had seen before. He took jello, a simple and fairly
commonplace object, and made it so we can interact with it in a new way. Jello
time is visually appealing, featuring bold colors and smooth lines. The viewer
is able to interact with the jello and make it move with his/her mouse. There
is also sound that accompanies the movement. If you were to giggle a plate of
jello in real life there would be little to no sound, but Rosendaal created his
own sound to represent the movement of jello. Being able to interact with the
piece made jello time especially interesting for me. I think it is the ability
to interact with the jello that keeps me coming back to his this site. This
site also has a comical element to it, or a sort of randomness. It makes me
wonder how and why he chose jello. Somehow it just works.
A major theme of Rosendaal’s work is timelessness. For
example, in his piece paper toilet, the roll can be continuously unraveled and
is also simultaneously refilled. In big long now, doors can be forever opened
and closed.
The websites created by Rosendaal represent a new phase in
art that has become possible by technology and the internet. His art expands
beyond standing in a museum and looking at a painting on a wall. The viewer can
experience his work through his/her own computer screen, phone, iPad, etc. These
screens are his canvas and he does a lot of unique things with this space.
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