Installation Art

 


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Unit: Conceptual Art

Theme: Installation Art

 

Introduction

 

Installation art could be considered a sub-set of conceptual art. As such, it is a genre that also allows teachers to expose children to a creative environment with little to no budget at all. The conceptual nature of installation art makes it also a great medium to expand an art lesson into an academic one. The term is used interchangeably with art installation. The former seems to be used to name the overall discipline whereas the latter seems to be use to name the actual piece.


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Learning Objectives

 

  • Understand the importance of creativity in the learning process 
  • Explain the concept of  installation art
  • Gain an awareness of the versatility of installation art when used to teach other subjects
  • Experience the creation of a n installation art piece

 

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III

 

Main Lesson 

 

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Installation Art

 




Question 1

What are the main characteristics of installation art?

 

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Art Installation

 

 


 

                                   

Question 2

According to Stephen, what three things one should keep in mind when creating an art installation?


 

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Concept: Installation Art

 

Installation art is a term generally used to describe artwork located in three-dimensional interior space as the word "install" means putting something inside of something else. The term is used to describe large-scale, mixed-media constructions, often designed for a specific place or for a temporary period of time. Installation art pieces are designed to transform the perception of a space.

In our class we adapt this  concept to arrange readymades and found-objects from outside the classroom in order to create an installation that has meaning.

 

 Question 3

Explain in your own words what is an installation art piece and does it stimulate creativity?



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Concept: Readymades
 

The readymades of Marcel Duchamp are ordinary manufactured objects that the artist selected and modified, as an antidote to what he called "retinal art". By simply choosing the object and repositioning or joining, titling and signing it, the found object became art.
 


 
 Question 4

Based on Marcel Duchamp's ideas, what is the difference between retinal art and conceptual art ? Which one of the two enhances creativity?


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 IV
 
A Note to Remember
 
Creativity is an important aspect of learning any subject. The arts are a great medium to stimulate creativity in the classroom. A very affordable way of creating learning projects is using an installation art piece. There are three things to remember when creating an installation: a) Make the familiar strange, b) Interrupt the body, c) Consider all 5 senses. Installation art is a type of conceptual art that uses readymades and found-objects. Its conceptual nature allows teachers to design instruction that can include other subjects as well.
 
 
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Case Studies
 
1

How a Small-Town Art Installation Became an Unlikely TikTok Sensation
 
 
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Brian Petro
 

Found object originates from the French objet trouvé, describing art created from undisguised, but often modified, objects or products that are not normally considered materials from which art is made, often because they already have a non-art function.


 
 
 Question 5

Based on Brain Petro's work, what is the importance of readymades and found-objects when making art?


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Activity
 
Installation Art
 
  • Gather found objects and readymades.
  • Arrange them in a way that makes sense to you.
  • Look at it and find the meaning of it.
  • Write a short synopsis of what it means.
  • Give it a title
  • Take a picture or several pictures of your installation piece.
  • Post your pictures, your title and your synopsis on Discussion Board. 
 
 
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VII
 
Glossary 
 
  • readymades
  • installation art 
  • objet trouvé
 
 
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VIII
 
Students' Work 
 
1 
 
 Circle of Life

 Griffin Wellington, Jiaxin Ning, Junjie Huang
 
 
 
2
 
"Happy Skool" 
 
 

Alec Bleyer, Danny Raphael, Caitlyn Chartier, Ethan Hartz

Our installation art piece is titled "Happy Skool". It is representative of the creative freedom of youth, the willingness to be vulnerable, and the eagerness to experiment. A core value of the piece is that we took something functional (like a hand sanitizer stand) and made it less functional (via other materials), but it also made it more fun and more valuable in the process. The meaning provided by the work as well as the experience of assembling the pieces that never would have been arranged otherwise, made for our happy and wholesome art piece, "Happy Skool".

 
 
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 Habitat Takeover
 
Olivia Lee, Molly Ferris, William Robert Griffith, Olivia Castoro: 
 
Our installation art represents nature and how humans that inhabit it are destroying it. The plant represents a withering nature as the root is very small and branches are thin; and the items around it represent the destruction that humans all over the world perpetrate. 
 

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