Installation Art In the context of Printstallation

• What is installation art?

Yayoi Kusama, Infinite Dots Mirrored Room, 1996Mattress Factory Collection

Decenter perception: Altering traditional notions of perspective

Raphael, 1510. Vatican Museums and Galleries, Vatican City, Italy

Tabaimo, Inverted-Soup Japan Pavilion at the 54th Venice Biennial

Tabaimo, Teleco-Soup Japan Pavilion at the 54th Venice Biennial

Activate Space: The audience ‘enters’ the space and circulates around and through the work

"Barbara Kruger" exhibition, 1991. Adhesive vinyl Mary Boone Gallery

Regina Silveira Abyssal, 2010 Adhesive vinyl, painted walls and light filters, 10.4 x 13.57

Experience: Instead of representing the world, installation art has the potential of ‘presenting’ the world, through:– Sound, smell, light, texture, etc.– Participation, dialogues, performance– Actions and Activism

Mike Nelson, 54th Venice Biennial, 2011

Olaffour Elliasson, Turbine Hall Tate Modern

Ilya Kabakov, "The Man Who Flew into Space from his Apartment", 1985.

Ilya Kabakov, "The Man Who Flew into Space from his Apartment", 1985.

Cildo MeirelesInstallation view of 'The Surge of the Sea' (1991-1997) at the Musem of Modern Art, Rio de JaneiroWood decking, books, soundtrack

‘Installation’ Process

Sarah Oppenheimer, 2008aircraft grade plywood, framing structureview into neighboring yard across street

Remove - Transform

• Observe the space

• Choose an element and document the relationships between this element and the space that surrounds it, for example: the way its shadow cast the space, the distance from the element to other objects, the proportion of space that it takes in relation to the overall dimensions of the entire room, etc. Go as far as you want!

• Remove the object from its space (be inventive)

Project:Using the data that you collected find a way to:

Bring that element to the gallery by recreating its original space, or ‘presenting’ that space to your audience. Think about Cildo Meirele’s work 'The Surge of the Sea' as a referent

Or

Use the ‘absence’ of the element and work around it to ‘present’ the space your audience. You could bring that ‘absence’ in some way to the gallery space. Think about Ilya Kavakov’s work ‘The Man Who Flew into Space from his Apartmen’ as a referent.

This project will be presented at the Frame Gallery, so use it as one of your referents for the exercise.