QUESTIONS FROM MISS
1. Can an idea be a work of art?
I think that anything could be considered a work of art, even ideas.
2. Is good art always skilfull?
I don't think that "good" art is always skilfull because I don't think there is such thing as "good" art, I think the quality of art is entirely subjective so I think that whether the artwork was made by an experienced professional or a newborn baby, you can't put one piece of art over another objectively.
3. If you don't make works of art can you be an artist?
I do think that you can be an artist without making works of art because I don't think being an artist can be defined only by creating physical works of art.
4. Why might artists ask other people to make work for them?
Asking someone else to do something based off instructions could be an example of collaborative art such as "Whispering for Help"
5. What makes an instruction interesting?
I think interesting instructions would be those that are up to interpretation and could be taken multiple ways.
6. Does a photographer always have to be the one who presses the shutter?
No I think anything or anybody could press the shutter and the photo will still be the photographer's photo depending on their involvement.
1. Can an idea be a work of art?
I think that anything could be considered a work of art, even ideas.
2. Is good art always skilfull?
I don't think that "good" art is always skilfull because I don't think there is such thing as "good" art, I think the quality of art is entirely subjective so I think that whether the artwork was made by an experienced professional or a newborn baby, you can't put one piece of art over another objectively.
3. If you don't make works of art can you be an artist?
I do think that you can be an artist without making works of art because I don't think being an artist can be defined only by creating physical works of art.
4. Why might artists ask other people to make work for them?
Asking someone else to do something based off instructions could be an example of collaborative art such as "Whispering for Help"
5. What makes an instruction interesting?
I think interesting instructions would be those that are up to interpretation and could be taken multiple ways.
6. Does a photographer always have to be the one who presses the shutter?
No I think anything or anybody could press the shutter and the photo will still be the photographer's photo depending on their involvement.
Here is my analysis of this image by John Baldessari, at first I didn't see a lot that I could analyse but the more I looked at it, the more it interested me, for one I realised that there were other people in the background of the image. I also realised that the main subject of the photo wasn't wearing any shoes which made me wonder what the intention was of this photo and what led up to it being taken. I also wondered about when and where this photo had been taken, the wide flat roads and large houses made me think it could be taken somewhere in America and the old car seen to the right of the subject made me think that the photo could have been taken some time from the 60s to the 70s but thats just speculation. A lot of the photo was quite hard to make because of the low quality, which I think could be due to decayed film.
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Erwin Wurm is an Austrian artist, in his extended project "One Minute Sculptures" that started in 1996, he focuses on instruction based art.
These are the first photos that I took as a response to Erwin Wurm's One Minute Sculptures. I don't know if I really got what I wanted from this topic during the photo shoot, but I still quite like these photos. For example the first image in this selection was supposed to be of the photocopier closed onto Biba's head, with the light of the photocopier showing, I couldn't really replicate what I envisioned and so I feel like the photo lacks the strageness that I wanted to have. I also feel like throughout these photos I kind of neglected the major "do it" concept that Erwin Wurm used, where there was a lot more participation and contribution to the photo from the subject. I feel like maybe the ideas that I had for photos may have clouded this aspect as I tried my best to capture what I had in my head and rarely left space for the contribution of Biba. The second and fourth photos in this sequence are using a box that I had noticed had one mark in the shape of an eye and another in the shape of lips. I feel like these photos also fall into the same fault of the rest where there is not much space for subject contribution, although something that I definitely could have done was given Biba the box and taken a photo of whatever she chose to do with it, maybe she wouldn't have seen the same eye and lips that jumped out at me when i saw the box, I'll make sure to create an environment of more creative freedom if I ever try and attempt more photos involving subject participation. The third photo I feel is my favourite of the five despite it being out of focus, I originally gave Biba the skull to put in front of her face in a way where the eyes were facing upwards and I think she misunderstood, but I like the way that she thought to do it more anyway. I think the unique shape of the animal skull definitely contrasts well with the shape of the human face. I like the 5th and final photo quite a lot too, but I think that the photo is mainly carried by the prop used and it could have been shot better. I like the way that the object looks like some sort of helmet or mask, but I do think that the photo could've been improved if I had gotten Biba to experiment in the way that she held it. Overall I am kind of pleased with the photos, but I see this shoot more as a learning experience into this style of photography rather than something that I see as a finished product.