What did you make of Hadley’s two installations-Alone in Such a Crowded Room and The Unrealized Bliss of an Ordinary Day? Could you imagine them? Would you like to view them?
My mind couldn’t see either of these two installations but maybe it’s because I have no experience with this art form. I’ve been to the Tate but don’t recall anything quite like the author suggested. I’m intrigued, though, and even thought about an “ordinary day” from my childhood. What would it look like? What would I want to show to others?
While I was deep into the story I found it difficult to imagine. I was not well informed with this particular kind of installations until I went into info mode and explore several articles online. If I am correct, this kind of installation is to be considered an interactive experience between the artist and the viewer. Considering that to be true, I would like to experience these two installations. I am now more aware of this form of expression when visiting museums and artists exhibits.
I couid imagine them -and the others described also. I thought perhaps the author had a background in art installations to discuss them so knowledgeably and all the extra things (lighting, space mockups, delivery schedules, etc. one must consider.) Like the photo album they were definitely firm in the author’s mind and she rendered them faithfully in words.
I loved the description of the art installations and would love to have seen and experience them. The Unrealized Bliss of an Ordinary Day - sound like what we all need to remember. Enjoy the everyday.
I definitely could imagine them and was moved to tears over The Unrealized Bliss of an Ordinary Day. My mother is currently in a nursing home and I had to let go of her house. The house I grew up in. I can picture every picture, her cat collection, her coffee mugs, etc. Things I took for granted for years just living my life. I’d love to step back in with my kids when they were young and breathe deep - I’d appreciate every second.
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Your note moved me. Thank you for sharing this very personal reality.
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I was most interested in Hadley’s mother’s “ Shadowlands” . Jungian subconscious etc.. I liked the distinction between “side show installations” and real art. The hanging dresses of Edith I could visualize. “The ordinary day “ a tad too sweetly sentimental for my tastes. I have seen installations of found objects from an ordinary life that have moved me to tears.
I have seen/participated in a few art installations, and they were fun and memorable. I really liked this part of the book, and I had no problem in visualizing them. Just as it is stated in Our Town by Thornton Wilder, the most memorable day can be a day when nothing happens, you are with friends or family and just get to be…it really can be the bliss of just being there, an ordinary day.
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I was intrigued by the Alone in a Crowded Room installation. I would like to see that and experience it. The other sounded more personal to her and, perhaps, more difficult to connect with than the other for the audience. But I could imagine them both.
I had never seen an exhibit of this type. But this made me think of exhibits in certain museums (not art). I absolutely could imagine the Unrealized Bliss of an Ordinary Day, but had a difficult time creating a mental image of her first one, Alone in Such a Crowded Room. I would have liked to have seen these!