Ki

 Ki- site specific

Date: 4-24-23

Date 4-10-23

Date 4-7-23

Date 4-3-23

This is a bridge on the greenway. I think it would be a great place to install bright colored cutouts of invasive species along the greenway. This color would draw the eye especially now since everything is still brown and it would call attention to invasive species in Wyoming. 

I was thinking about playing with light in this dome thing at Washington park. I think it would be fun to use a light and cutouts to project things onto the ceiling especially with its shape. This would be relatively un-invasive- also would be a good opportunity to play with sound.

I was thinking about using one of the pavilions at Washington park since you can reserve them. These pavilions always make me think of birthday parties so I think it would be funny to do like the aftermath of a birthday party with a half eaten cake and deflated balloons.

Date 3-27-23

For the site specific I have a few ideas for location. I was considering going up to vedawoo or tie city area- given the time this is due there may be less snow. while technically you are not allowed to build things on national forest land if the installation is not up permanently I could definitely get away with it especially if I use natural material that I find in the area. I was also considering using some space in Washington park. Like doing an installation in one of the picnic pavilions or the white dome like amphitheater that is in the one corner of the park. This would allow more freedom with materials used. Also since you can reserve the pavilions it would probably not cause any issues as long as its not up permanently. There is also the free wall that is on 3rd street so I was also thinking of doing something there sine its free to the public and I wouldn't have to worry about any legal issues.

Ki- Materialistic

4-24-23

Date:4-17-23

Date: 2-20-23

Lately I have been focusing on reading for the research for this project and Pulled some quotes from Lee Edelman's book "No Future: Queer Theory and The Death Drive". 

“The embrace if queer negativity then, can have no justification if justification requires it to reinforce some positive social value, its value, instead, resides in its challenge to value as defined by the social and thus in its radical challenge to the very value of the social itself”- Edelman

“the death drive names what the queer, in the order of the social, is called forth to figure: the negativity opposed to every form of social viability” Edelman

The concept for the materialistic instillation  instAllation is centered on the concept of social death that affects marginalized populations- Edelman's response to social death is to embrace queer negativity as a way to combat social norms that create the conditions for social death. So what does that look like in art? How would a deconstruction of social norms be represented? I think the first Edelman quote encapsulated this by the idea that in order to embrace queer negativity you have to embrace that there is no positive social value associated with it. My instAllation ideas center the uncomfortable aspects of death with their representation of decapitation therefore embracing the lack of a positive social value.

Date: 2-8-23

This one is very interesting as an idea Ki.

This idea would be a stuffed fabric head on layers of red fabric- the fabric would have beading to add to the texture as well as catch the light and give it a glistening effect like a pool of liquid would have- I might also play with adding in embroidered text on the red fabric so the viewer could lean in closer and engage with the details. the red fabric would cover most of the floor of the gallery so the viewer would have to walk around the installation.

Do you feel like you have time for this? Remind me to show you some of Diana's piece that might help in this endeavor so you are not trying to make all of this from scratch.  

I like the way Anthony Gormley's piece doesn't allow the viewer in very close- even while there are a lot of small details you are forced to peer at them from a distance. I would like to imitate that with this idea with having the viewer forced against the walls of the gallery but have text embroidered around the severed head- if you strain your eyes you can see the text- its like being let in on a secret. 

This idea would be a stuffed armature and head. the head and body are separated with enough space for someone to walk between them. I would make to body look more like a large human sized doll then an actual person. the head would be on a small pool of blood made out of layered reed fabric. 

with this idea the body is sitting in the corner of the gallery sort of slouched over while the head is on a small pool in the opposite corner of the gallery. again both the head and body are more doll like then realistic but they would be human scale. 

I like these stuffed figures by  Jakob Lena Knebel and Ashley Hans Scheirl which was part of Austria's installation at the Venice Biennale 

Ki- Small world

3-6-23

in progress update

2-13-22

in progress update

Date: 2-7-23

This is my current progress. My plan is to make five of these embroidered panels to cover the walls of the gallery- I might add a head on the floor of the gallery depending on how it looks after the embroidered panels are done. 

