What's the meaning?
As I was going through the Nash Gallery still set up for the Spark festival, I found myself trying to interpret every piece of art I saw to find its "real" meaning. With the 3 cages with nests inside and a constant scroll of animals being projected onto the floor, I decided that meant these animals are all caged inside their homes and not allowed to be free. Perhaps this is more of a burden than anything, because I sometimes find it hard to just stand there and take in the art for what it's worth and enjoy its message and beauty. I cite this visual journalism class I took last year as being the reason why I examine art so throrougly. The class had us watch just one scene from a movie, and then comment on every single frame of the scene (all 85 of them, in detail). This exercise taught me that every element of a work of art can have some significance to the overall piece, even the slightest lighting element or way of filming something. Overall, I was very impressed with the variety of art the Spark Festival had to offer, whether it was Blendie or growing mold. One installation I had trouble understanding was the dinosaurs drinking water? There were two robotic "things" that moved toward this pool of something. It looked like a lot more things on the installation should've been moving or doing something, so I'm not sure if it was broken or what. If anyone has any thoughts on that installation, I'd appreciate it!
I regret not writing down the name of the installation+artist that did the nest art, for that was one of the most interesting pieces I saw in the Nash Gallery.
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The artist who did the nest art is Amy Youngs- she was at the wonder women panel discussion at the Walker and talked about that piece. I don't remember what it was called though.
Posted by: Kari | March 17, 2008 04:04 AM