Enviremental installation of Art

Installation art is installed and arranged in a place, either inside or outside.  This work is created by the artist or by other artists, as the main artist tells them to. Whether it's temporary or permanent, installation art can be constructed of virtually any material that the artist wants.  These materials that are chose are used carefully to create the installation.  Installation art is a creative extension of a room in the artists mind.  It is a way to create or recreate what the room is or what the room should be according to an artist.  We make it for personal satisfaction of how a room makes us feel, and how we want to make others feel when entering the room.  Richard Wilson’s “She came in through the Bathroom Window,” I found most interesting.   He used a room’s skylight to cast an image over waste oil, to project an exact mirrored image of the ceiling’s architecture.  You would never know it was oil, until you dipped your finger in it, and created a ripple in the reflection.  It is brilliant and inspiring. 

When creating my installation, I wasn’t inspired by any certain piece or artist.  I thought for a long time about which room in my apartment I felt the most emotion and artistically connected with.  That room would be my porch, as it’s an extension of me and one of my passions in life.  I wanted to explore the Environment theme of installations, and my medium will be plants and organic décor.  I feel a connection with the earth and all of its creation, and am emotionally tied to them.  I spent all spring sowing seeds and watching them grow from sprouts, to summer watching my plants bloom, to fall harvesting tomatoes.  I can’t tell you how many countless times I rearranged plants, stands, and other furniture to get the right feel and balance in this room.  With all this moving this and that, I finally have it right, and it figures winters around the corner.  So I am finally enjoying the work, with only a short while until the first frost hits. Next spring will be a new pallet (new apartment) and new sprouts.   I can’t wait!