Before meeting up for dinner, we split up, and some of us chose to stop by the Irish Museum of Modern Art (the IMMA)
At the museum, we saw several different installations, though the one that resonated (no pun intended) the most with our little group (Josh, Austin, Adam, Peter, Jazmin, and I) was Haroon Mirza's Are Jee Be? an interactive, four-roomed art peice. This work consisted of lights and sounds, flashing at rhythmic intervals, as well as warped film footage. The walls of the rooms were decorated with information panels from past exhibits (notably one about Elleen Gray) as well as foam blocks. The first room features a steady red light, the second a green flashing light, as well as a TV showing a film of Bjork, and Icelanding singer, dismantling a TV and talking about how she thinks it works, which glitches from time to time. The next room shows an interview with an old woman talking about painting, which also glitches. The final room has a large blue light panel, which plays various rhythms. In the following video, I started filming in the blue room, and walked my way through the the entrance.
At the museum, we saw several different installations, though the one that resonated (no pun intended) the most with our little group (Josh, Austin, Adam, Peter, Jazmin, and I) was Haroon Mirza's Are Jee Be? an interactive, four-roomed art peice. This work consisted of lights and sounds, flashing at rhythmic intervals, as well as warped film footage. The walls of the rooms were decorated with information panels from past exhibits (notably one about Elleen Gray) as well as foam blocks. The first room features a steady red light, the second a green flashing light, as well as a TV showing a film of Bjork, and Icelanding singer, dismantling a TV and talking about how she thinks it works, which glitches from time to time. The next room shows an interview with an old woman talking about painting, which also glitches. The final room has a large blue light panel, which plays various rhythms. In the following video, I started filming in the blue room, and walked my way through the the entrance.
I really loved this work. It felt like you were transported to another world, and walking through the mix of beats and colors was very interesting. The installation felt like a mix of a futuristic dance club and a world where everything had already begun to fall apart. I could have stayed there for a long time, especially when listening to the hypnotic rhythms in the blue room. Walking through here made me want to create works in response to it, something Haroom Mirza thought of. He created a website with the sound samples used in his installation, and invited people to remix them and upload their work to the same website. The collaborative side of this piece really interests me, and I will likely look into this some more. Lots of possibilities.... and one really fun installation.