Fine Art Installing the Installation 22nd October

Installing the Installation   22nd October

With yesterday being a starting point to fine art, and with only two more days to finish the group installation, it was a rush to get as much done as we could before tomorrow's group critic in the afternoon. With my voice still not back, I had to try and communicate as best I could, even if it was a bit painful.

Starting with the two black walls we'd covered the day before, we then cut up bin bags to make a sort of roof. This would block out some of the light and help give a darker more depressive feel to the installation.

We found, then started arranging some of the objects that could symbolise some of the things in the engraving. We gathered together some tools and even found some boxes that could be some of the shapes. As we were arranging the objects some of the comments we were getting was that it was too much of an remake and not an interpretation. I stood back and could see where they were coming from. We needed a rethink of our ideas and another brain storm.

With a quick group talk and different ideas coming from everyone, we decided to have one side lighter and filled with the measuring tools and shapes. The other side would be darker and devoted more to the flowing fabric, to mimic the visual divide that was in the engraving.

Using the white pole as the divide, to mimic the ladder in the engraving, I started to arrange the objects. As I stood back, I still wasn't happy with how it was looking. It was far too bright to make you feel depressed. I wanted someone to look at it and get a feeling of dark depression. I came up with the idea of making a sort of screen to block the open side. Clearing it with the group first, I then started making a long drape out of bin bags that could hang from the ceiling. This was then tied to the ceiling. It wasn't the best looking thing in the world and I would of liked to of had some fabric, but it was black and seeing and there wasn't much fabric or cloth around, we didn't have time to be picky.

With the side up and the objects assembled, we had another look at Melancholia I. We wanted some more things done before the day was over. We needed a light that we could then cover with a cloth to make it dim. I pointed out that it could be a dim light of hope in the darkness of depression. It would be a faint light that was always there, but not always in view, or bright. We also needed the box that had the numbers on it, known as the magic squares. That was one of the main objects in the engraving.

We all went on a treasurer hunt for these objects. We happened to find the magic square, the one thing I thought we would never find. Yes, it was missing a line and only had three boxes instead of four, but with only one day to finish the project I wasn't going to start getting picky. If we had more time we would have made one. The light on the other hand was harder to find. We needed a small, not very powerful light.

Sadly, time was up, but with so much done in so little time today, I was happy how hard we had worked to a lot of things done. We had a quick talk on what we should bring in tomorrow; mainly what we could use for a light, and some more black fabric.