Art 3345 Installation: Rayna

Rayna-
Going forward- Artists to look at:

Migual Rothschild, Anila Quayyum Agha, Olafur Eliasson, and Meg Webster

For Mondays' class: Pick at least one of these installation artists ( can be more than one if you desire) to share with the class. You should be able to speak 5-10 minutes. Look in the Library (Coe library) to see what books/articles are available on your chosen person so you are not only looking online. How can you take what they do and allow it to inspire your Materialistic installation?

Where are they from
What are the ideas they are pursuing?
materials?
intriguing aspects of their work that you can be inspired by?

Begin to blog about your ideas for Project #2.

These images of your small world are great. Looking at these- reflect on your idea. Does your statement change? How?

Project #2 Ideas

For project 2, I will continue my outdoor exploration. In my first project of looking at wonders from the outside in, this one will rather take you to the inside. My idea is to make a hand made projection by cutting out shapes in paper and then making a box to insert a light into. The projection will include the river system in Wyoming, and another one of the river system in Kansas, projected as pairs on each opposite facing walls. I will then have a projector hanging from the ceiling to project a video of moving water onto the floor. I imagine showing this with background noise as well.

My idea to have the river system is to show the distances and depths between the two different places I call home, and where I am being taken from them. I think an amazing thing about rivers are that they are ever changing and always moving, if you were to follow one you would never end in the same spot rather somewhere completely different. I think this relates to my connections of home because although where I start I am familiar with, I am getting into the river with no idea of where it will take me. I also view water as pure and a cleanser, your journey with it has the possibility to wash you of all previous experiences and prepare you for the destination, taking you through some rough and some smooth waters. Rivers connect and conjoin in different ways, which remind me of the connections that will be made throughout the time you spend on this earth, wether it be connections with places, or the connections that you make to the places you come to know well. It's scary to see the way water moves so fast and it may scare me to think about moving that fast, but I need to trust the current.

So this is my decision to depict water. Another beautiful natural wonder of this world in all forms, and another beautiful way to feel at peace with my own self.

Here are some pictures that relate to my idea.