What is installation art?
Installation art defines the space that it is in. It can be site specific, it cannot exist anywhere else besides in that specific location or the message that the artwork is meant to send will be wrong. These types of art pieces can take months to create. The artist needs to take into account all aspects of the site and how it will change the meaning/ impact of the art work. They need to think about the smell, sound, light, etc..
What materials are used installation art?All mediums and materials are used in installation art there are no boundaries. One artist cut a boat in half and used that for his installation piece.Installation art defines the space that it is in. It can be site specific, it cannot exist anywhere else besides in that specific location or the message that the artwork is meant to send will be wrong. These types of art pieces can take months to create. The artist needs to take into account all aspects of the site and how it will change the meaning/ impact of the art work. They need to think about the smell, sound, light, etc..
Why make installation art?
Like some art pieces, art is made to make a statement of some kind or get across a message or an idea.
Which artist/installation did I find most interesting?
I like Cornelia Parker her installation art pieces are really cool. Her one piece “Neither From Nor Towards”, looks like the bricks gradually start to float higher and higher off the ground its really neat. Other installation pieces of hers look like they are floating in mid-air, as well.
From the material reviewed, is there an inspiration piece that I feel a connection with?
I really did not have a specific inspiration piece I just had an idea and ran with it. One artist in the video created and installation piece where she installed her bed and her possessions in the gallery. This kind of has something to do with what I am doing because your possessions say a lot about your personality and a lot about who you are as a person.
What theme do I want to explore in my installation?
The theme I wanted to explore in my installation is feeling trapped or just “trapped”. I guess I chose my location first and then chose my theme. Not just the feeling of being trapped but being trapped in your life, in your everyday routines. Like a business man, who goes to work in a cubicle, with the same schedule, the same daily routine, and feels trapped by his life.
Where will this installation be located and why?
The theme I wanted to explore in my installation is feeling trapped or just “trapped”. I guess I chose my location first and then chose my theme. Not just the feeling of being trapped but being trapped in your life, in your everyday routines. Like a business man, who goes to work in a cubicle, with the same schedule, the same daily routine, and feels trapped by his life.
What materials will I use?
I will use everyday items that someone would use in their everyday routine of their 9-5 work day. Use dull colors, like a cubicle.
Where will this installation be located and why?
My location is in a small, tight, enclosed area. I emptied out my closet; it was pretty empty already I went home for the weekend. In this location a person viewing the installation can go inside the small area and close the door, feeling trapped themselves.
Describe your installation
This piece of art is based on the everyday routine of a 9-5 worker. This person obviously feels trapped in their life by how small the space is. In one of the photos I stood in the space and closed the door to try to show what a person experiencing the art work might see and to help you visualize how small the space is.
I was going for dull colors on the walls for that drab cubicle feeling. The large clock symbolizes how routines and this type of work is scheduled and very dependent on time. The clock is on 9 o'clock for 9-5. The other items in the small room would be those that the person would use every day. The computer, monitor, keyboard, whiteboard, swivel chair, represent work. The dress shoes and tie are what the person put on and take of every single day, and are symbols themselves of something you would see someone wearing working in a cubicle in an office building. The other items are the routines that would happen outside the workplace but still routines in this person’s life. Contacts go in and out every day, you brush your teeth in the morning and at night, you brush your hair, you wash your face. Taking medication is a part of a daily routine. Most likely if this person is very predictable they will most likely eat the same thing every day.
The main theme here is obviously being trapped in your life of routine and schedules.
I was going for dull colors on the walls for that drab cubicle feeling. The large clock symbolizes how routines and this type of work is scheduled and very dependent on time. The clock is on 9 o'clock for 9-5. The other items in the small room would be those that the person would use every day. The computer, monitor, keyboard, whiteboard, swivel chair, represent work. The dress shoes and tie are what the person put on and take of every single day, and are symbols themselves of something you would see someone wearing working in a cubicle in an office building. The other items are the routines that would happen outside the workplace but still routines in this person’s life. Contacts go in and out every day, you brush your teeth in the morning and at night, you brush your hair, you wash your face. Taking medication is a part of a daily routine. Most likely if this person is very predictable they will most likely eat the same thing every day.
The main theme here is obviously being trapped in your life of routine and schedules.
Analyze your installation
Though there is a lot more going on, on the right side of the installation where the chair is the color of the wall on the left still draws you over to the monitor and the keyboard. Therefore there is balance in the composition.
The use of line is present. Objects such as the keyboard and the Stouffers box are angled to draw your eye around the art work.
There is Unity throughout the composition, because the work is about routine, which all of these objects are used for.
The use of line is present. Objects such as the keyboard and the Stouffers box are angled to draw your eye around the art work.
There is Unity throughout the composition, because the work is about routine, which all of these objects are used for.
There is some emphasis on the clock. It is in the center of the room and is white on black and very large. My eye is immediately drawn right to it. The clock is meant to be an emphasis because of how time plays an important role in routine.
What are your thoughts on the planning and creation of a site specific installation?
It was a new experience, I do not know if I would do it again but it was interesting. At first I was super confused and had no idea what I was going to do. Thinking there was really no way I could screw this up I just went with it.
It was a new experience, I do not know if I would do it again but it was interesting. At first I was super confused and had no idea what I was going to do. Thinking there was really no way I could screw this up I just went with it.
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