Erwin Wurm - One Minute Sculptures
When first seeing these images I really like the fact they
were so random and unusual. When photography is in a public place, especially a
train station, they are normally very constructed advertising images on billboards
or posters but to have such random scenes quite large was nice to see. At first
I wasn't really sure about the context of the images and I didn't really know how
to think about them so I didn't really like them but after finding the title of the work, I really enjoyed them. It’s easy to go into a gallery or space and
photograph a sculpture because they are still and normally there for a long
period of time; it’s also easy to photograph a moment in a candid way so by
having limited/timed sculptures as photography was something I really liked the
concept of.
When trying to photograph the pieces I found it slightly
difficult because they were directly behind a taxi rank so there we taxis
blocking the view and the only way I could get a full view of them was to wait
until one had driven off and out of the way.
Upon doing a small amount of research about Erwin’s work I
read that in a museum, Erwin asks viewers to experience the art work and
themselves in new ways rather than merely looking at them and to become
involved. So perhaps placing the images behind somewhere they will at times get
blocked out was the point so viewers would have to wait or move around to try
and see. A lot of people in a busy location such as a train station will
normally just forget about looking at something if it’s not in plain view,
myself included, I would normally just of carried on and not bothered to stay
and look if I had to wait for a taxi to move but the location of this work
makes you experience yourself differently if you do stop and wait to look at
it.
Something else that I really like about these images was how
well they had been placed in the indents of the wall. This may not have been
intended for the reason I think but because they fit so perfectly in the wall
it kind of made the images more involved with the environment they were in.
Now looking back oat the photos I took and thinking about the concept of One Minute Sculptures I wish that while I was there I had done my own one minute sculpture.
