INTERMEDIA

Im glad we are finally talking more about more artists and their installations. This reading kind of made me a little sad because i will never be able to see most of these installations, but i must say this is the easiest read we have had to do and it didnt introduce concepts i haven't thought about before.(Except for how certain artist went about creating what they did and the methods they used) So it was nice just reading about artists  and their interpretations of their art and how and why they did the things they did. I am hyper aware of the concept of artists as ecologists though i never thought of it in those terms. It was nice to read about artist who are trying to evoke their audience with out being a spectacle.  I like how in the Carolee interview she talks of bombarding the audience with these images and multiple visual elements  because they are so use to the narrative structure. Ive brainstormed a number of installations that resemble some of the ones that i read about in the text and it gave me a new perspective on my ideas and how i can transcend what i am doing with my art to create a entirely body transcendent experience. Im a huge fan of Barbabra hammer and the other day in class you showed us something from the Tate or MOMO but i saw in the you tube suggestions Barbra hammer on the right and immediately speeded home to watch her installation. Anyway, i think she has some good things to say about the audience and the environment she wants to put her audience in.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MLobRZk4SF8