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douglas gordon

douglas gordon is one the most famous instalation artists


in the UK his work features existing films such as psycho
and the exorcist , he takes the traditional technique of us-
ing videos but developes this idea by adding time elements
and moinitors.

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so onewalker
example is would
one instalation
be psycho he artist
took this film com-
modern instalations now can include diffentent platorms such as
who maximises
pletely the locations
slowed it down her and called it 24 the usage of screens and projections to display videos and pictures
to a 24 hourofpiece
, when you look back on tradtion methods using the location to
galleries
hour psycho usind colloured
another exampleprojections
would be be left is right
create an emotion through colours and shapes were always a key
and right
and is wrong
silhoetes and instalations,
in her left is wrong andherright is right in way to make a succesful intalation, an exaple of this would be in
this installation
work links to the he projects
historythe of film whirlpool
slavery so twice nextmost art galleries you wouldd find hung pieces of work against
to eachother , with the right side reversed so that the-
she uses black shadows to resemble plain white backgrounds to highlight the work. nowerevdays
split screen mirror each other; by digital means, Gordon
slaves.
separated individual frames of the original film so that
though there is afrom
the naration new demand
his piecesfor installations
take to bethe
the plot from viewed in
film he
more than one angle so that the viewer feels the room is another
odd-numbered ones on one side alternate with even-num- is presenting and expresses the meaing behind this film for
world
example left is right and right is wrong and left is wrong and
Olafur Eliasson
bered ones on the is an artist who trys
other
to immers his viewers into an un- right is right which links to the film directly acting on the idea
that korvo ( a character in the film) is hypnotist who tricks
known world of natural elements
the heroine to complete crimes. his installation plays upon the
expressing public issues, his work idea of her not understanding right from wrong . The space
features technical intractable instala-
the installations audience would be those who was used effectively removing all distractions and causing the
tions .
areinterested in classic films he brings these out viewers to concentrate on the large screens, doing this adds
dated films back to their light showing how they meaning to his work he wants the viewers to understand why
finally
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developed whomeaningful
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is aThis work he has developed this film to fit the name of his instalation
would cause
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comitioned histoown
look at the film in
form
of another way,work
instalaton those in
who might
the not&appreciate
blum poe these
films would like this work due to him completely
artchanging
gallery the
to display his interactive
way a film is displayed.
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