What is Installation? - Nicholas Zurbrugg

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Art & Installation

A FUSION WOK OF architecture AND installation

There must become a natural end point to both art and architecture; whether or not this cessation ends in a culmination of ideals or an abrupt reaction against the present is yet to be seen.

1. Do we accept the current and near future status quo in terms of our liberal attitudes towards interdisciplinary experimentation and implementation and foresee a future where we will inhabit installations and the very nature of the installation will become irrelevant and just a part of life.

2. Separate parties seek to preserve the purity of their form and rally together to create distinction and use for their individual crafts. Installations for Art and entertainment; Architecture for habitation.

In his second paragraph Zurburgg almost destroys the very nature and necessity for installation art, he points out that installation works are those works that are done by artists, which involve:

INSIDE

OUTSIDE

LARGE

SMALL

PAINTING

VIDEO

PHOTOGRAPHY

LINOGRAPHY

SCULPTURE

PERFORMANCE

INTERACTIVE

LINEAR

MANMADE

ORGANIC

Installation works seem to have come about from a need for artists rationalise the lack of stand-alone substance in their work, therefore relying audiences engagement with space to elicit an affect. Zurburgg goes on to list the historical beginnings of installation, obviously this is done in hindsight but it seems installation is any structure or earthly change that is created with out an everyday practical use [by todays standards]. It would seem that from all the artists Zurburgg has decided to investigate: John Cage, Tracey Emin, Duchamp et al, he is trying to find contrasting attributes that would make installation a valid form and not just: what artitst make OR anything that is ever made.

Le Corbusier an architect, however the buildings he designed for the public sector were absolute failures. This leads me to believe the Le Corbusier was an installation artist [since i have succinctly proven that he wasn't an architect[. He created his own concepts around the way (should) live, he thought he could impart his own controls on the system of living through architectural choices.