- Why did you choose the installation?
I learned about this exhibit of Abraham Palatnik's work from Kinetic Sculpture Club and am so glad I went—I love the way he creates a sense of motion in his static work, and a sense of stillness in his kinetic work. - What and how it has been made and how to incorporate it into your work.
For his kinetic sculptures, he has several motors that drive the motion. Everything else is mounted in a semi-fixed way, and move when the motors turn. I'm especially intrigued by the thicker wires at the bottom, that slowly rotate which makes the little dots fixed to it also rotate. In the words of Lulyu in Kinetic Sculpture Club, Palatnik paints with not only the circles and dots but also the wires that support them. I'm fascinated with this idea of creating paintings that move. - How are visitors flow? How is it installed?
The exhibit was arranged like most traditional galleries with all the works on the walls, except for one kinetic sculpture and a low table with Palatnik's notes in the middle. - Where is equipment visible or hidden?
Equipment is very discretely hidden in platforms that the works are attached to, with just a cord that comes out for power. Even the on/off button was very discrete. - What is the material?
Wires, motors, painted wood, and several light sources for the light box. - What is the purpose of the installation?
Not certain. - What kind of technology is used? And in the end, Is it working?
Motors and lights.
final project
Title: TBD
The pandemic has felt like such a distortion of time and reality, and there are little changes about myself I'm still noticing now—one of them being that I lost my sense of wonder at the outside world. I used to feel such joy seeing a perfectly blue sky, or flowers blooming, or hear birds chirping. I might sometimes take a photo, just to capture the moment with the feeling, or to use for inspiration later in my work.
When I started going outside again post-vaccine, I didn't feel any of that. As an Asian-American woman, I mostly felt fear walking outside. Even now, almost a year later, I have to actively search for the sense of wonder amidst the lingering fear.
This project is an attempt at showing that change, by visualizing photos I've taken between 2016 to present. The photos will be represented as flowers that bloom during the week they're taken, colored by the predominant hue in the photo, and projected onto a ball of water. When the flower animation progresses to March 2020, water will start dripping into the bowl, distorting the projection.
Concept drawing ~complete with stick figures~
Equipment:
- Overhead projector
- Water pump controlled by Arduino
- Water bowl