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Picnic Projections

 

    I really loved making our installation piece. The freedom we had to do whatever was so liberating. I was so impressed with how we had a bunch of different themes emerge from all the random stuff we brought, and how the piece felt pretty cohesive overall. The piece to me has a feeling of a picnic gone wrong. The front half especially is full of such vibrant colors and flowers, feeling inviting at first glance. Then as you look at it longer and read the writing on the walls, it feels a little more ominous. The back on the other hand takes this aggression further, with the book on the wall yelling at you along with all the 'Not for Sale" signs. It felt very current to make something that also seemed to be commenting on the environment. All the greens in the room and the flowers coming out of the trash definitely added to that, along with the fact that the possible consumerism of our 'store' was aborted by the 'Not For Sale' signs. I think it would be interesting to see our piece presented to viewers without context, because I feel like they'd just think it was cute at first, and then would be more confounded by it later. 


My bad for not having a picture of the whole installation,
I don't know how to upload the video I took on my phone. 


    I had a lot of fun helping contribute to the piece. Making a couple objects to hang on the wall in the 'store' was fun, I enjoyed just putting a tube through a piece of metal and calling it a sink for no other reason than that it reminded me or the pipes underneath one. I also had a lot of fun making what turned out to look like a bondage teapot, which was not the intention but was pretty funny once place in the space. It was also so therapeutic to absolutely rip apart my class of 2024 shirt from last year, that eased a lot of frustrations. 

    Regarding the history of installation art, we are obviously taking elements from Oldenburg's 'The Store", but I think we really made the piece our own. I think we are also sort of combining the ideas of a Happening with an installation in an interesting way. While we have this environment that surrounds and confronts the viewer, the elements like the invisible goldfish and the unfinished art (in the back) make it more interactive. 

Comments

  1. Xiyue ZhangFebruary 2, 2022 at 11:35 PM

    I like your combination of all the installations we made separately. It gives me an idea about the theme of our group project, which can be "Nothing for sale".

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  2. Hong LeFebruary 3, 2022 at 1:39 PM

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  3. Hong LeFebruary 3, 2022 at 1:39 PM

    I love your teapot. It is really creative of you. And also yes, our first installation really made me feel liberated since we could literally do anything with the space.

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  4. KelseyFebruary 7, 2022 at 12:05 AM

    Love the bondage teapot. Honestly my favorite thing in the installation. It has the perfect combination of cute, fun, silly, and a lil spicy for the exhibit, while still being elegant. "Cute, fun silly, a lil spicy, and still elegant" are some pretty solid life goals. Jealous of you, teapot.

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  5. Morgan DonahueFebruary 7, 2022 at 10:07 AM

    I love the bondage teapot! I am so glad you put it back together, I think it is a really interesting element and I was very sad when you undid it at first. The ripped t-shirt was also very fun. The things you made were very much in-collaboration with everything else happening, in a lovely way!

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