#IAMSORRY

Last night I decided to watch a video of Shia LaBeouf's art installation titled #IAMSORRY which was held in Los Angeles last year. The installation consisted of Shia wearing a tuxedo with a brown paper bag over his head with the words "I AM NOT FAMOUS ANYMORE" written in black marker. Sitting motionless at a table, staring out into the blue with his hand placed on the table crying, no talking. The installation consisted of the public coming in one at a time and sitting down opposite Shia for a one on one experience. I've watched a couple of peoples videos him with different stories to tell. The first one I watched was this which is a pretty basic explanation of what the installation experience was like. 

I believe people are entitled to their own opinion but I felt like Hal didn't respect what Shia was expressing, I felt like he made a mockery of the scene. The question is what was he expressing? When my brother told me about this he thought it was an attention seeking stunt, he thought it was silly of Shia.

Of course the paper bag speaks for itself. 

For me I think it's about Shia expressing to people that he's still a human being that's still full emotion, the general public sees celebrities as these high end people who are living the dream who apparently have no reason to feel sorrow and despair, since they can have anything and everything they desire. I disagree. This installation speaks volume. The second video I watched made me understand the point of this whole installation. It showed me that even though Shia didn't speak a word, their was still some from of commution going on through body language. He sat and listened and took in what the person opposite was telling him. According to the man that visited the installation, Shia hummed, shook his head. He was also laughing, smiling occasionally as they both communicated. 

"I haven't had a conversation with somebody like that, I haven't even had a conversation like that with someone who's not in my family, someone who's not related to me, I've never talked to somebody like that"

At the end of the guys session with Shia, Shia got up abruptly and hugged him, hugged him tight. 

"I hope all of you get to express something like that because that was crazy"

Everyones experience was new from the last person, the people who responded badly to Shia to the people who poured their heart out to him, they were also the reason for this installation, they are a part of it. 

The video is quite long but it gives you another viewpoint from this experience.