THE TEMPORARY NATURE OF ART Installation art is temporary.
How does this impact upon the artist? What does it mean for their art making practice?
Temporary art impacts upon the artists, as this means the artwork only has a limited time to make, be photographed and possibly viewed by an audience. This means that the artwork won't last forever, temporary art, especially natural artworks involving nature can only last up to a few hours, this would also mean the artist may have to work fast with their artwork, and have no time in perfecting every little detail. Most temporary works with nature would be destroyed naturally, either by weathering, wind, heat, rain, any part of the natural cycles.
What is the effect of time?
Time doesn't last forever, and neither should artworks, this gives more of a realistic approach on artworks. Due to artworks being temporary, time is so much more valuable and gives meaning to the whole piece.
Does the temporary nature of a work make it seem more important?
Yes, as once a work is destroyed, no one will ever see it again, this makes the audience and artist find it much more important, because not everyone will get the chance to see it, and a photograph may only be the only remainder of the artwork.
Is the artwork only relevant and important when it can be viewed?
Not necessarily, depending on what the artists thoughts for the artwork, if the artist made a temporary personal piece, they may not want to photograph or show it off to an audience, it may just be something they made for themselves personally, but if an artwork that was made for an audience can't be viewed, it doesn't make it non-important, it just means they weren't there to see the live piece. Most temporary artworks are photographed, mainly just to prove that the artwork existed, and if there is just a photograph of the work, it can still be relevant and important, as it can be just a moving as the actually piece.
What happens after it is removed? How do we even know it existed?
After it is removed usually the setting of the artwork is back into its original condition, and no one would be able to tell there was an artwork ever there. The audience would know it existed if they saw it, got told about it, or if there was a photograph taken of it.
How does the idea of temporary art impact upon the importance of documenting the art making process?
This makes the documenting much more important and useful, as this is the only evidence the artwork would have and documenting it can help the artist improve on their next temporary work. Documenting a temporary art may also be apart of the artwork as well. An artist may create a sculpture but submit a photograph as the photograph may show exactly what the artists intentions were, e.g. A temporary sculpture that needs a certain position of the sun to represent the shadow for their artwork. This means the artist may have just wanted that shadow as the whole point of the artwork, and a photograph or video may only be the evidence of that shadow.
How does this impact upon the artist? What does it mean for their art making practice?
Temporary art impacts upon the artists, as this means the artwork only has a limited time to make, be photographed and possibly viewed by an audience. This means that the artwork won't last forever, temporary art, especially natural artworks involving nature can only last up to a few hours, this would also mean the artist may have to work fast with their artwork, and have no time in perfecting every little detail. Most temporary works with nature would be destroyed naturally, either by weathering, wind, heat, rain, any part of the natural cycles.
What is the effect of time?
Time doesn't last forever, and neither should artworks, this gives more of a realistic approach on artworks. Due to artworks being temporary, time is so much more valuable and gives meaning to the whole piece.
Does the temporary nature of a work make it seem more important?
Yes, as once a work is destroyed, no one will ever see it again, this makes the audience and artist find it much more important, because not everyone will get the chance to see it, and a photograph may only be the only remainder of the artwork.
Is the artwork only relevant and important when it can be viewed?
Not necessarily, depending on what the artists thoughts for the artwork, if the artist made a temporary personal piece, they may not want to photograph or show it off to an audience, it may just be something they made for themselves personally, but if an artwork that was made for an audience can't be viewed, it doesn't make it non-important, it just means they weren't there to see the live piece. Most temporary artworks are photographed, mainly just to prove that the artwork existed, and if there is just a photograph of the work, it can still be relevant and important, as it can be just a moving as the actually piece.
What happens after it is removed? How do we even know it existed?
After it is removed usually the setting of the artwork is back into its original condition, and no one would be able to tell there was an artwork ever there. The audience would know it existed if they saw it, got told about it, or if there was a photograph taken of it.
How does the idea of temporary art impact upon the importance of documenting the art making process?
This makes the documenting much more important and useful, as this is the only evidence the artwork would have and documenting it can help the artist improve on their next temporary work. Documenting a temporary art may also be apart of the artwork as well. An artist may create a sculpture but submit a photograph as the photograph may show exactly what the artists intentions were, e.g. A temporary sculpture that needs a certain position of the sun to represent the shadow for their artwork. This means the artist may have just wanted that shadow as the whole point of the artwork, and a photograph or video may only be the evidence of that shadow.