I decided to crit ‘Transient Convection’ (2021) in its working state. At this point I did not have the title for the work so I have yet to receive feedback on that.
After working on the idea to include polystyrene to the final installation (mural, painting) of ‘Transient Convection’ (2021) I changed the idea from having coming from the walls down into the space to actually affixing the polystyrene ‘sticks’ to the ground where a person would move around them, rather than moving them themselves. I was not sure about including them at all, however I decided to leave them in situ for the crit, as I find crits to be most useful when I include something I am not sure about. After the crit on May 19 2021 I took on the overall audiences view that even though they had been deliberately placed in junctions of colour on the floor, the scale of them was the main issue they had with them. I agreed with this, however on reflection I found that the painting seemed to work better without them, as the colour on the walls and floor was strong enough to hold up on its own.
Images of polystyrene ‘useless plinths’ (2021) in the ‘Transient Convection’ (2021) installation.
After this I decided to photograph them in a separate space.
Image of ‘useless plinths’ (2021) in the studio.
I felt that the issue I have with these works is the scale. I decided that if I were to show them, I would add to the collection, making some to the scale of a human and even larger, reaching the roof space of the place i was exhibiting in. This would allow for a more immersive installation and for maximum audience participation – they would be able to move around the space, tower over and be towered over by the polystyrene.
The title ‘useless plinths’ came to me as Srin described them in a way which made me think of them as employ plinths in a space, but they’re made of a material that wouldn’t work very well to actually hold something on. The fact that the work has been painted directly onto the polystyrene makes them a canvas in its own right. I think they would work well being shown like this.
Images of the scale I would like to achieve with this work in the future.
