Having only the weekend and a budget of $100 to set up the show, I'd say it ended up looking pretty awesome. A large moon gate with Chinese lanterns was built to the entrance of the gallery, with bamboo on either side. Inside the gallery were many plants, rocks and a few bowls of water. We also constructed a red movable wall for the entry. The rest of the gallery was painted with different shades of gray. The gallery was carefully lit to create a peaceful and intimate mood.
My piece was of a giant city that I spent over 100 hours creating in Adobe Illustrator. I used only the pen tool, photographs from my trip, my imagination and every color Adobe had to offer. It was a fun project that I enjoyed working on.
To make the piece more engaging for the viewer and to try and really bring the work off the page, I utilized 4 television sets that flashed random images based on my illustration. Randomly, one of the TV's would go into a frenzy and flash nearly 100 images per second. With the four TV's flashing in front of the giant mural I had painted (41"x 85") I was trying to create a sense of chaos, a sense of being overwhelmed by flashing colors and the frenzy of a fictitious but very real urban landscape. The piece was primarily dealing with urban sprawl and the crowdedness of our cities. I liked the idea of using TV sets because I thought of them as televising our tragedy of over population, like a message from the emergency broadcasting association.
The show will be open at the Laverne Krause at the University of Oregon from January 28th - February 1st. The Laverne Krause Gallery can be found near the main entrance of Lawrence Hall.
To view the video documentation for this installation, please click here.
To view the video documentation for this installation, please click here.
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