Some Research

I decided to do a little research on other fantasy exhibitions. This one curated by Helen Carnac, and is made up of artists that display work on the site axisweb. Helen Carnac's curated show is called Making and Unmaking, Repair and Repetition, -the process of how the art is made is quite important to this exhibition. 

Things Fall Apart, Andrew Burton



After the fact, Catherine Bertola



Satie 840 by Jill Townsley

'Things Fall Apart', 2008, by Andrew Burton is a temporary process-based structure made from pieces of bricks. The strucure is then dismantled and the bricks used again in the artist's next body of work.



In 'After the fact', 2006, the artist Catherine Bertola interacts with the dust on the installation site. Over the course of the exhibition, footprints are left in the dust from visitors to the space, reminding us of human presence. The piece also changes throughout the exhibition as people walk through the space. The concept of transformation and change in art is something that I am also workin with in my own virtual exhibition.

In 'Satie 840', 2007, by Jill Townsley, the numbers are written on a chalkboard, starting at one, and then rubbed off by hand and replaced with the next number in the sequence. The process is repeated until the number 840 is reached. The idea of time and repetition is really shown in this piece of work. Again this is another art work that transforms over time, emphasising the passage of time.

This exhibition works with a similar theme to my virtual exhibition. All of the art works deal with the idea of transformation through time. Both this exhibition and my own can only ever be fantasy, because the art works either no longer exist or have transformed into something else.

Images and research sourced from http://www.axisweb.org/atSelection.aspx?AID=2418 (Cited 11/04/11)