Initial reaction of the visitors, staring into a white, still canvas
A shift has started to take place
Followed by a stronger crumbling effect
An gradual change in expression of the visitors along the
crumbling effect which became more aggressive
An experience at a closer distance
The Crumbled Space, The Crumbled Purity
Achievements: By displaying a still, white canvas for a period of time, it is observable through the facial expression that the audience became faintly uneasy towards the fact that "nothing has happened". This then stimulates a question as the blank projection goes on: "So will anything happen here at all?".
When a 'change' happens on the mundane surface, it then creates a reaction towards the movement which was once still, and the sound of the room which was once silent. The purity of the space is now disturbed.
Realization: An experience could be enhanced simply by relocating the viewpoint of the audience closer to the projection. It has been proved during the installation that people tend to feel more 'involved' being right under the projection rather than standing from a distance, as it stimulates a sense of 'gallery' which separates the audience from the installation.
Future Expectations: If this project is to be improved, I would consider the involvement of the audience and the distance between the viewer and the projected screen. The limitations of a 'framed' projection should be removed as well since it reminds the viewer of a 'screen' similar to that of a movie or a framed artwork. The installation should be implemented to be more subtle in terms of visual production, but effective in terms of impact.
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Through the exploration of personal experiences, I defined eroticism to be "something pure that got tainted". It was a summary towards small occurrences which stimulates the feeling of eroticism which may be as simple as a bed with a wrinkled bed sheet, or a white wall smudged with dirt. Those are precisely something abnormal that happens on a normal plane, looking so "out of place"and "altered" that they stimulates a reaction and curiosity from the viewer.
In application to the installation, the chosen site is a room filled with "rumors" of possibilities. It is a room in which no activities within the faculty are involved, containing a space which has not been assigned to any function or purposes. The room, to me, is "pure" in terms of having "no association" with any of the performances within the nearby area. It has not been tainted by human activities, and therefore it pertains its purity, as a "virgin".
By rumors, it is the rumors of the possibilities in which the room will be "used" in the future events. Some imply that it will be used as an i-Studio, some have heard that it would be available for rent, and some even suggested it to be a True Coffee. This is the moment where the room got "momentarily tainted" by the rumors which has shaken its state of purity, the status of not belonging to anything or anyone. My installation is a projected image of a white surface, a "crumbled space" in relation to the crumbled purity of the room. It is brief and ephemeral; one can witnessed the installation at night, and realised that the crumbling effect was forever gone by the next day. Like rumors that comes and goes, it is a taint that deflowers the purity...and fades away.
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