20. Plotting Presentation IMPORTANT

Hypothetically Plotting a Grand Scale Exhibition:

My project this semester has been heavily digital, and so I would have liked to have been able to present it digitally too.

I would have liked to have been able to use large scale, high quality projections like Pipilotti Rist, 

or perhaps large scale digital screens like London's digital advertisement boards.

I imagine that presenting my work on a screen like this would add to the digital effect, affirming that it is unreal, futuristic, and intangible. Also, it would be back lit and bright, eyecatching.

Neither my budget nor the space I have allows me to present the work how I would like to, but I have explored some possibilities assuming I did have space and a high budget:

Idea 1.

Find a room with 3 equally sized white walls, and place 3 projectors in the middle.

Project work onto each of the 3 walls, so that wherever you look there is art. Ensure that there are a fair few meters between the projection and the wall, so that viewers are forced to walk in front of the projectors and cast their shadows onto the work - creating an interactive experience.

(Example below, Pipilotti Rist's work often includes the human form and shadows.)

(This could be pushed further by finding a box room with 4 walls and projecting on ALL 4 to create a 360 degree experience.)

Idea 2.

Staying with the theme of projection and shadows, I considered the possibility of projecting a single large scale projection onto a VERY LARGE wall - very tall, and very wide. The projector would be at the back of the room, forcing viewers to walk out infront of it and cast shadows over the art, thus becoming a part of the piece.

I wonder if it would make viewers feel uncomfortable to cast their shadows over the piece, as if they were doing something wrong by hindering the light. But, they would also become an art piece THEMSELVES, because the light that they are blocking will be projected onto their bodies instead. Much like my experiments before, 

although, it would be unintentional in the case of the common viewer, and they would become an art piece without even realising it.

The large scale would be daunting, dominating the viewers.. But they would be able to have their own dominance over the piece by casting shadows big and small. The closer they are to the projector, the larger the shadow.

Idea 3.

In this idea, I pondered the possibility of using large scale digital screens, like advertisement billboards or large scale televisions. 

Perhaps something like this, without the thick black border.

Large scale screens like this would be incredibly futuristic, and it would be ironic in a way, because most of my art involves nature, flowers and organic shapes.

Large scale technology screens is the total opposite of nature.

They would be back lit, so they would be permanently bright and eyecatching.

The reason I cannot do this is because they would be incredibly expensive.

Idea 4.

Idea 4 is very similar to idea 3, using nothing but digital screens - but, Idea 4 involves MANY digital screens, of all different shapes and sizes.

I am interested in the idea of creating a mosaic wall of art pieces - perhaps some in series of related art pieces, or developments from the original photo to the heavily manipulated final piece (this would allow viewers an insight into the process and make them feel involved).

The pieces would not have to be aligned in a specific, "professional" way. I like the idea that the images could free flow across the wall, with no care for specific groups of shapes and sizes.

I like the idea of having VERY LARGE pieces, and very small pieces - this forces the viewer to step back, AND approach to see the smaller pieces. It commands them to move and interact with the piece, creating an intimate experience. The smaller pieces would be more personal to the viewer, because they had to move to see it - whereas the larger pieces would dominate, causing a discord and unease of people moving backwards and forwards.

The room would be DARK to allow the screens to stand out individually.




If I was holding my own exhibition, I would fill a gallery with all of the above ideas in order to create an immersive, varied exhibition that renewed the interest of my viewers room by room. No two rooms would be the same, so they would never become bored of the layout.