We understand that complex relationships with specific sites are often shaped by personal, social, political and historical moments.
These moments determine how we engage with an artwork that can sometimes be perceived as an intrusion in a familiar landscape. Other Spaces Projects undertakes rigorous research into the history of a site before drawing up the terms of engagement between a potential artwork and its position in the landscape, cityscape, or interior.
When encountering an artwork outside the museum or gallery, the site acquires a significance that it may not have had otherwise. The viewer comes to understand that the work and the site are either in dialogue, uninterested in one another, or in tension. It is in the hybrid space between the meaning of the site and a percieved meaning of the artwork, that the viewer finds their own personal way of interpreting the experience.
I-A Light I-B Volume I-C Material I-D Colour I-E Shape I-F Time
II-A Representation II-B Narrative II-C Symbol II-D Text II-E Sound II-F Motion II-G Performance II-H Concept
III-A Personal III-B Social III-C Political III-D Conceptual III-E Educational III-F Memorial III-G Ornamental
IV-A Interest IV-B Pleasure IV-C Surprise IV-D Distress IV-E Fear IV-F Shame IV-G Contempt IV-H Anger
When considering an artwork for a specific site, it is important to discern which priorities are most important.