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Project Critique – Temporary Installation
This week I was asked to set up and display the work I have made in my project thus far. Every week three students are asked to display their work in the Shaun Project Space, and then the remainder of the class makes comments about the work and gives constructive information to help along the students project. As I have been asked this week, I decided to produce a temporary installation for my critique.
I will be posting a separate post to inform you of my current project and how I am progressing, but for the time being, here is what this installation entails. Withing the installation are 3D prints I have made by scanning fellow students, along with a few new boxes I have produced over the past month. Normally, my installations main focus/motif is the string which overruns the space; with this piece I decided to have a bit of change and use some new elements and methods to see how they played out. I believe that with the introduction of these new elements, I didn’t need a dense structure of string, so I’ve left the installation open so the viewer can see all of the features.
I have included a video which is linked to my art YouTube account. The video is a 6 minute time lapse of the set-up of this installation.
Below are images from the installation. Enjoy.
Project Two – Final Piece
Hi everyone! This is my final piece and also my exhibition piece for Project Two. Unfortunately the exhibit has been and gone, but here are some photo’s of my piece at the exhibit. I will be posting a full catalog of the exhibit later on.
This project has evolved over time from wanting to create my own imaginary world, to wanting to explore space through interactivity. This project is a continuation from project one, and has become something else in its own rights. I had a lot of fun during this project and I’m so happy from the outcome. I can’t wait for my second year at university where I’ll have even more freedom to make what I want.
As always, I hope you enjoy.
Project Two – Installation #3
Hi everyone! This is the third installation for this particular project.
I have placed hooks within my space to create permanent fixtures to design installations; once made and documented, the installation is removed from the space and the fixtures are used for another installation/design. This is the third installation in this space, so I decided to be a bit more adventurous. I used the same method as I did in the first installation by just going for broke and letting the installation tell me where to go. But with this one I made a path way for the viewer to walk through the installation. Allowing the viewer to experience the installation from new perspectives and angles.
This project (Project Two) was carried forward from Project One. The idea being about creating a space/environment of my own imagination/creation, this then lead to wanting to explore space and involve interactivity. Project Two is now lead by the desire to create an interactive installation which explores its environment and develops its own world/space, allowing the viewer to walk through and experience the space thus interacting with it.
These are some of my documentation of the installation.
As always, I hope you enjoy.
Project Two – Installation #1
Hi everyone! This is the first installation for this particular project. I have placed hooks within my space to create permanent fixtures to design installations; once made and documented, the installation is removed from the space and the fixtures are used for another installation/design. This is the first installation within this space; there was no particular thought process to designing this installation; the process was mainly to explore the space and experiment with the environment.
This project (Project Two) was carried forward from Project One. The idea being about creating a space/environment of my own imagination/creation, this then lead to wanting to explore space and involve interactivity. Project Two is now lead by the desire to create an interactive installation which explores its environment and develops its own world/space, allowing the viewer to walk through and experience the space thus interacting with it.
These are some of my documentation of the installation.
As always, I hope you enjoy.
Critical Studies Two
Martin Pfeifle – The Artist Who Inspires Me
Martin Pfeifle is a German Artist who over the past decade has appeared in dozens of exhibitions with a variety of Sculptural Installations. Pfeifle started his professional practice in 2000, even though he only graduated with his degree in 2004. I first discovered Martin Pfeifle while working on my A Levels; it was during the Personal Study unit, which meant that I could create my own theme to follow, allowing me to explore anything I desired (within reason).
Martin Pfeifle inspires me because I am greatly interested in Installation, and Pfeifle shows how you can explore the environment using installation and how you don’t particularly need the environment to create a solid sculptural installation. I’m using ‘particularly’ because the majority of Pfeifle’s work uses its environment, but if you were to have it in a wide open area, he could construct a piece that is completely different and stands out above the rest. I guess, in a way, this is how he inspires me; when Pfeifle creates his art, he leaves room for the viewer to think of their own definition of the piece.
To be completely honest, I just can’t choose which of Pfeifle’s works I adore the most; there are some which don’t grab my attention, but the number of works that do… If, and only if I had to choose one, I would choose the one I found first, Ichoderdu ROTEMARTHA; mainly because I was amazed by the scale of the work. Ichoderdu ROTEMARTHA, in my opinion, shows that there is always a heart within a structure that may show no life or feeling, that there is always one section open to let those in who are worthy of entrance. I may be babbling here but with this piece being the first I saw of Pfeifle’s, I just love it, how it wraps and hides and covers an area, making the viewer curious of what’s on the other side.
I can’t say I know what each of Pfeifle’s works is about or where it comes from as his website doesn’t contain this information, but I assume that his work is based on his thoughts and his research into the topic. That aside, his work influenced mine by expanding my knowledge and understanding of a special awareness and how art fits into its environment. I definitely look more closely now at how I present my work and how it interacts not only with the environment, but with the viewer as well.
There is not much to say about how Pfeifle uses his materials; simply because he uses them to only to underline their everyday uses, nothing more and nothing less; the simple approach. To me his work does make me feel warm inside; knowing that there is someone else with similar interests in sculptural installation as I do.
In Conclusion, Martin Pfeifle is an amazing artist who I will look up to and gather inspiration from.
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