Boots
Final project time, woo! This project is called "Boots", and it deals with either a social phenomenon or the psychic energy we have inside all of us, whatever you believe in or not. I had a really good time acting as the facilitator of this exercise, I basically just got to play with people's psyches for a bit, trying to tease out a more comprehensive image. The exercise went as follows: I set up in a space that was unfamiliar-ish, or at least not a personal space, then I asked the subject to examine the boots for as long as they felt they needed. Then I read out the following script (with a little variation based on their answers): "Close your eyes. Imagine a comforting and familiar space. It can be in your home, at school, or a place that you’ve never been. Please describe this space. Now, invite the owner of the boots into your space. Take a moment to greet them and look at them. Now describe them to me. How old are they? How tall are they? What are
I think you make a great point here. The angle from which a person sees Yi's work changes the image that we see. It also changes our understanding the space that we are in.
ReplyDeleteYeah... yeah!! His experimentation with space is pretty interesting. Like you said, his exhibition in Wriston incorporates several pieces that form a cohesive environment, and this idea of working on-site and playing around with a unique space and time is an interesting approach.
ReplyDeleteHannah, I definitely agree that Yi's idea of "terraforming" by working with a given space is fascinating and has a unique commentary on how we traditionally evaluate the aesthetic of that space, and it should be explored more often by other artists, aspiring or not. I however wasn't exactly sure how that video he showed really had any real relevance to the projects he's working on now. I thought the main purpose of his art was challenging people's perception of what physically possible, and not the importance of memory. I personally thought it distracted from the purpose of his coming here in the first place, which I thought was to go in-depth as to why he pursued art after a long run in architecture and why he chose the medium of zip-ties, neither of which he didn't really explain well.
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