2-17: METHODOLOGY FOR SPATIAL INTERVENTION

In the final version of my research paper, I decided to abandon the dossier component (see 2-15), feeling that it lacked clear criticality existing as a purely visual element. Instead, as I began to compile relevant notes and narratives of works that embodied the idea of spatial intervention as a form of documentary, I started… Continue reading 2-17: METHODOLOGY FOR SPATIAL INTERVENTION

2-16: ON DOCUMENTARY

WIP INTRO FOR RESEARCH PAPER “No branch of art has ever more deliberately tried to combine research with interpretation, or laid so much emphasis on the intellectual background of art” said John Grierson of the documentary (1946:159). The Scottish filmmaker had coined the term in 1926 and spoke of the potential for a new art… Continue reading 2-16: ON DOCUMENTARY

2-15: SPATIAL INTERVENTION AS DOCUMENTARY

In my research paper I will be proposing that spatial interventions can serve as a form of documentary. Particularly, I will be examining the ways in which creative works use reality as a material and serve in some way a documentary function in their treatment of the tangible and intangible aspects of space. My current… Continue reading 2-15: SPATIAL INTERVENTION AS DOCUMENTARY