Exhibition ideas

Photo Booth to showcase my art works.

Exhibition – ‘Monsters’

The aim is to create an emotionally stimulating static piece of artworks which should provoke one’s mind to question how we view others around us, these works will be viewed in an exhibition space. This controlled space should elicit the response wanted from the audience.
While looking up reviews of other exhibitions, key points were brought to attention. These points included how every piece of art there is brought into weighing of one’s own piece, within the exhibition. This brought forth the thought of making one’s display contrasting with the other pieces. Which in turn would cause a more memorable viewing. The importance of a memorable exhibition is extremely essential  when factoring in all aspects of the project ‘Monsters’, firstly the project is about grabbing attention and forcing the audience to make an emotional response, secondly the aim is for the project to stand out from other health campaigns, if successful the mock campaign should be worth talking about and possibly provoke questions, or opinionated conversations.

Aiming to create a dated 1980’s-1990’s photo booth to frame and showcase the art works, reason behind this strange showcase is as mentioned before the overall viewing experience will be more memorable, other than that it will stand alone and stand apart from the other exhibitions. One would walk in and sit (where one is meant to have a picture taken) instead of a screen showing one’s facial expressions, there will be a screen showing the static art works. The art work will be on a loop, so the viewer can go in at any time draw the curtain and see all the work connected with the project. On the outside of the photo booth there will be plaques explaining the works, their importance and the connection between the subject and personal experiences.
The rough dimensions of the photo booth are as follows, door 6ft by 4ft, the booth itself should stand between 4ft and 5ft wide and just taller than 6^ft length wise. On the outside of the booth, where one would normally collect said photos, the audience will be able to collect business cards. The booth will have a panel of plastic imitation wood running down the front as well as a small mirror for retro authenticity; the reason behind this retro style choice is that photo booths are rare in this modern society being that younger generations can take the same type/standard of photos at home with the use of such digital hardware as webcams, digital cameras smart phones etc.  If the space needed is provided further planning and proper measurements will be made. Further graphic plans will be made so that the construction will be simple and legible. As for the flooring within the booth, the retro style will be continued possible with a black and white checked floor (which is a mix match of styles but hopefully will add to the retro/out of date feel) The curtain will be a heavy velvet curtain, which the viewer will be able to open and close at will. The colour of the curtain has not been agreed yet.
Overall the rough summary of the plans for the exhibition have hopefully been fresh and exciting.