In week 5 our lecture talked about the importance of exhibition and presentation of artworks. The lecture started with a picture of the famous “Fountain Duchamp”; which is a urinal called fountain, and is signed “R.Mutt”. The piece of art was produced by Marcel Duchamp. We talked about how this particular piece of art released in 1917, asked the question, what is art, and are ideas more important than representation. In my opinion ideas are more important, as I think the idea is the essence of art and creativity.
Next we began to discuss site specific art. This is artwork created to exist in a certain place, and usually the artist takes the site into account when producing the art, an example of this is Gem Finer and his piece “A score for a hole in the ground” which is basically a hybrid water instrument. The entire project was based around a large underwater river that supply’s running water to an underground pit. This pit houses steel discs and blades of different sizes. As the water from the river hits the steel instruments sounds are created. These sounds are then put through a large horn acting as an amplifier, when discussing this in class the question was raised was this art, and surprisingly the opinion was divided. Personally I believe it is art, although I believe for the size of the project, and the amount of money pumped into it, maybe the project could and gave a little bit more in terms of usability. The other piece we discussed was the piece Paul and Gem Finer about Lough Neagh. I found this piece involved the community a lot more, and in turn seemed more worth while.
During the lecture the main theme and recurring point was the importance of choosing the right location for different pieces of art, and also the importance of art presentation, specifically the venue and the way it is consumed.
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