Wednesday, October 1, 2008

3 Questions - Escape (Spencer)

1. In Kazuo katase's "winterreise" what is the point of lighting the room with such an intense blue? What is the goal of putting a geometrical shape in the space and why would a swing occupy the space? The entire makeup of the space is weird because the ideas of childhood innocence and adult abstraction run perpendicular to each other in the same space.

2. Is the goal of installation art to be as dynamic a mechanism of expression as possible? I t seems that there are many different takes and creative outlets presented by a cast of different artists that all fall under the category of installation art. Could we justify anything that happens in this world as a performance or installation piece? Are apples in a cafeteria not installation into the space, is writing works to paper not a performance in itself and who really cares about what the exterior viewer thinks of your work?


3. Diller and Scofidio "Blur Building." What is the point of creating a cloud of mist that covers an object or space that the viewer wishes to get to ? Is this some sort of philosophical questioning of the human beings inability to see clearly into the future?

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