What is installation art?
Installation art describes an artistic genre of three-dimensional works that are often site-specific and designed to transform a viewer's perception of a space. Generally, the term is applied to interior spaces, whereas exterior interventions are often called Land art; however the boundaries between these terms overlap. Installation art uses sculptural materials and other media to modify the way we experience a particular space. Installation art is not necessarily confined to gallery spaces and can be any material intervention in everyday public or private spaces. Installation art incorporates almost any media to create an experience in a particular environment. Materials used in contemporary installation art range from everyday and natural materials to new media such as video, sound, performance, computers and the internet. Some installations are site-specific in that they are designed to only exist in the space for which they were created.
What materials are used installation art? Any material that the artists deems usable for the specific site.
Why make installation art?
Essentially, installation/environmental art takes into account the viewer’s entire sensory experience, rather than floating framed points of focus on a “neutral” wall or displaying isolated objects (literally) on a pedestal. This leaves space and time as its only dimensional constants. This implies dissolution of the line between art and life; Kaprow noted that “if we bypass ‘art’ and take nature itself as a model or point of departure, we may be able to devise a different kind of art… out of the sensory stuff of ordinary life”
Richard Wilson
A. From the material reviewed, is there a inspiration piece that I feel a connection with?
Not really, most of the installation is too “out there” for me. I don’t really have the resources to make installation art that is considered good. So I just made do with the materials that were lying around my house and a little creativity.
B. What theme do I want to explore in my installation? Refer to your textbook if you need to review Themes of Art. (chapter 3 in text)
(Nature, Environment, Self, Mass Media, Consumerism, etc.)
Invention and Fantasy (Mushroom cloud).
C. What materials will I use?
Polyester fiberfill, mushrooms.
D. Where will this installation be located and why?
In my house because its raining outside, and supposed to continue raining the remainder of the day.
Mushroom Cloud
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