Kelly
Primarily I am focusing on the disorientation of the visual and am using sound and tactile senses to aid this disorientation/discomfort. I want to see if I can change the way a person feels simply by engaging with an art work. Whilst I realise that it might not be possible to pinpoint what those feelings are exactly, the ultimate aim is to bring about disorientation or confusion.
*exposes the unconscious in art
*elicits revelations
*uses strange juxtaposition
*uses or is inspired by found objects
*sensual disorientation
*finds the extraordinary within the ordinary
*promotes the aesthetics of confrontation, shock (convulsive beauty)
With this intent in mind, I will produce an installation, a screen-based installation that looks at the idea of panic. In doing so I am wanting to create an environment rather that a static image. I don’t want to simply create intuitive recognition of aesthetic quality but a paradigm, the inability to recognize truth and the want to fabricate an explanation. I want to imbue confusion of the visual in an attempt to create a feeling of uneasiness.
The image/footage I use needs to, as aforementioned, concern the audience and so I feel an inverted or distorted image that is familiar to a wide audience may be used. This is a simple way of confusion we assume that light comes from above so, for example, when the top of an object is illuminated and its lower part is shaded, we think it must be sticking out and when its top is shaded, we think it must be a hollow. However this may not be the case at all. I intend to use a variety of computer aided programs such as photoshop to achieve the desired result.
I’m looking to explore further the idea of environment and how it impacts the emotions and attitudes of those within that atmosphere. More specifically, elements that I would like to explore further are lighting and temperature. Extreme artificial light may cause discomfort however subtle changes of more ‘natural’ light may achieve the same effect. Temperature however is a preferential condition unless of course it is extreme. This may be difficult to simulate.
I’ve toyed with the idea of sensory deprivation as simple devices such as blindfolds and earmuffs can cut off sight and hearing. Sensory deprivation has been used in various alternative medicines and in psychological experiments, for torture or punishment. I like the idea of being able to simultaneously deprive and overload the senses by virtue of spatial arrangements, film, sound and light. This however may be a little extreme as I want to confuse the viewer not torture them.
*exposes the unconscious in art
*elicits revelations
*uses strange juxtaposition
*uses or is inspired by found objects
*sensual disorientation
*finds the extraordinary within the ordinary
*promotes the aesthetics of confrontation, shock (convulsive beauty)
With this intent in mind, I will produce an installation, a screen-based installation that looks at the idea of panic. In doing so I am wanting to create an environment rather that a static image. I don’t want to simply create intuitive recognition of aesthetic quality but a paradigm, the inability to recognize truth and the want to fabricate an explanation. I want to imbue confusion of the visual in an attempt to create a feeling of uneasiness.
The image/footage I use needs to, as aforementioned, concern the audience and so I feel an inverted or distorted image that is familiar to a wide audience may be used. This is a simple way of confusion we assume that light comes from above so, for example, when the top of an object is illuminated and its lower part is shaded, we think it must be sticking out and when its top is shaded, we think it must be a hollow. However this may not be the case at all. I intend to use a variety of computer aided programs such as photoshop to achieve the desired result.
I’m looking to explore further the idea of environment and how it impacts the emotions and attitudes of those within that atmosphere. More specifically, elements that I would like to explore further are lighting and temperature. Extreme artificial light may cause discomfort however subtle changes of more ‘natural’ light may achieve the same effect. Temperature however is a preferential condition unless of course it is extreme. This may be difficult to simulate.
I’ve toyed with the idea of sensory deprivation as simple devices such as blindfolds and earmuffs can cut off sight and hearing. Sensory deprivation has been used in various alternative medicines and in psychological experiments, for torture or punishment. I like the idea of being able to simultaneously deprive and overload the senses by virtue of spatial arrangements, film, sound and light. This however may be a little extreme as I want to confuse the viewer not torture them.
posted by Malte Wagenfeld at 12:55 AM
1 Comments:
A good area of investigation.
But don't think of what you are doing in terms of art, it may end up being art but that is not any concern of ours.
You are doing an investigation to inform your design thinking or an actual design. Thus the important thing is the investigation and your reflection on it - i.e. what you have gleaned from it.
Also don't concern your self with larger questions of 'truth' and so on, these are deeply philosophical concept that people have been arguing about for millennia and will keep arguing about for millennia; in terms of your project it is only an unwanted distraction.
I suggest you look at the work of James Turell and his contemporaries.
Talk more in class
Malte
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