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September 16, 2005
Morning with Noguchi
The visit to Noguchi was definitely a good mental break after a hectic start at ITP. A first- timer, venturing out into the area called Queens, I headed over there early on Saturday at around 10am.
Arriving at the museum at 10:58, I saw a few people waiting in line for the museum to open. At exactly 11 sharp, the doors opened and we all hurriedly made our way through the entrance.
I first noticed the amount of sunlight in the museum. The museum wasn’t enclosed at all, with wide openings near the top of all the walls. What do they do on a rainy day? Let the art pieces get wet? Shadows played a big part in the museum as the sunlight hit the sculptures and created a piece of artwork of their own on the floors and walls. Also, you could get really close to the pieces. It’s quite rare to see a museum with no barriers. As I passed the big- stoned sculptures, I was pleasantly surprised by the outdoor garden on my right. I walked past the piece, Spin-Off #1 from the Chase Manhattan (the wrinkly basalt stone piece by the entrance into the garden) and noticed that the water that had been sprinkled on the rock, made the sky-blue color reflect on it. I personally couldn’t believe that the piece was naturally wrinkled to such a form.
It's surprising to see how these hard stones could be shaped into aesthetic pieces of art. Stone is probably one of the hardest materials to work with for an artist. It definitely isn’t as tangible as computer art that we are used to.
As I walked through the museum, I noticed that there were simply too many art pieces everywhere. The second floor had some of Noguchi’s furniture and architectural models and more of his art.
I felt that the layout of the museum could improve. I couldn’t quite orient myself in the space because of the layout. It seems that the building of the museum itself is so beautiful and the pieces of art scattered without careful consideration, didn’t compliment the architectural structure. The pieces didn’t work together as a whole.
I wonder what the experience would be like if I were to visit at night.
My fascination with bathrooms
Light box
From this observing, I went onto make my light box and record on dv. I placed a black plexi with holes on top of the white box. The box had a sheet of mylar rolled up. As the lights came through the holes, this created some really interesting reflections on the back of the white box.
video.
Posted by min at September 16, 2005 09:47 PM