Dan Graham's Pavilions

Dan Graham, Pavilion, 2001 as posted on Art Observed 

For the actual work, I would really like to project onto glass as the translucency of the material is an integral part of the work. Glass has an illusionary quality of being a physically solid material, yet also give an ephemeral experience of not being there. As the work is to be sited in a public place I see that the quality of it being there and yet not overtly present important. I want the structure of the work i.e. the part of the work that 'houses' the projection to almost blend into the environment and not stand out offensively (interestingly this was also a point made by Vanessa Billy in her recent talk about her choice of using glass in a public art piece). In fact the structure is part of the work and the viewers that go into the structure also become part of the work. One side of the walls of the structure would form the screen for the projection. The glass would be coated with a film that allows the light from the projection to fall onto the glass without going through it. Viewers on the outside of the structure would see viewers inside moving about, reacting to the work and becoming part of the work itself. 

Dan Graham, Penultimate Curving Pavilion, 2010, as posted on
Art Observed

The idea for my art work shares some of the ideas that are present in Dan Graham's pavilion works.   Graham's works have been sited in both gallery and in public settings and involve using glass, reflective glass and steel structures.  He creates 'pavilions' in which the viewers become aware of looking and being seen. Moreover these spaces are 'heterotropic' in that they create a kind of neutral ground for people of different backgrounds and social class to mix...a kind of playground for all people. I really like this idea of making work that people of all backgrounds, can access and enjoy. I feel that the concept underpinning the work (colour, light, motion) is a universal idea and that this further lends itself to the work being accessible at a sensory level, even if it was not understandable at an intellectual level.