Haley Valentine, "Untitled," mirror installed on Colonnade steps
Artist statement: This piece creates space by reflecting other elements. Its placement shocks and disorients the viewer when they come upon it, seeming like a hole through the earth, or a wormhole into another world's sky.
Some of my favorite comments from the class: -Very unique. Almost like I'm looking through a window at another world that's looking back at me. -Makes you contemplate the universe -Enjoyed this concept & bringing the sky to us -Reminds me of a window into another realm. Uses space in an abstract way. It shows the space above on a flat surface below.
A great question that was raised in the class comments: -How would this piece change with the seasons?
I love this! I have a cat that is very suspicious if anything is out of order. He creeps up and around it to inspect it, not sure if it is harmful or safe. It is a foreign object that is out of its ordinary place. I think we can be somewhat like that. If I came upon this I would be stopped in my tracks. I would inspect it and be fascinated. Isn't it funny that something so simple as a couple of mirrors in some steps could grab someones interest and get the wheels turning in the minds eye? Very nice!
This is a very abstract idea but you executed it in a basic way. Impressive in a way that it does cause someone to look at the sky while glancing down. does it immediately give me the impression of a wormhole to the other side. Not off the bat. and maybe depending on how the viewer looked at it. (what angle they may come upon it or even if they see it) But I do see it as a hole when looking at the picture that is just the reflection of the sky. As a viewer I want to see more. But maybe that's the idea; to wish to climb through the mirror and peak in on the other side. I haven't experimented with mirrors so I don't know what adding more would do. Why separate steps? What did it look like if you placed them next to each other. I'm sure you experimented with them, I'm just curious.
I tried them adjacent on the long side and adjacent on the short side, but the mirrors had beveled edges and this disrupted the "hole" effect I wanted. No matter how I placed them there was a break between them. I placed them on separate steps because when you looked straight down on them it still looked like one hole, and the beveled edges didn't interact as much that way.
Some of my favorite comments from the class:
ReplyDelete-Very unique. Almost like I'm looking through a window at another world that's looking back at me.
-Makes you contemplate the universe
-Enjoyed this concept & bringing the sky to us
-Reminds me of a window into another realm. Uses space in an abstract way. It shows the space above on a flat surface below.
A great question that was raised in the class comments:
-How would this piece change with the seasons?
I love this! I have a cat that is very suspicious if anything is out of order. He creeps up and around it to inspect it, not sure if it is harmful or safe. It is a foreign object that is out of its ordinary place. I think we can be somewhat like that. If I came upon this I would be stopped in my tracks. I would inspect it and be fascinated. Isn't it funny that something so simple as a couple of mirrors in some steps could grab someones interest and get the wheels turning in the minds eye? Very nice!
ReplyDeleteThis is a very abstract idea but you executed it in a basic way. Impressive in a way that it does cause someone to look at the sky while glancing down. does it immediately give me the impression of a wormhole to the other side. Not off the bat. and maybe depending on how the viewer looked at it. (what angle they may come upon it or even if they see it) But I do see it as a hole when looking at the picture that is just the reflection of the sky. As a viewer I want to see more. But maybe that's the idea; to wish to climb through the mirror and peak in on the other side. I haven't experimented with mirrors so I don't know what adding more would do. Why separate steps? What did it look like if you placed them next to each other. I'm sure you experimented with them, I'm just curious.
ReplyDeleteI tried them adjacent on the long side and adjacent on the short side, but the mirrors had beveled edges and this disrupted the "hole" effect I wanted. No matter how I placed them there was a break between them. I placed them on separate steps because when you looked straight down on them it still looked like one hole, and the beveled edges didn't interact as much that way.
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