The textile panels  will explore a narrative between two figures inspired by Gender Trouble by Judith Butler and Feminism Interrupted: Disrupting, Power by Lola Olufemi. In her book Olufemi clarifies a common interpretation of Butler’s work “Butler is often misquoted as claiming gender is a ‘performance’ when instead she argues it might be better to view it as a ritual that is made up of certain kinds of repetitive behaviours that sediment over time”. If gender is a ritual, then there must be a ritual to the existence in between or the transformation in between. The literal narrative in the imagery is of the human figure getting decapitated. Figural imagery in the panels will be more abstracted focusing on shape and texture of the materials. This takes the imagery out of a literal sense with a stronger emphasis on the metaphorical narrative of decapitation. the human figures head is the most gendered aspect of its design. Without the head the body takes a more neutral space. Removing the head from the body of the figure removes the largest signifier of gender from the figure, a death of the feminine. Heads hold a lot of symbolism especially with how people talk about queer individuals and non cis gender identities. These identities are often associated with that person “being confused” or “they’ve lost their head”. Which ties into the literal aspect of the narrative. The white ghost like figure has a nimbus tying into religious imagery- like the liturgical tapestries. This figure is a witness to the decapitation. 

Nicely written KI- finally!!!!! :) 

This is an installation by Malgorzata Mirga-Tas. She was the artist representing Poland at the Venice Biennale and the walls of the pavilion were all covered in this large quilt she made.  

Both of these photos are an installation in one of the pavilions at the Venice biennale-

in progress update- Small worlds

Tau Lewis-Love this work! Tell me more about this artist...

Ann Hammilton

For this piece the inspiration comes from an outdoor installation by Christo and Jean Claude. It was a bunch of orange fabric gates hung up on trails in central park New York. For this one I would use a sheer fabric and colored lighting from behind. 

Ki talk about that piece of Christos and Jean Claude's. Why did they use that color and that fabric in that park? How do these facts relate to what you are doing inside a space vs outside?

Look at:

https://www.google.com/search?q=fabric+installation&sxsrf=AJOqlzW5yN1_ICMW1zQGXO3HhO5XRZo3ZQ:1675183844799&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjGt4KQovL8AhWGHDQIHZSfCz4Q_AUoAXoECAEQAw&biw=1280&bih=736&dpr=2

This Piece is inspired by the "Dinner Party" by Judy Chicago and a book I just read "In the Dream House" This piece would explore the significance of place and setting in memories focusing on the dinner table.

 

This installation would have a mirror on the floor and then beads, string, and thin strips of fabric from the top that would reflect onto the mirror- I would want to block off the top of the installation in some way so that the only way to see the top is through the reflection in the mirror.

Talk about these ideas. Why make them? What can they communicate to the viewer or what could we get from them?  Attach images of artist research that is labeled. 

https://art21.org/watch/art-in-the-twenty-first-century/s1/ann-hamilton-in-spirituality-segment/

Bri's Materialistic

April 19, 2023

Here are the images of my finished piece. There are a few images with the spiral and others without it. I am overall happy with how it turned out.

April 12, 2023

Update: The walls are finished, I just need to attach the spiral, place the nest on the branch, and finish up my American Robin. 

April 4, 2023

I really began to sketch out trees and work in the space. 

March 28, 2023

So I decided to go with a different bird, an American Robin instead. I wanted to go with a different bird because it has a bit more color. Also, I remember seeing these birds in my grandparents' yard, which is where I grew up for a large part of my childhood. I feel a connection to the bird because it brings memories of my grandparents. Here is my bird so far. 

 

March 6, 2023

Honestly, I have been struggling with where to start my materialistic piece. So I did some research on the type of bird I thought would work best. Ultimately, I decided that the dove was the type of bird I wanted. In my research, I looked up the symbolism of the bird. Through my search, I found there to be a variety of meanings. However, I found the explanation of the dove representing spirituality to be the most intriguing. The site explains that the dove shows communication with one's own inner voice or intuition. Especially, the symbolism of a dead dove, which represents new beginnings and change. I feel like both representations resonate with me. 

If anyone is interested in reading more:   https://crystalclearintuition.com/dove-meaning/

As a starting place, I think it would be best to start by beginning an armature of the dove. I will be using a series of references to create the bird. However, I am not entirely sure where or how to start the spiral. Also, how will I fit it into the space? I was talking with one of my peers in class, and they posed this question to me. Then they made a suggestion on connecting the spiral in joints and then putting it together in the space. What would be the best course of action?

February 28, 2023

As for my materialistic, I was thinking about the bird's nest. Right now, in the previous image, the nest is sitting on a shelf. Should I keep the nest on the shelf? Or would it be more beneficial to place them in a setting, like a tree branch? I am really open to any ideas, or recommendations. My only concern about putting the nest in a setting is having too much going on. As the saying goes, less is more. Also, should the nest be placed in the left corner? Or one of the others? As for lighting in the space, I think the spiral will provide a variety of shadows that will envelop the viewer. I am still open to suggestions on what materials to use for this installation.

