My final piece for the exhibition is going to be a series of microscopic images created by drawing onto a paper that shrinks when heated. My plan is to display them framed, alongside photographs taken with a microscope so that the detail can be seen with the naked eye. I have also been looking into a way of being able to view the pieces directly through a microscope.
I found these display cases by Jerry Elford, which are individually designed for viewing microscopic pieces of artwork. They are really inventive and a mean that the pieces aren't lost in the gallery space.
This is a problem that I have to consider, as a lot of the pieces exhibited by other people will be larger and more eye-catching.
The initial idea behind my final piece came from wanting to encourage the audience to look closer at artwork, getting as close to the piece as possible, something which is often frowned upon in art galleries. The gallery experience for me is somewhat ruined by the rope and alarms making sure you don't get too close, touch or steal any of the artwork. You can feel alienated from the work - as if you're kept at a distance, making sure that every artist has to fight the urge to feel the textures in the paint.
Jerry Elford's display cases enclose delicate and tiny pieces of work, with built in microscopes so that the audience can view the pieces easily but with as little physical interaction as possible. This is why I don't want to use a method like this to display my pieces. I want the audience to feel involved with the work and not feel like they're separate from the art experience.
This is a problem that I have to consider, as a lot of the pieces exhibited by other people will be larger and more eye-catching.
The initial idea behind my final piece came from wanting to encourage the audience to look closer at artwork, getting as close to the piece as possible, something which is often frowned upon in art galleries. The gallery experience for me is somewhat ruined by the rope and alarms making sure you don't get too close, touch or steal any of the artwork. You can feel alienated from the work - as if you're kept at a distance, making sure that every artist has to fight the urge to feel the textures in the paint.
Jerry Elford's display cases enclose delicate and tiny pieces of work, with built in microscopes so that the audience can view the pieces easily but with as little physical interaction as possible. This is why I don't want to use a method like this to display my pieces. I want the audience to feel involved with the work and not feel like they're separate from the art experience.
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