When coming to deal with the final MAJOR project, it only
comes down to: what can I say that has not been said before? How can I bring
anything new that has not been done before? How can I re-invent the wheel and
still make it roll?
The brief itself is very flexible and open, it gives me the
chance to produce something, anything, but justify every move and process. I
need to be clear.
One thing that came to mind is the size. Before I even start
thinking about an initial idea, I need to consider the time I have to produce
it, costs of materials and space. How big do I want to go? How big CAN I go?
Putting aside minor details, I need to come up with 3 different ideas,
different mediums for each idea and make it logical.
I am now thinking about something completely irrelevant to
the brief itself: how provocative do I want to be? Do I want to shake people’s
minds? Do I want to mess up with them? Can I justify my need of provoking in
the name of art or is it just for the sake of provoking? For example: if I want
to move forward with an idea that will require offending people in a way, how
can I avoid offending them and make it clear that I just want to deliver a message,
an idea, leave my mark and not just be another student delivering a project?
One of my ideas involves light. The initial idea was an
installation and whatever whatever whatever light. Then it progressed, as I
started playing with the meaning of light, having to do with my name of course
(yes, Or in Hebrew means light). I wanted it big, sparkly, changing, involving
the crowd, mega giant super wow. And then I reduced it to the concept of light,
but let’s go smaller, maybe think about the phrase “let there be light” and
quickly it became the seven days of creation and the whole biblical story of
Genesis 1. Few hours later I moved from super complicated to super simple. How
about a room? I imagined a dark room, and a light switch. Hey, wait a minute,
not even a switch. Let’s make it an infra-red movement detector, and if someone
walks into this room, there will be light! WOW effect and orchestra in the
background. I am a genius! Now let’s minimise it even more: how about a dot.
Just a dot. Simple. Minimalism. Project is done. An hour later, I am still in
the same room, but the floor is moving, the sealing opens up and the creation
of the world happens in the same room with the light switch. No, no good. Too
many health and safety issues, not enough time to get something like this done,
and I will probably need a stage crew to make something like this happen. Ok,
so let’s focus on hearing. Yes! Everyone relays on vision, they will never
expect something like this: same room, everything is dark, white noise (thank
you Steven for the fab idea!) and a deep voice announces: let there be light!
And then, we can hear the sea as God separates heaven and earth and then more
sounds of birds, wind in the trees, animals… you name it, it’s there! Oh, and
while we are there, how about some sparkly skies? Stars? Maybe even glitters
(the audience will love that, won’t they? Erm, no.) Yes, I messed up the order
of the days but I am overly enthusiastic about it all. And just before they are
about to leave the room, I need to come up with the creation of man but how?
Relay on sound again? Maybe put Eve’s voice telling Adam she asked him to do
something 5 minutes ago and how many times does she need to ask? Maybe not. Maybe
just a silhouette of human bodies, nothing specific?
Just something that passes through, allowing the brain to make the connection?
God! Creating a world is too hard!
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