February 15, 2023

As for my materialistic piece, I am still a little uncertain about the materials I would like to create with this piece. However, I had a peer suggest making the spiral out of wire and building it up in areas. Then they suggested creating the bird out of canvas and painting it. I enjoyed the idea of painting the bird, however, I am not sure how to go about creating it in three-dimensional. Should the spiral be made out of wire? Should I leave the wire exposed? Would it be possible to create the bird from canvas? I would not want the bird to appear tacky. Does it matter what type of bird is shown? I would like to say yes, but then I will need to decide what bird would be best.

I would like to add the more I think about this piece the more I feel like I can say. The spiral is a part of the piece that speaks to me spiritually. It has a variety of representations, but one that ultimately stuck out to me was how it relates to life. Personally, I believe everyone experiences birth, death, and rebirth. In the corner of the gallery is a nest of eggs, which signifies birth. Should I move the nest to a different corner? Then there is the dead bird on the ground among sticks, this shows death. Then the spiral is the connection between the two. The viewers' eyes move along the spiral, following its path. This path is the action of rebirth and life. From the top to the bottom of the spiral is the way many may view life, but then the bottom to the top is the rebirth.

Chloe krick site specific

04/16/23

these are just some sketches of what i was thinking of for this site.

this idea is string strung across the whole driveways and creating an enclosed space. this one now that i had sketched with it I'm not that into it.

same concept i would love to do this one but with time i dont think that would have the time to create it and install it.

these two last ones are more of what im going for. i like them because of the space and the time it would be plausible. I like the idea of the string wrapped around the trees. i want it really thick that you could walk under it and look up and see the string and the light passing through the sting. you could also see the colored shadows that might be casted with this piece on the white snow under neath.

week 04/09/23

i think im going to go with the idea 2. i think that this is site specific. i had come up with this idea thinking about this place in mind. around here there isn't really places like this that for one still have snow and have these clumps of trees. these images are all in the same place but just around so there's three options. i like the first three ideas to work with because it goes with my idea of doing something in the trees and the trees being almost all that you see around it. i think that i could play a lot with color here. i want to work with paper again and as much as i hate to say it i think playing with sticky notes again would be pretty cool. i could work with the same form that i did for my materialistic or in another one of my classes we have been introduces to the Turkish map fold and i could do a whole bunch of those either with neon sticky notes or brightly colored paper.

for this image i was thinking a little more for idea 3 but on a bigger scale. i think that this would be site specific because i would be working with the trees and if i would move the same materials to another site it would not look the same and be a completely different piece. with the time for the most part i think that this would be the most realistic to work with. i could use a mix of string, yarn, maybe chain of there's any left there or just the materials that i could string between the trees.

these next two pictures also goes along with the idea two there is just a bigger space. for the most part i like it but to go along with time i don't think ill have time to work with the space and to fill it up but in the future i would love to work with is and fill up the whole space, maybe a summer idea.

 4/3/23

Idea 1

For this idea I was thinking about doing some type of installation under the stairs at my apartment. I’m on the first floor so right when I walk outside I see the space under the stairs. They are empty and could be a good place to create and change. If I end up going with this first idea I would have to decide if I would want to do one or both of the places under the stairs right outside my front door.

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For this one I was thinking I could do something with multiples again. Just like the repeating waves in my small world and the multiple sticky notes I could do something like that again. I was thinking about getting different sized balls and making paper castings of part of them. I would do that over and over again keeping it monochromatic creating enough to fill the space. I want it to fill the fenced in space and it “ climbing” the under part of the stairs.

Idea 2

 I didn’t get a chance to go out there during the weekend but my grandma has a cabin right on the outside of the National forrest. Right before you can see the cabin from the road there are there are so many birch trees. The trees are so dense around the cabin that, that’s all you see pretty much. With the trees being white and there still being snow there I think that I could play a lot with color at this site. I don’t know exactly what I’m wanting to do here but I’m thinking something on the lines of doing multiples.

This is not my picture but I used it to just get a feel of what it would look like.

Idea 3 

I don’t remember who the artist is but it was someone who we had looked and talk about in class but it was someone who worked with string. That’s who i was thinking of when I was looking at this site.

These are posts for hammocks. They take them off of the posts during the winter and just leave the posts in the ground. I would like to use yarn to wrap around all of the posts creating chaos. This one km on the fence with and I would have to talk to my apartment about it. I if I do this one then it would be a one day thing because I don’t think that I would be able to leave it up. Since this is in the middle of  the apartment buildings this would have to be a pre approved idea by the complex.

Katie Hines - The History of Installation Art GPT

Date: 4/11/23

When I put in the prompt to ChatGPT, it only gave me one small paragraph to work with. It wasn't too far off on its definition of installation art, explaining that it "involves creating a three-dimensional space or environment that the viewer can interact with... and is often site-specific" I would argue that it does not always have to interact with the viewer, not every installation is immersive, but interaction is an important element to consider.

