Week 3. Comments on Miriam Stannage : Sensations

I was standing in the gallery, weeping as I was gazing into the eternal benevolence the artistic compositions. Well not really. But I did find it incredible errrr... awesome (super duper, really really great). It was a true mixture of creative works and technology. My true favorite was the light switches on the wall. I was totally blown away with an interactive piece of art. To be honest, I have never thought very much of art galleries. I always thought it was just a bunch of dumb paints of really crazy people. Its either I was a really stupid kid or the galleries I have been to were really shocking. The galleries have made me think about art in a totally different way. The contemporary works really intrigued me. Those lights are so fun to play with. Although it is a work of art on its own, its like so cool because you can make you own piece which is totally unique. It makes me want to buy 50 push lights and stick them on my wall. Unfortunately, I have no money. So, I just made a cute little animation for what I think it would look like.

It animates if you click on it!

Aww… if only I did have that, that will be cool. I think the artist’s intention in creating this piece of work is allow for some amount of randomness. People will “play” with the lights to make a pattern of some sort from time to time. They will write their name, make simple shapes or patterns. In reality the artist hold ownership of the piece, but we are really the designers in this piece.