Installation art
Installation art is a genre and art form that is linked with the Postmodern Movement. This form of art is usually shown in museums and galleries or in public spaces. This genre uses many different materials. Multimedia is frequently used including, sound, video and performance. Installation pieces are often site-specific, which means that they are designed to exist only in the space for which they were created. Interior installation is applied to installation Art, while exterior is referred to Land Art; however there is an overlap through the function and form. Any arrangement of objects/subjects in any given space is referred to as installation art, for example statues in a garden to a wide display of colour and materials through paintings and sculptures. Installation art may appear meaningless or nonsense to some of its audience but to the artist it is a subjective delicate piece of art. T
This form of art has been around since the 1960’s. A good example of the form is “Playhouse” by Penny Spankiehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0hzlr5j4qxs&feature=related that was produced on 29th January 2007; it follows the relationship and the ideas/concepts that society brings, to these partnerships. It shows what someone does in a day, from when they wake up to going back to bed; this is shown in a few minutes using a projector screen while adding the background. Another installation art is “The Good People” by Eduardo Cintron; this follows him writing out sentences on the floor using templates with salt or sugar. It shows people coming over and watching what he is doing, while some rub out the writings and kicking the salt or sugar around. When this takes place he goes and sits in the corner on his chair and rocks back and forth.
These installations both use different techniques for each piece and also a different use of technology and style. Eduardo’s piece of art has a more subtle style as “The Good People” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQvRGDfQrjM&feature=relatedexpress thoughts and views through writings, which are more open to the audience, as it allows them to have their own views on whether they will read what he is writing and listen or simply to just walk by. Whereas “Playhouse” has a more physical aspect as the action is played out in front of the audience. They both use different techniques to achieve the same goal to affect their audience, they are trying to get a message across but they have different styles and ways of doing this. Within the first installation there was no use of technology within the piece except for editing, however the last piece used a projector to be screened on the wall, while the performance was taking place in front of the screen. The artist also had someone working the projector to produce objects (out of paper) onto the screen; this was one use of technology; there was no graphic design within each piece. However they both consisted of editing throughout, this was not invisible editing as the cuts were very jumpy and noticeable.
The narrative is the plot of any piece of art; it is what the story is telling to their audience. “Playhouse” follows the girls’ day and represents what society does day in and day out. She goes to sleep at night and as she wakes up, we follow her through the day. She crawls into the screen to indicate that she travels to her work or job for that day; a house or church is put onto the screen before she comes on. The person on the projector brings two flowers next to the building; this represents the passing of time. After she produces a piece of paper from the bag on the floor, the paper either represents a window or a painting, as next she brings on a pot of paint and a paintbrush from her bag. Then suddenly a vase appears when she begins painting, this is an example of the editing technique used in the piece. After is picks up the flowers previously mentioned and sticks them in the vase and then a bed appears and the house goes into darkness. The narrative is sometimes confusing but there is references within that represent society and everyday life of what people do every day.
“The Good People” compared to “Playhouses’” narrative is very different as the artist Eduardo tries to tell his narrative through his writings rather than actions. However throughout the footage someone keeps rubbing out the words therefore the audience watching can’t make out what the writings are supposed to mean, whenever this happens he goes to his chair and rocks back and forth. The narrative in this is not so straight forward as the audience repeatedly see the words get rubbed away so it doesn’t make that much sense. This installation art was produced in a white room in NYC; we do not see all of the room so the audience do not know all of the exhibition space.
In conclusion there are different forms of art and installation art with different exhibition spaces as a whole. Installation art can be produced within a room or even a space at arm’s length; it could be a structure or a performance; which is more physical than mental.
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