The exhibit “Protect, Protect” by Jenny Holzer impacted me profoundly and illustrated how an artist can make a work of art from something as simple as an email while providing a powerful message about America’s Capitalist Imperialism. The first pieces that I saw were the painted emails in the main hallway, but I did not look at them at the moment because a lot of people were reading them. Consequently I was lost about the meaning when I saw Jenny Holzer’s “Monument” in the south gallery. Nonetheless the piece was very impressive, a great example of the potential of electronic visualization and new media. Monument was the vertebral column that connected pieces like “Purple”, which was more poetic, with pieces like “Thorax” or “Red Yellow Looming”, which was much more political. All pieces were aesthetically pleasing, yet the brightness of the lights often made me feel disoriented—at moments like an out of body experience—when I stared at them for a long time, but it was a good way of making the spectator become aware of its physical existence within the galleries. Additionally the minimal environment surrounding the pieces increased their presence and powerful meaning in a society of spectacle. Here is a summary of the exhibit.