So blackboard wasn’t working for me and I decided to write my response here. Chapter 1 of the installation textbook finally answered a lot of questions I had about the subject itself. After the first class, I still wasn’t really sure what this was all about, but now it makes a tad more sense. I think the whole idea of creating a scene out of materials that carry different associations is a very avant-garde way of conveying messages or stories and that’s what I find so interesting about this art form.
I found it interesting to see how installation art evolved into the form that it is today. Starting in the 1950s with Kabakov and his room full of different paintings; to the ’60s where artists started to use actual objects to convey meaning and messages that altered the typical associations that the viewer had for these particular objects; then to the 80’s where quality was masked by quantity and installation art filled huge exhibits to convey meaning. To now where digital images can be projected onto objects to kind of bring a whole new dimension to this dynamic art form. I also particularly liked the feminist movement dealing with installation art and how certain exhibits in the ’60s were decorated in tampons and used sanitary towels which ultimately gave a statement about the world and where a women’s role fell in it.