INSTALLATION PROPOSAL – Nicole Ryan
A list of ideas
·
What I
see as a Joke.
By using the symbolic face of the Joker off Batman I want to use him to take a
stab at the media as being a joke at times. Shows such as A Current Affair and
60 Minutes tend to manipulate stories to suit their own whims. I was thinking
of placing the Joker or a Joker face on a dummy behind a news desk set up with
a photograph of a silly story in the background.
·
Music for
Dummies
Games such as Guitar
Hero and Rock Band now make it possible for just about anyone to be able to
‘appear’ as if they are playing a musical instrument. It is in fact all
electronic and simplified, requiring no real talent at all because it is not
the real thing. It’s a false reality.
·
False
Reality
A very dark room, a
person hunched over a table, playing a PC game on their laptop. They appear
dishevelled and unkempt. There is food wrappings surrounding him, there is
dirty plates and pizza boxes everywhere. They haven’t shaven in a long time and
there is food and crumbs in his beard.
A chosen idea
Music
for Dummies OR False Reality
A paragraph/page communicating your
concept or approach
Music
for Dummies - I want to gather four dummies (mannequins) and set them up in
a band-like fashion. I can’t afford to buy wigs and rock and roll clothes for
the dummies so I’m just going to have to either keep it in a sterile
environment or it would be cool if I could create a lounge room setting
creating the general atmosphere that Guitar Hero is played. I’m not sure how I
could incorporate a false reality with a lounge room though because I want to
keep my theme simple. Now, the mannequins have no arms so that is a bit
awkward. I could maybe try to gather as many guitar’s as possible and drape
them all over the dummies. I have to decide on the compositional aspect to the
setting like do I want it to appear as if we as the audience is viewing the
scene from the perspective of the television or do I want the dummies to be
facing a television? But I don’t have a television to bring in… hmm.
A list of materials props people to
be used
o Two
Guitar Hero guitars
o A
microphone and stand
o A
drum kit
o 4
mannequins (borrowed from Ralph)
o Couch
chair
o Painting
for the wall
o Rug
o Vase
of flowers
o Remote
controls
A paragraph/page communicating your
concept or approach
False Reality – This is a very
common occurrence where a youth would rather spend all their time and energy
playing video games. It becomes their world. There is even a YouTube video of a
young boy going ballistic because his mum deleted his world of war craft account
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YersIyzsOpc
This is a good example of how computer games can take over lives, when really
people should take a break once a while.
So, I want to get a desk with a computer and have a young dude (Milky) hunched
over it in a dark small confined space/room. There will be mouldy pizza,
plates, cans, bottles and such surrounding him.
A list of materials props/people to
be used
o A
bearded man , Milky or Ammon
o Rubbish
– chip packets, cans, bottles
o Dirty
plates
o Mouldy
pizza
o Computer/laptop
o Socks
and Undies?
o Desk/chair?
Installation
Report Post Shoot - 24/11/2011
I used Ammon Hope as my model for the
‘False Reality’ idea. I gathered a few dozen cans of Solo, chocolate wrappers,
old pizza in its box, old Chinese, old lasagne on a plate, a few dirty plates
and a couple of bags of MacDonald’s bags, cups and some vegemite on toast. I
surrounded a cross legged Ammon with these items whilst he sat in front of a
laptop (mine) with him wearing a black nerdy dragon t-shirt, shorts and
socks with his belly poking out. There is no desk or chair to keep the photo
simple and neat. He has glasses, a beard and long hair which were a perfect
look for my shoot. I used the black back drop and didn’t use the flash for the
photos, only modelling lights giving off the effect of the laptop screen being
the source of light. My social comment is about how we all live for technology
these days and I’m wondering if it’s healthy or not to certain degrees. I’m
depicting a man who doesn’t take a break from technology not even to eat and he
looks quite pathetic. I wanted it on a black backdrop to isolate the form and
give the impression of a darkened room with no intrusion of the outside world. The
focus on my chosen picture is on Ammon’s face, which is highlighted on his
right side, and the whole composition is centred and has an even gravity of
objects surrounding the central figure. I’m very happy with my final outcome
and I believe I have successfully depicted what I was commenting on.
