Research Installation Art- Introduction to Installation.

Installation Art
Installation art is the term given to art which uses a certain environment to involve the art and staging. It is an expression which draws attention to the staging of the exhibition, in contrast to just the art. The art revolves around a concept decided by the artist but it does not have any set rules. All media can be considered Installation art, an example being Gabriel Orozco, who used painting, sculpture and photography, yet was considered 'The leading conceptual and installation artist of his generation', a quote by the Tate modern.
An installation can involve lighting, room space, sound and decor of the room as a piece of the artists work.
Last year, I visited an exhibition by students at park lane college. They were given the brief of installation art, and created projects revolving around the horror genre. The exhibition was in a dark, indoor location, which had the windows blacked out. This initial response to the brief made viewers of the exhibition feel enclosed and on-edge. A fear of the dark is quite a primeval fear, which the artists knew the majority of people were afraid of.
Some students chose to prioritise there pieces on sound or moving image, which personally I found to be the most effective. This is something I will consider when planning my artwork for our exhibition.
Some of the artwork involved walking through a narrow space or looking through a small space, which I also thought worked well. This worked with the phobia claustrophobia and the fear of being trapped.
Something I witnessed in the exhibition that I thought did not work well, was two videos I saw. One video was of a boy saying,' im trapped, I cant get out' repeatedly. Another was a video which used music. The reason I thought these did not work as well is because they did not make me fearfull and I thought the over all execution of the videos did not look profeshinal.
However, I did feel that the exhibition was obviously well planned and produced quality works of art in a setting which used different media to fulfill the brief.