While at the Whitney I saw a number of experimental films and art, I enjoyed most of them but one that stood out as just plain bad was “Real Violence.” First of all, I felt that the “warning” they give to you before you put on the googles was not preparing someone for what they are about to watch. They said that the video contained violence and blood, okay…I’ve seen a lot of violent films with murder and guts and blood so I thought I wouldn’t mind. However they did not say that this video would entail being up close and personal to a person having the shit kicked out of them and their face curb stomped and skull cracking. It was extremely disturbing, I looked all around the city that it took place in and tried not to watch the figure getting brutally beat. The only thing that made it slightly bearable to watch was the fact that after looking at the two men for a little while I could tell that it was CGI and didn’t look that real, that made this experience slightly better, but my thoughts about this piece were just WHY. Why use the awesome technology of Virtual Reality just to show one thing happening on the side of a road? I couldn’t understand this artist angle. I almost would  have preferred that if they were going to show something this violent I would rather it have been a political piece. Maybe a cop shooting a black man, since this has been too common in the time we are in today. I felt this random man beating another man was just pointless and lacked substance, if it was something that is going on today and relatable would have found the piece much more moving and powerful, with a stronger voice and message. I was defiantly not a fan of this VR piece and I really think the people who were working at it should have given a better warning at the start. When they said voice I figured a war or a shooting not a mercilessness beating.