4. The use of exhibition space to create meaning

Exhibition space can change the meaning we have on the work easily in my opinion. When viewing art at a museum we can take more interest on the films because we are there for a purpose to view the art and we have no distractions. Viewing this in a classroom we are forced to watch and therefor will not have the same affect and are less likely to take an interest.

At the Tate Modern, we viewed five artists work. Susan Hiller, Jonas Mekas, Dan Graham, Pawel Kwiek, and Dominique Gonzalez. Out of the five, Dominique Gonzalez's work leaves you with a bigger thought of imagination as the room with her art in is the biggest and has these bunkbeds which fill nearly the whole room, with the added effect of hanging models which give off many thoughts as when you first enter the room we have no idea as to why these huge models exist. Also this room was the only room to be lit as the other four artist's rooms were black with the main light coming from the screens. These other four rooms were very small compared to Gonzalez's but with the rooms blackened and being small it makes us concentrate more on the film because we are not distracted by anything else. Susan Hiller's film PSI Girls has 5 screens, all of which are clips from other films that have a character with magical powers. After the clips have finished, they swap around onto a different screen in a different filter colour. This is not something you would see often and it is interesting how when the same clips are being seen in different colours, they give off different emotions as if we were to be watching something different.