At the Tate yesterday, We saw some work by Jenny Holzer, who is a conceptual artist from america, I vaguely knew of her, but I wasn't sure why. When we saw her piece I was instantly mesmerised, the work that was on show was called 'States Of Flux' Which consisted of seven LED strips that words would appear on... which would scroll up and down, and merge into new words at any given time. It was visually amazing, and the message behind it is also really interesting. When I got back home I looked her up, and realised where I knew her from, this was her past work called 'Projections'. I have always loved this photo above, and never known who it was by until now, which I am really pleased about, its basically projections words that string into sentences which often speak of violence, oppression, sexuality, feminism, power, war and death. Her main concern is to enlighten, bringing to light something thought in silence and was meant to remain hidden. The projections are then projected onto buildings, cliffs and everything in-between, it really is visually amazing, and is a very interesting way of showing words, its almost like graffiti which disappears after a short amount of time. Anyway, its another interesting way of interacting with people and is stunning to see.
3.06.2011
JENNY HOLZER - PROJECTIONS
At the Tate yesterday, We saw some work by Jenny Holzer, who is a conceptual artist from america, I vaguely knew of her, but I wasn't sure why. When we saw her piece I was instantly mesmerised, the work that was on show was called 'States Of Flux' Which consisted of seven LED strips that words would appear on... which would scroll up and down, and merge into new words at any given time. It was visually amazing, and the message behind it is also really interesting. When I got back home I looked her up, and realised where I knew her from, this was her past work called 'Projections'. I have always loved this photo above, and never known who it was by until now, which I am really pleased about, its basically projections words that string into sentences which often speak of violence, oppression, sexuality, feminism, power, war and death. Her main concern is to enlighten, bringing to light something thought in silence and was meant to remain hidden. The projections are then projected onto buildings, cliffs and everything in-between, it really is visually amazing, and is a very interesting way of showing words, its almost like graffiti which disappears after a short amount of time. Anyway, its another interesting way of interacting with people and is stunning to see.