A s
i t e is
the space where the installation is exhibited. It can be inside or outside.
Most installations are specfically created with a particular site in mind.
The physical, historical and social diemnsions of the site can be discussed
and presented in the installation. For example if you have a look at the
installation to the right by Christo and Jeanne-Claude, it is an example
of a artwork that consdiereds the physical space of the site. They
have taken into consideration the dimensions of the artwork to fit into
that specific site. Another way to describe these types of installations
is site-specifc
art.
Discover more work by Christo & Jeanne-Claude. As well as site-specific work by Sol LeWitt.
Discover more work by Christo & Jeanne-Claude. As well as site-specific work by Sol LeWitt.
Christo
and Jeanne-Claude:
Surrounded
Islands, Biscayne Bay,
Greater
Miami, Florida, 1980-83
The
term m
e d i a on this
website refers to artists that use electronic media in their artwork. The
use of digital media, video projection, television, sound, light have become
a significant part of installation art. "Media art poses museums and cultural
institutions with notoriously difficult problems in terms of preservation
and conservation because technological equipment and software used for
media art projects becomes obsolete very quickly."Discover more media installations
by Jenny Hozler and
Nam JUne Paik
Nam JUne Paik
http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/media%20art
Marie-Jo
Lafontaine,
We
Have Art so thta We Do Not Perish by Truth, 1991
Artists use the site of the
m u s e u m to create installation art, many of the artists that produce this type of installation, such as Fred Wilson, Barbara Bloom and Hans Haacke, use the museum collection as well. By doing this these artists almost asume the role of curator, sometimes these artists are known as artists / curators as they do a similar job to what a curator does in a museum. These types of installation are critiquing the museum and its modes of display and interpertation. Discover more museum installations by Hans Haacke and
Joseph Kosuth.
Louise
Lawler
It
Could Be Elvis
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