Title of project: Untitled
Project format: Installation
Summary of project: A documentary-inspired photo/audio installation documenting the stories and personal testimony of self-injurers.
Project description: This piece will take place in a large, darkened room. In the room, multiple conversations (the interviews that were recorded) will be heard playing at once, quietly, but loud enough to make out portions of what is being said. Also in the room multiple stations will be set up, each one displaying a small box containing an object (currently unknown) as well as one of the multitude of conversations streaming from a speaker. A chair might possibly be placed in front of each individual station. The objects might be placed on a table, and the speaker may or may not be visible. It is a possibility that each station may be dimly lit by an individual light source, which may or may not be visible. Details will be worked out as the piece progresses.
Creative problem: How can I connect the viewer to the subject matter in a way that does not exploit the volunteer being interviewed?
Ideas, subject matter, theme: By isolating the individual stations in this piece I am hoping to make each conversation more personal to the viewer. The volume of each conversation, hopefully, will force the viewer to pay particularly careful attention to what they are currently listening to so that it doesn’t get drowned out by the other voices. The chair is meant to be something inviting, as if welcoming the viewer into the conversation. However, once faced with the subject matter of the conversation it may feel as if they are the one being addressed, or like they are an unwanted presence hearing something that is not meant to be heard by them. The latter can also be interpreted as a comment on our voyeuristic society.
What I am most trying to achieve in doing this project is to make something that communicates to more than just our sense of esthetics. I want to create art that, while visually appealing and artistically relevant, informs viewers and sheds light on subjects that I find important. I believe that to be an artist and to create art is to communicate ideas in a way that people can relate to. An artist doesn’t shove their idea down the throats of the public, but rather feeds their senses and allows each person to interpret the subject matter in a way that is personal to them. That being the case, why not inform the viewer about matters that are important in a way that allows for them to relate it to their own lives, which in turn connects them to the cause.
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do you know what the voices will be saying exactly? I think it would be really cool if maybe you had several different things being said, both positive and negative, to try to play with and manipulate the viewers emotions based on which "station" they are at....just a thought.
first of all, brilliant and wonderful idea, which i totally support and am thrilled that you are doing. second, i am worried that your time limitations might have an affect on your project as it has to be done by the end of the semester and that isnt very far away and i think this is a very time intensive project. however, dont let that stop you because i think this is way too important for you to stop it once you are done photography and you should definitely keep going on with this for ever. and ever. also i am wondering what the relevance of the object in the box is, and will there just be voices playing in a dark corner or will there be photographs and other visual media incorporated?? consider these things!
good idea:)
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im not sure what to say, im having trouble wrapping my mind around it all.
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I think this is a very good concept!
The conversations should be carefully constructed because they are so important. You could even incorporate your own opinions/beliefs to the viewer through the conversations.
A way of perhaps getting the viewer involved with the conversations is to maybe leave a guest book on the table, for them to write in or something like that. Each viewer could get their own page so that its personal for each individual who experiences the piece.
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