Simulate
To reproduce the conditions of,
To assume or have the appearance of,
To make pretence of,
To appear real.
Initially I had much difficultly in thinking of an idea which creates a simulating experience. Ideas were either too large scale and inappropriate for the time scale, or they did not seem to fit the brief. As well as looking at the recommended artists, I tried to expand my research and find other artists who's designs I thought linked to this theme.
Noam Toran
'Desire Management' is a film comprising of 5 sequences in which objects are used as vehicles for dissident behaviour. It includes an air hostess with a unique relationship to turbulence, an elderly man who enjoys being vacuumed, a couple who engage with baseball driven fantasies, the owner of a box which men ritually visit to look inside, and a man who is forced to cry into a strange device.
Fernando Casasempere
The latest work currently at Somerset house by artist Fernando Casasempere, is an installation of 10,000 ceramic flowers. The artist is trying to re-create the joy we feel at the sight of blossoming daffodils signalling the end of winter and the beginning of spring.
I like how this artist has emphasised on trying to re-create a specific feeling.
Leandro Erlich:
Erlich has created a full sized swimming pool, complete with a ladder, which when first viewed creates a surreal scene: people standing, walking, fully clothed and breathing under water! It is intact a layer of water only 10 centimetres deep suspended over transparent glass.
I found this artist really interesting, how he brings impossible and exaggerating scenes to reality. I then looked into some of his other works including:
The Boat
Rain
Jeff Koons
Jeff Koon's flower puppy is a permeant display outside the Bilbao Guggenheim gallery, Spain. "I wanted to make a piece of work that people could really feel a sense of warmth which has to do with the relationship of God".
Oliver Voss
A 13ft, woman statue "Die Badende" was installed on Hamburg's Alster lake. It was created to encourage people to enjoy exploring the city via water, however I thought the design fitted this brief of simulating reality - either for the reason of sexual pleasure, or simply simulating the pleasure enjoyed when taking a bath.
David Cerny
Climb the ladder, stick your head into the bottom, and you'll find yourself watching a short film of 2 politicians feeding each other, and a musical loop of Queen's 'We are the Champions'. Simulating all sorts of reality?!!
Bird Nest Bed
If you ever felt the desire to sleep like a bird - here's the answer!
Pop-Up book phobias
I liked this idea of trying to simulate a feeling through a book, rather than a series of photographs or films.
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