Practice question · Put in order
Arrange these installation decisions in the order they should be taken.
- Resolve the light and the neighbouring works
- Decide how much interpretation arrives, and when
- Establish what the work asks of the viewer
- Set the height and the relation to the floor
- Decide the position and approach that deliver it
Hints
- Start from what the work requires rather than from the room.
- Interpretation is decided last, once the encounter is settled.
Show the answer
- Establish what the work asks of the viewer
- Decide the position and approach that deliver it
- Set the height and the relation to the floor
- Resolve the light and the neighbouring works
- Decide how much interpretation arrives, and when
Why
Beginning with what the work asks of the viewer is what stops the room deciding for you. Every subsequent step is then answerable to something, and an installation that cannot say what it is delivering has been arranged rather than designed.
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