I think that an installation that is based on experience, exactly like 'Blind Light', needs at least a video as reference, if not a visit! Unfortunately, a visit is out of the question. Below is a video filmed by James Kalm. It is by no means a professional video, but it gives a real insight into how the installation works and how powerful the dry ice effect is. The bit about this installation doesn't start till about 3.24 minutes in.


Polanski's 'Repulsion' is a film that I have come across while researching my final major project. So far I have only seen the trailer, but it seems very relevant, containing themes of insanity, femenism, claustrophobia etc. Here it is if anybody is interested:

see you at the bitter end

I've finally come up with an idea for my final major project; I've decided to base it on a book called The Yellow Wallpaper. It's based around themes of medical science, the oppression of women, isolation, mental illness and although the writing style reminds me of Jane Austen, it is only 15 pages long so it wasn't as torturing as say, Persuasion. In fact, The Yellow Wallpaper is really quite powerful.

I have found plently of artist research to get me started too; Bruce Nauman, Susan Hiller, Ed Kienholz. Although I'm not usually a fan of his work, I think that Antony Gormleys 'Blind Light' is great; He uses dry ice to fill a room, creating a very chlostrophobic atmosphere for the public, who can't see their own hand in front of their face. From the outside, figures can be seen, frantically trying to find a way out. Public involvement in art has always fascinated me, and Gormley's installation does a great job of making the public feel how the artist intended; trapped and anxious.

I wonder how many people have had panic attacks inside, and I wonder what the staff would do.

cardboard love in a digital world

I am seriously lacking inspiration at the moment, I can't seem to get started with anything and it's making me doubt myself.

However, I did find these images. I was less impressed when I found out that they weren't 3D - instead, photographs of varnish in water.