Feedback From Last Term & Further Research

Points Mentioned:

•  "‘the pleasure of viewing’, the placement of the reflective in space with the position of the viewer; was this a consideration when installing the work; are we as viewer to place ourselves within this? Have you considered a room installation or is the object as artefact the conceptual centre? (Kusama: https://www.victoria-miro.com/exhibitions/491/)" 

• The light bulb within the piece - this could be perceived as an interactive artwork. I do not think I will continue with the interactive style artwork in this way as I think a better approach would be to focus on the viewing. 

• "Could ceramics be made reflective – there are gazes that can do this?" There are glazes that can make the ceramics reflective, but these are too expensive to use. I could try a sample piece I suppose.  

• Make a more secure, succinct final piece, professional standard, not fragile... This term I will make sure the work I create is fully bolted or fixed together to a professional standard.

• As my annotated texts were a strength last term I could make annotated texts into a book of some kind, display this as a published/ printed text rather than just a folder. 

 
Further Research:

• Book: Beyond Infinity Eugenia Cheng to get more of an idea of infinite reflection. 
• Room installation, or the object as an artefact - research Kusama: https://www.victoria-miro.com/exhibitions/491/). 

Yayoi Kusama: Sculptures, Paintings & Mirror Rooms

25 May - 30 July 2016

Victoria Miro Gallery I, Gallery II and Garden

Yayoi Kusama, All The Eternal Love I Have For The Pumpkins, 2016

• Kusama has created infinite rooms through using reflections. 
• "The room fuses some of Kusama's biggest artistic obsessions – squash plants, polka-dot patterns and infinite space – and is complemented by a trio of polished bronze pumpkin sculptures sitting close by."

Source: https://www.dezeen.com/2016/06/02/yayoi-kusama-mirror-infinity-room-installations-pumpkins-chandelier-victoria-miro-gallery-exhibition-london/ 

Reflections and future development:

• This has really got me thinking about whats in the reflections of my sculpture, and whether to create a room installation similar to Kusama. 
• The fact that Kusama's work includes a sculptural pumpkin form which is reflected in the mirrors makes me think perhaps I should create a sculptural form to be reflected in my stainless steel sculpture, to add another element to it. It reminds me also of how I presented my work for assessment last term, where I placed some of my sculpture in front of the stainless steel to reflect it back in it, see the images below: