Installation

A.      What is installation art?

 Installation art is a sculpture around you that is three dimensional and it interacts with the environment as a whole.

B.      What materials are used installation art?

Materials that are used for installation art are natural materials, new media videos, and sound performance.

C.      Why make installation art? 

Installation are is made to help the understanding of the world from being outside that is brought inside. It gives meaning to the art work and more of a feeling of what something is. It makes a person looking at the art feel as if they are inside the art work.

D. Which artist/installation did I find most interesting?

                The installation art that I found most interesting was Tracey Emin. I like how she took her bedroom. If I was to visit that art gallery I would feel as if I was in that room just like any ordinary bedroom.

 A. From the material reviewed, is there a inspiration piece that I feel a connection with?

                The inspiration piece that I feel a connection with is the bedroom by Tracey Emin. Not that my room looks like that but my room with my desk and books looks exactly like that every day.

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.)

The theme that I would like to explore in my installation would be “The Here and Now”. I believe that I look around and notice that this is my life here, now, in this place, at this time.

C. What materials will I use?

               

                Materials that will be used will be my desk, lamp, books, computer, chair, book bag, sweater, picture frame of me and my grandmother, and angel statue on my desk.

D. Where will this installation be located and why?

                My installation will be located in my house in my room that I call my office. The reason that my installation will be here because this is where I am most of the time.

I have chosen this installation because I used "The Here and Now" theme. The reason I used this theme was because I feel as if I am usually in this room and it defines me. I spend most of my hours during the school year in an office doing homework and studying. As I was reviewing the installation video I realized that this is a three dimensional area that by looking about there are a lot of different shapes, curves, and I even have a porcelain sculpture of an angel on my desk. By looking at the angel its shows all of the very neatly feathers of the wings just like Emmanuel had in his sculpture with the ladies bones and even muscles. 

My thoughts on planning where I was going to have my installation took me a little while because I did not think I could take a room and call it installation but then I saw Tracey Emins' work and realized she took her bed and but it into a gallery and had everything as is, as I do. I enjoyed learning about installation and would like to go back to the gallery now that I know what it means and see if they have any at the Albert Knox Gallery.