Installation Project

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Installation art is three-dimensional art that changes a space, adding elements and materials that encompass a certain theme.Any materials can be used in installation art. Usually all materials are related with some concept, and spread throughout a space. Installation art is created to draw the viewer into the work, giving them a three-dimensional piece of art that can be viewed from different angles. I enjoyed the Red Room installation by Louise Bourgeois because of the different perspectives. We see a view from inside the room where you can see almost everything that is going on, but they also show a view from outside, with the door closed. That would cause the viewer to look at the piece through a frame, and have to look to the left and right and take it in little at a time.

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At the beginning of the video, he describes an installation as something that is all around you, something you are caught up in. Richard Wilson wanted to change his own perceptions of interior design, as well as other peoples views. I wanted to use nature in my installation, because I like the outdoors and it seemed like a good backdrop for several ideas. I wanted to keep it simple, so I just used sneakers, as a repetitive pattern on the sidewalk. I had initially planned to use sidewalk chalk and make footprints with that as well, then considered making the footprints go up the tree in my front yard, to make it a little more awkward, but the chalk did not work on the bark. Placing the shoes on the sidewalk seemed proper, and showed movement down the path, with a pair of shoes from each person in my household.

My installation consists of seven pairs of shoes. There are boots, sneakers, soccer cleats, and a pair of flip flops. Two pairs are black, two are white, one is pink, and two are black and white. They are laid out in pairs, one after another, going down the sidewalk in front of my house. It covers about a nine foot span. They alternate from side to side, but still create a general line down the sidewalk.

I attempted to create pattern, rhythm, and unity by laying out the shoes so the colors alternated and I created balance by staggering the shoes, and the color pattern. There is a little emphasis on the pair of pink shoes since all of the other shoes were black and white, it draws your eye towards it as a focal point. There is implied movement, just by running your eye down the line of shoes, as well as the fact that they are shoes, and it appears as if you would step from one spot to another.

I think it would be more interesting to make an installation in a place where it shouldn't be, rather than in a place where it is natural. It would really cause people to stop and look, and question why it is there. I do agree that the site has a lot of influence on the meaning though, like the stamp in Cleveland that says free, in front of a government building promoting freedom and free speech.