-Olafur Eliasson
23.7.12
Study2 under the typhoon no.9
" I would like to make sense of the work by sensing the work."
-Olafur Eliasson
-Olafur Eliasson
thoughts under typhoon signal No.9
I thought light is already quite 'formless' as a medium in art.
After reading the latest review of the new Turbine Hall( The Unilever series) association in Tate Modern, i can't wait to go there and this time, not just sitting on the cold concrete floor but walking with the artwork and listening to it.
Tino Sehgal is the first artist who brings intangible works- stories to the great big inspiring space, he has performers to be the stories teller, to every visitor.
Usually we view works either in the hall or stand right back on the balcony, taking an example of the last piece- a massive vertical projection to show tributes to a dying medium- film, by Tacita Dean, visitors sat or stood in front it while viewing, children bouncing around happily, couples embracing with arms around each others. Audiences became part of the work when they were viewed from the above; but still we were looking at the same direction, viewing a tangible artwork. To compare with Sehgal's work, it is very confusing to define what and where is the artwork. He takes the idea of interaction of individual and groups to the maximum, with very simple material, us- humans, the audiences. We are the artwork. We are the subject and so the object. Visitors go in and the story teller without any hints of identification approaches, telling you his most personal story, asking you questions like' When did you feel a sense of belonging?', these interesting encounters will surely make me think of a doing a proper self reflection. Knowing a bit of the artist's background, who has been living in a foreign country for many years, similarly to the fact that i had spent few years in the UK, well only for studying, i got attached to his straight away. Thinking I was leaving my own motherland, sitting in the coach station when waiting for the bus to Nottingham with absolute anxiety and shivering because of the temperature difference, but very soon i saw many people there were just like me. The emptiness was getting much greater, and as if there was a sound behind me telling to get use to the fact or you will have to suffer more.
I really enjoy spending an afternoon in the Southbank, let alone the Tate modern. Although it is getting much commercial, this thought is apparently came from the two popular solo exhibitions there( Yayoi Kusama and Damien Hirst), it still has a space to the public to get in touch with art( like the new space, tank), and most importantly for free. I was reminded HK is attempting to create a cultural space which is reference to the Southbank, for sure I have only disappointment and no expectation at all. Seeing those extremely tall luxury residences are being built up rapidly in such small city, art is seemingly the last thing to think about. I wonder how i can take a break or some fresh air between those skyscrapers here.
After reading the latest review of the new Turbine Hall( The Unilever series) association in Tate Modern, i can't wait to go there and this time, not just sitting on the cold concrete floor but walking with the artwork and listening to it.
Tino Sehgal is the first artist who brings intangible works- stories to the great big inspiring space, he has performers to be the stories teller, to every visitor.
Usually we view works either in the hall or stand right back on the balcony, taking an example of the last piece- a massive vertical projection to show tributes to a dying medium- film, by Tacita Dean, visitors sat or stood in front it while viewing, children bouncing around happily, couples embracing with arms around each others. Audiences became part of the work when they were viewed from the above; but still we were looking at the same direction, viewing a tangible artwork. To compare with Sehgal's work, it is very confusing to define what and where is the artwork. He takes the idea of interaction of individual and groups to the maximum, with very simple material, us- humans, the audiences. We are the artwork. We are the subject and so the object. Visitors go in and the story teller without any hints of identification approaches, telling you his most personal story, asking you questions like' When did you feel a sense of belonging?', these interesting encounters will surely make me think of a doing a proper self reflection. Knowing a bit of the artist's background, who has been living in a foreign country for many years, similarly to the fact that i had spent few years in the UK, well only for studying, i got attached to his straight away. Thinking I was leaving my own motherland, sitting in the coach station when waiting for the bus to Nottingham with absolute anxiety and shivering because of the temperature difference, but very soon i saw many people there were just like me. The emptiness was getting much greater, and as if there was a sound behind me telling to get use to the fact or you will have to suffer more.
I really enjoy spending an afternoon in the Southbank, let alone the Tate modern. Although it is getting much commercial, this thought is apparently came from the two popular solo exhibitions there( Yayoi Kusama and Damien Hirst), it still has a space to the public to get in touch with art( like the new space, tank), and most importantly for free. I was reminded HK is attempting to create a cultural space which is reference to the Southbank, for sure I have only disappointment and no expectation at all. Seeing those extremely tall luxury residences are being built up rapidly in such small city, art is seemingly the last thing to think about. I wonder how i can take a break or some fresh air between those skyscrapers here.
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