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Erwin Wurm

Erwin Wurm creates One Minute Sculptures in which he interacts with random everyday objects in unusual ways.  ‘In his book The Artist Who Swallowed the World (Hatje Cantz) Wurm said: I am interested in the everyday life. All the materials that surrounded me could be useful, as well as the objects, topics involved in contemporary society. My work speaks about the whole entity of a human being: the physical, the spiritual, the psychological and the political’ (www.publicdelivery.org)

       These ‘sculptures’ create interesting shapes and alterations both to the body and to the object. In some ways I do not like this work as it can be viewed simply as people being silly. On the other hand, I think the way people interact with the objects questions its purpose. We are brought up being told the right and wrong way to use something and we never question it. What I think is interesting about Wurm’s work is that in posing with everyday items, he changes the perception and the use of the item. He takes the mundane and makes it art by breaking the traditional use of it, as is shown in these images.

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Robert Morris

I really like the simplicity of Morris’ work. I think the way the shapes interact with the spaces is really interesting. The intersection of the horizontals and verticals of the room with the diagonal lines of the shapes Morris builds, creates non-existent shapes which I think are really interesting.

       The lines of the room would also alter as you move around the space, creating new shapes as you change perspective which I think is really interesting. I think that artworks which interact with the space they are displayed in both become more interesting in themselves and make the space they inhabit more interesting. I definitely think this is the case with Morris’ work. The block shapes he inserts into the space make ordinary rooms much more dynamic and unique.

I think his use of mirrors also brings interesting alterations to the spaces, making them appear larger.

‘Now through January 14, Sprüth Magers in Berlin is hosting a historical exhibition of works by Robert Morris, exploring a series of six works developed over the course of the artist’s career, and often drawing on the use of mirrors and reflective surfaces to expand the viewer’s perception of space.  Pulling from some of the earliest works in Morris’s conceptual practice up to a work completed in 2014, Refractions traces Morris’s engagement with movement, space and the body, often in relation to the gallery space itself.’ (Anna Corrigan for Art Observed, 2017)

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Red Hot Chilli Peppers ‘Can’t Stop’ music video

The music video for the Red Hot Chilli Peppers song ‘Can’t stop’ was heavily influenced by Edward Wurm’s ‘One Minute Sculptures’. it was useful to watch a video version of this idea before approaching this myself as it helped gave me more of an idea of how I could edit together clips that may look better as photographs.

‘Mr. Wurm is known for creating temporary sculptures in which he places himself or a model with everyday objects. The music video tries to mimic this concept by having the Peppers engage in random activities with everyday, household objects like buckets or trashcans.  Though the music video is not supposed to represent anything more than the band doing these random actions, it does bring up the question (just like Mr. Wurm does with sculpture) of what makes a music video entertaining or enjoyable? Obviously some bands have different approaches to this, from OK Go’s homemade music videos, to Kanye West’s extremely elaborate “Stronger” video.
The Chili’s go for a bit of a mixture with this video. To some degree, it looks like something a YouTuber could make at home, yet contains serious professional elements to it. This video succeeds from the beginning because of this, with the clever intro, where the viewer enters the video from a yellow tube, sort of like entering the gateway into the wacky, alternate world of the Chili Peppers. From there, we’re greeted by everything, from the band carrying lights on their backs to playing in front of a giant orange wall. Then there’s John Frusciante (guitar) wearing a purple hippo head and of course,  Anthony Kiedis in the end fixated into a brick wall.’ (Alex Young for Consequences of Sound, 2008)

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  https://consequenceofsound.net/2008/08/ridiculously-awesome-music-videos-chili-peppers-cant-stop/