Installations

Technology can be applied to many aspects of art - photography, film, printmaking, commentary on society, digital design, etc. We've talked about a lot of these. Printmaking is the closest we've gotten to actually talking about the technologies that allow us as artists to make the things we want to make - such as cameras for photography, saws for woodworking, and casting for sculptures. Many sculptures are installations, which are works of art that are temporal. They tend to be site-specific and change depending on where they are placed. You can find more information here.

Not too long ago, I visited the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC. If you've never been there, definitely take the time to do so. It's an amazing museum, which houses brilliant permanent and non-permanent exhibitions and collections. But, if you have been there recently, you may know that to get from the East Building to the West Building (or vice-versa), you can either walk outside the buildings, or take an underground tunnel. But of course, being in a prestigious gallery, the art never ceases to exist around you. If you click here, you will see what the tunnel looks like. That's Multiverse, by Leo Villareal.

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