Settings: Reflections

The final installation went well. I think there were areas that could definitely have been worked on but some aspects of the work seemed to be effective.

I found that the site worked well particularly because the wall was a side of a car park. I had not really taken this into consideration and felt that the added 'white noise' from the vehicles traveling through the levels of the car park really added to the abandoned, derelict environment that I had initially envisioned.

There were a few issues with the audio and speakers. I found that the second time when I had correlated all of the necessities for the installation into a checklist that the showing went a little smoother. The issues that arose prior to the showing of the installation were easily avoidable (flat battery on phone, compatibility with speakers). I did find, however, that the softer the sound from the audio, the more the the viewer had to interact with it. 

I was happy that I had printed the art labels in the end as they were a very late idea but I think they were effective as an added element to further push the idea of 'high' art. 

A number of the students in the class did come and ask how we managed to get the paintings that the artists in the audio clips were talking about and that felt like a success to me. I wanted the viewer to feel very conflicted about what they were seeing compared to what they were hearing.