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.
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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.
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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.
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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.