Nadia's write up for this week

The four artists to be examined for this week have really got me to thinking about space and how we, as artists, utilize the space we have to work with.
Matthew Richie takes his instillation Games of Chance and Skill and collaborates with architects to integrate his work into the architecture. Arturo Herrera, in his interview talks, is asked why he reworked his piece , Les Noces, so dramatically. Herrera responds that the venue which the work was first exhibited held a six-channel projection and was in a room designed so that the viewer could view the projections as well as other works. The second exhibit only had two projections and editing was handled much differently. Herrera explains, “I wanted slower sequences and many more images so the viewer could find recurring motifs within the exhibition.” Both Jessica Stockholder and Fred Wilson admit to working intuitively after looking at the space in which they exhibit. It is interesting to me that art can change dramatically from one exhibition to another. Factors, such as how many entrances a room has, to lighting, to the country or state that your exhibiting in can have a tremendous impact on the outcome of the work.