The decision has been made that I am going to be allowed to melt the ice in the space allocated to me, this is the TAEM gallery floor. I am happy about this because it was one of my original thoughts, however I was concerned about risk assessment.
Thoughts around projecting images have been investigated and dismissed, the concern has been that my images will not be given the best advantage to see the crisp detail in each image. So this idea will be shelved for now, but possibly pitching the ideas to a festival so crowds can walk through the works on a large scale.
After making a decision about ice blocks and melting, Boni Carncross sent me some infomation on another artists that attempts to dictate the space.
This also lead me to think of other artists that I have learned about during my degree that attempt to work the space around them, this post is a brief acknowledgment for the artists.
Re Kraus : “leaving only a residue of murky liquid pooled on the floor or trailing the gallery walls” Guggenheim, New York.
Janine Antoni, Loving Care, 1993, used black hair dye and slowly backed out of the gallery floor. Taking or commanding the space pushing the audience out as she performed.
Linda Benglis, Contraband, 1969, influenced by Pollock and she extended her own work from his action work to be famous for one of the first action “pour” artist. She was interested in the sense of gravitational pull the flat colour dense work created.
Hema Upadhyay, WHERE THE BEES SUCK THERE SUCK, 2016 engages the entire room’s space with waste. Upadhyay placing a back home in a gallery space suggestive of asking viewers to be aware of consumerism. After waste has left the owner.
Anthony Gormley, Asian Field, 2003, collaborated with over 300 people to create 35 thousand sculptures. Using food sorting silos, and car parks as spaces to install the work due the the magnitude. This has also been displayed in gallery settings, I find this work anxiety provoking due to the fragility and the push of repetition, also the I ability to move forward, through, around etc. Its an amazing way to dictate the space as an artist.
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