Installation Research

I will be creating an installation environment for the final degree show that shows my ideas about identity and data. I have been researching installation environments that I like in order to inspire and inform me. I like spaces that engulf people and exist all around. I like environments that reflect upon individuals and immerse them within the subject.

Random International, Rain Room 2012

This environment is confusing yet totally immerses you within the art. The rain cleverly bounces off individuals so as not to get them wet. You can stand in the rain without feeling the effects of it. This is the culmination of years of research, tests and development and shows how an abstract idea can be made a realistic invention.

Antony Gormley

These environments are like mazes. They create disorientation and confusion through complex pattern and shape. I want to create a space that surrounds the viewer and engages people with my concept. 

BLIND LIGHT, 2007

CLEARING IV, 2005

FIRMAMENT III, 2009

Cornelia Parker Cold Dark Matter: An Exploded View (1991)

I visited this installation currently in exhibition at the Whitworth Art Gallery. It is one of Cornelia Parkers most celebrated works. It shows an exploded shed centred around a light bulb. The use of light and shadow gives the installation movement and captures the explosion in time. I love how the work reflects upon individuals closer to the work and immersing them within it.

I imagine the audience of my work to be creative practitioners, gallery goers and other art students. I am communicating a concept that is concerned with contemporary issues, which is something that others can also respond too. I like the idea of exhibiting work across the country and informing others about contemporary issues within a modern society.