Of course, while some of these art installations are designed to be photographed by the masses, others are more focused on giving you something to do. I looked at it from nearly every vantage point but the "X" on the floor-and once my body was in the correct position for the sculpture to reveal its true shape to me, I found it far less interesting. There's one piece that requires you to stand on one exact particular spot in order to understand what you're seeing. especially since I rarely look at anything just straight-on. than I am in recording how my eyes see something. So, after walking through the "Pulse Portal" by Davis McCarty of Galexy Design (first seen at Burning Man last year), I headed straight for something I could see for real, interact with, and photograph.Īnd I started with me and my rainbow-colored shadow.īut I'm less interested in taking photos of myself in any particular environment. I'd rather really do something than just pretend to. If I can't take pictures there, my time is better spent where I can.īesides, I don't care about simulations. That's why when I went to Wonderspaces, the art pop-up in the Mission Valley area of San Diego, I skipped anything having to do with virtual reality. If I can't take photos, it takes a lot of the pleasure out of it for me. It's part of the experience for me-just like going to a botanic garden or attending a horse show or taking a tour of a cool building. In fact, one of the reasons I particularly enjoy a sculpture garden or neon art or a laser light show is because of the challenge that photographing it presents. Sculptures and installations are an entirely different matter. Or maybe it's to avoid buying the poster in the gift shop.īut the same doesn't hold true for all art. Maybe it's to have a keepsake of their own particular experience of the art. Maybe it's to prove that they were there. I never really understood why people take pictures of paintings-and especially of other photographs-in galleries and art museums.
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