Final Installation: A Preview to My Senior Gallery Show

My final installation planned changed a little in the process of trying to create it. Originally my plan was to do a full run through of my senior show, but I made the decision when ordering the photos that I wanted to wait and have my final show be "original" and be the final and only run through. So with that in mind I chose to do a mini installation. I ordered only 100 photos to see an estimate of dimensions of how much space 1/10th of my images would cover. I chose to do a free collage on my kitchen table, collaging, but not sticking the images so they could be reused in my final show (photos are expensive). The entire set up actually only took me about 30 minutes, which was impressive in my eyes as I was expecting it to take WAY longer. The installation allowed for people to circulate the table, dodging my three rescue dogs who were enjoying playing tug of war underneath the table... it really allowed for an immersive experience. The final "preview" was about 4 feet by 6 feet and used 97 collages images. 

I believe my installation partakes in activated spectatorship as it is a commentary on animal abuse and rights, while making comments on mental health within America. It encourages the viewer to discuss the effects of mental health while engaging with the problem of homeless animals. It encourages people to reevaluate themselves and their needs, but also to look at the needs of living beings around us. 

I think from this experience, I learned that my photos definitely need to be matte printed and sorted ahead to subject, size and horizontal verse vertical print as they are all not the same. Over all, doing this mini run through, gave me a very clear image of what I want within my final installation, while getting me extremely excited for the final product as the entire process was easy yet SO rewarding in a mini version. 















Comments

  1. Hong LeMarch 11, 2022 at 11:56 AM

    That looks really impressive and I can't wait for your show!

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  2. Morgan DonahueMarch 11, 2022 at 12:31 PM

    This is so touching and impressive! I can't wait to see what you do with it in full scale!

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