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I went to the installation by Jane Mi. The installation consists of a small inlet in
a gallery. The walls had a few photos
displayed and a video playing, and the ground was covered in small, black
stones. Stepping from the gallery floor
and into the rocks in the installation, I had a feeling that I was entering an
entirely new environment.
The pieces
in the installation were a mix of Antarctica and Hawaii. For instance, there was a copy of the
Antarctic Treaty in the Hawaiian translation.
The treaty states that Antarctica will be only used for scientific
research and is banned from all military activity. Interestingly, the Unites States colonized
Hawaii and began scientific colonization.
Perhaps the artist is trying to warn us of the potential colonization of
the currently barren landscape of Antarctica.
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| Black Ice animation |
My favorite
part of the exhibit was the animation of iceberg tracking. The animation was projected from the ceiling
onto the ground. I enjoyed how an
animation from NASA and the National Science Foundation ended up in an art
installation. The multimedia aspect
really added to the experience as well as the fact that it was unconventionally
projected onto the ground.
Overall, I
enjoyed how the artist gave a sense of stepping into Antarctica and another
world with the set up of this installation.
It was interesting to see scientific research being brought up in art
because we have not talked about it in this class; however, I believe it is an
important topic in art and science.
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