Making sense of it all
A link for a website of street art -
http://streetart.antville.org
I will put a few examples up of this genre once my internet connection starts to work properly.
I thought it would be a a good idea to discuss the topic a bit more. Spatial photography and street art are closely linked in my opinion. Both use a space, whether it be created or natural, filled (maybe?) with an artists work. How my idea fits into this.... The flyers/posters will. As I am using public space to create awareness to a piece of art that is about the space of E&C. Even the piece of art itself (the movie) is using the space of E&C itself. It can be said that I am using space that once was, space that is present now around us and the idea of space that is to come. Who says that to use space means to be in it? I am capturing the space that is available, was available and will be available and putting it on a virtual space. It all boils down to the idea of space or spatial practice. What is it? Can it ever be defined? Is space something we see with our eyes? Is it something we see with our imagination? Is it real? There are no definite answers, unless you consult a dictionary, but even that is open to interpretation - which is an excellent word to use in this context.
'Interpretation' - is personal, is opinion but above all - open. Nothing defined, not without debate anyway.
Recently on the news there was an article on a gallery exhibit which has just opened in Wales. Nothing hangs in this gallery. Nothing is shown. There is only white bare walls, a roof and a floor. Is this a good use of space? Depends on what the artist wanted to achieve. But it is a prime example of using space to create a reaction (good or bad) within those who view it.
How does photographic use of space work? Photography is mostly about documenting. Much the same way that painters work...You have the portrait, still life and landscape. Whether it is a true likeness is beside the point. What is documented is the persons thoughts and views who produced it. Most photographs are produced to document...A child's birthday party, a glamour portrait, a still shot from a film etc. So are we documenting the space of E&C? it seems so from the above trail of thought. But like I said earlier, that is always open to interpretation.....
:D
http://streetart.antville.org
I will put a few examples up of this genre once my internet connection starts to work properly.
I thought it would be a a good idea to discuss the topic a bit more. Spatial photography and street art are closely linked in my opinion. Both use a space, whether it be created or natural, filled (maybe?) with an artists work. How my idea fits into this.... The flyers/posters will. As I am using public space to create awareness to a piece of art that is about the space of E&C. Even the piece of art itself (the movie) is using the space of E&C itself. It can be said that I am using space that once was, space that is present now around us and the idea of space that is to come. Who says that to use space means to be in it? I am capturing the space that is available, was available and will be available and putting it on a virtual space. It all boils down to the idea of space or spatial practice. What is it? Can it ever be defined? Is space something we see with our eyes? Is it something we see with our imagination? Is it real? There are no definite answers, unless you consult a dictionary, but even that is open to interpretation - which is an excellent word to use in this context.
'Interpretation' - is personal, is opinion but above all - open. Nothing defined, not without debate anyway.
Recently on the news there was an article on a gallery exhibit which has just opened in Wales. Nothing hangs in this gallery. Nothing is shown. There is only white bare walls, a roof and a floor. Is this a good use of space? Depends on what the artist wanted to achieve. But it is a prime example of using space to create a reaction (good or bad) within those who view it.
How does photographic use of space work? Photography is mostly about documenting. Much the same way that painters work...You have the portrait, still life and landscape. Whether it is a true likeness is beside the point. What is documented is the persons thoughts and views who produced it. Most photographs are produced to document...A child's birthday party, a glamour portrait, a still shot from a film etc. So are we documenting the space of E&C? it seems so from the above trail of thought. But like I said earlier, that is always open to interpretation.....
:D
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