Space

Chapter 5 ends with The Critical Process, a look at Doug Aitken's the moment, where the technology involved in the creation of this work affects our comprehension of space.  Reference how constructed space, in which we can move and interact has affected our experience of “real space” and face-to-face interactions.  How does our sense of self, as constructed in this kind of artistic space, differ from “real life”? Most importantly, what does this mean for the future of art? 

Space is not just the amount of room on the canvas.  It is how you use it.  But it is also how you use the space given to present your work of art.  On a canvas you can paint something as sall as a molecule to as big and bigger as a city.  You just need to know how to work with your space.  You need to paint details smaller to portray the city bigger.  The picture above with the squinting eye is interesting. Why? Because if you were to stand in front of a real person and they squint their eye you think nothing of it.  But in the image it is beautiful.  I understand this because I am a graphic designer and am obsessed with eyes manipulating photos of them, but on a daily basis they are nothing special to me.  A picture slightlyy changed and hung around a room makes people move.  But it also makes them wonder.  Why is this considered art?  To me I do not know.  I do find it beautiful.  Not sure why though.  The room around these images is blank and all one color.  As to not cause a distraction.  The room make you notice the art.  Only the art.  You are surrounded by nothing but the art.  It is almost hypnotic in a way.  While you are trying to figure out what it means, you just can not get it out of your mind.  And I think that might be the point.  Maybe there is no meaning.  Maybe the meaning is just to get you thinking. To put the art work in your head, so that you just keep thinking about it.  That way you will not forget the artist and his or her masterpiece.  Future art is going to keep developing space is going to get bigger.  Artists are going to find more ways to make you want to see everything at once.  

I was looking at the questions for Doug Aitken's the moment, and I think they may help me understand the term space a litlle bit more.  

How would you speak of this space?

At the beginning of the presentation a voice whispers, "I want to see everything."  That is the point of this.  One page nine,  it says people are wanting to see every screen at once.  The way this is set up, there is so much going on.  Screens showing different peoples daily life.  The average person is nosy.  We want to know how everyone lives.  This art work spread each piece out so viewers can see a little bit of each one.  Excited to move one to the next, but wanting the first to finish.

In what ways is it two-dimensional?

Looking at the art as one piece, I feel it is two-dimensional because it is showing life in its simplest form.

In what ways is it three-dimensional?

However, it is three-dimensional.  It may show life in its simplest form but in a complex way.  Different people, different lives.  Scattered throughout a room.

How is space represented?

The space is represented as a guide line to distort your attention to the screens.

I hope some of those questions made my response a bit more thorough.  I know I have been having trouble at the beginning of the semester.  Hopefully, this one is a bit better.  Put a lot of thought into it.