In this module, we are tasked to do a sound installation for submission. With the schematics and plan alongside a fifteen hundred word write up.
I have always found gallery spaces to not feel that comfortable or inclusive. There’s a sense of snobbery, perhaps just my interpretation of these places. I visited Gallery 46 last year during my first year and the event I went to which I don’t actually remember changed my mind on the subject. I had always wanted my artistic stuff in a gallery and this is something I’ve spoken about before. To have worked not normally considered to be included in a gallery always interested me even before joining this course. It was something I’d say to my friends, how cool it would be to have our work and our music in a gallery where we could perform and have our art thought off as gallery-worthy really motivated me.
I had a busy Christmas period doing my audio paper and because of this, I haven’t had enough time to think or sit on the idea of an installation. I have little else to do currently so my full focus is predominantly on this task. Although I feel unsure on whether this is something I’m extremely passionate about I do find comfort in the unknown and attempting something alien to me is always interesting.
Initial ideas related to my identity and related somehow to my other skills and passions such as music, radio shows, rap, samples. Performance, obscure non-useful hardware and doing something. My plan is useful for someone like myself. I always work from an unconscious stream of ideas which does work but I need to this time create order to allow for this to happen this. My plan is to research sound installations that excite me and give me ideas. How do I situate myself within this way of showcasing work? As well as this similar to what I did with the audio paper, I will research the benefits of what an installation allows you to do, how does it differ from music? What are the benefits and weaknesses and how can I use these to convey my idea or message through this medium.
Alongside this research and development process, I think the most important part is doing it literally. I want to be keeping a sketchbook of ideas that allow me to not be stuck but develop and actualise my ideas and through doing get an end idea.