It then went through the history and stated that installation art did not emerge until the 1960s-70s as "a response to the limitations of traditional art forms," which we know is incorrect. The first installation work was Marcel Duchamp's Fountain, in 1917. ChatGPT did not mention any artists by name since it only generated a paragraph (every time I entered the prompt, or variations of it, the response was the same).

Much more information could have been provided, it was very frustrating that it would not give more, but the information it did provide wasn't terribly wrong. I was surprised to see this, I expected many more errors than just the timeline.

Fabian Sight Specific

4/11/23

I have thought about more possible locations and what I can do. that would be more sight specific. One location is at the Laramie animal shelter. That is where I got my Dog IzzI. I would like to talk to them about possibly working in the space where IzzI was held in the kennel. I would use brighter colors to represent a happy significant moment for myself and for IzzI. Possibly incorporating some kind of time stamp when I adopted IzzI. 

Another location that I would like to possibly do the sight specific is Coal Creek as I spend a lot of time there, studying, relaxing, destressing, and meeting people. for this location, I would speak with the people if it would be fine to make my piece there and I would keep it small scale. 

Additionally would be a location that is near where I live. as moving to that location was a life-changing moment, and starting to grow and discover on my own. 

4/11/2023

without my piece enclosed, it has a whole different feeling and aesthetic. If I do fully decide to make something like this underneath the walk-over bridge I will have to do a test of how the colors match and feel at the location by taking my existing forms. this will also give me a feel for the available space and how I can refine my forms. 

I am also thinking about possibly using another material that is easy to work with, does not break the bank, and can be easily transported. 

- Fabrics is an option as I have experience working with fabrics and sewing, only issue that I have is what will I stuff it with, and what can I have inside the forms to help hold its form. 

My second question is does it have to be this big? or can the same be achieved if it were smaller and connect to the wall and roof? but how would I connect it to what will not damage the structure? 

Another option that I can do is add more to the forms that I currently have and add much smaller curves/vines-like things. that way I have a base to connect too

yet another option is to use a shallower spot in the same location so I can then make the pieces smaller. 

4/09/23

this is one of my sketches. at one of the locations. The relocation is at the cross-over bridge downtown. As shown above I would like to create more forms like that of my installation piece and place them underneath the bridge. However, since this is an open area and I'm not going to enclose it I have to first stabilize the forms so that they can stand on their own. I would then add weight to the bottom so that they are not easily blown over. I would like to keep the same color scheme as that of the installation piece, but will most likely have to change the coloration to fit with the surroundings and or contrast with the surrounding of which the black already stands out since its really dark and the surrounding area is lighter in color. 

4/3/23

To start off, I want to have a continuation of the forms I created for my installation piece. I want to create at least 2 more. I want to take these pieces to several locations and set them up for people to interact with. but also I want to see people's responses to the forms. Because I want to take it to different locations and see people's reactions and effects of the locations this seems more like a performance piece. Additionally, I would refine the 3 forms that I already have like widening the base so that it can stand on its own and so that I can add weight to them at the bottom to Anker them down and also hold them upright. I was also thinking about having a different color for the additional forms I create. 

This location is by Coal Creek. It is one of my favorite coffee shops. I was thinking about asking the people inside coal creek if I can place a few of the forms inside, probably the smaller ones as they take up less space. and have the bigger forms on the outside by the bike rack, or outside tables of Coal Creek. I would not leave my form unattended and not leave the forms at the location for long an hour max unless I'm getting good interactions with my forms, and with permission. 

The location is at the walkover cross-over bridge downtown for the images above and below. Similar to Coale Creak I want to place the forms on the bridge and below the bridge. I may also snapshots of my pieces to make it seem like they are moving and traveling down the ramp and finding a location to settle. Again I want to watch how people would interact with my piece. 

The location of the photo above is at the Walmart open field area. I would like to spread out my forms so that you look throughout the whole field. this would also make people interact by trying to see how many of the forms they can spot and make them wonder if there are more elsewhere. What I can also do is to try and camouflage the forms with the surroundings so that they are subtle to see and find. 

Similarly would be another location that has an open area by The Social. 

Lastly would be at a park (forgot the name of the park). I would like to have my forms interact with trees and "grow" with the trees. This can also make it seem like the forms are invasive and beginning to take over. Another way to play along with the invasiveness would be the place the forms on the branches. Without harming the tree of course. 

Another location that I have in mind would be a junkyard which would play into the fact of waste and toxins, but I'm not sure a junkyard business would like that. so I can make it seem that a new life form is coming from what is considered waste or junk. As of the moment, I do not have photos of that.