Day 4 of Installation Art.

The fourth day had a lot in store for us.We discussed the terms minimalism, conceptual art and pop art. The class was divided into three groups. Each one discussing one of the three topics assigned to them. The group I was put into was assigned conceptual art. While discussing we came across many examples. These examples exemplified that the art was more to do with the concept and the delivery of the concept rather than the aesthetics or the way it looked. The art was about the thought behind it. After discussion we shared this information with the class. The other two groups shared their information as well. I learnt that minimalism isn't about incorporating small things but using small simple elements to describe and more importantly capture the essence of whatever is being conveyed. As for pop art I learnt that the art form was all about popular culture. It was more about glorifying popular people or practices.

After this discussion we were further divided into groups and our group (Karishma, Rhea, Aarushi and obviously me) was asked to create an artwork in the lines of pop art. We started brainstorming and we wanted to do something with Flappy bird. Flappy Bird is a game that just released a few days ago. Everyone was hooked onto the game and the game itself was very controversial. So this was our theme but we really did not know how to proceed. WE first decided on buying balloons of different and using the balloon as a Flappy Bird. 

This is the picture we had used of Flappy Bird on which we ultimately worked.

So we decided to fill the balloons and place it along side this image which was to be projected onto the screen. But it felt very disconnected. Aarushi then suggested that we should place the balloons in front of the projected image. We tried it out an dit looked much cooler than before and also looked very pop like. 

The final composition of Flappy Bird.

Obviously we did get feedback. The feedback was actually quite helpful in terms the image we wanted to create in peoples heads. The name we gave it was "Tribute to Flappy Bird" as the game had been removed from the net. But our facilitator explained to us that it necessarily did not have to be about the game itself. It could have just been about the bird in the game. He said that the work must be open for interpretation. Making it specific would not allow the people to view it with an open mind.