In the article “Lucid
Dreaming” Beth Wilson takes us along a short trip on the fields of the OMI
international arts center. She describes various Sculptures in great detail,
from visual construction, to cultural context of our culture. Wilson did not
hold back, she talked about her disappointment of the Byrdcliffe’s “Paths: Real and
imagined”. Her observations into the approach of the interactive experience
wasn’t biased, but provided potential viewers with enough information to make
them reconsider the meaning of the “experience”. She felt that the intellectual
experience of finding a path in what she describes as a “Honeycomb of the
Byrdcliffe Colony” was lost because nothing was really hidden from public view,
which was a huge take away from the complete experience.
After reading Barrett’s article “Describing Art”, I looked into Wilson’s
descriptions of the pieces she came across in her visit. She often related
certain qualities of the pieces to metaphors that could help the reader
articulate either what the work might look like, or what it could evoke. She
brings her sense of familiarity to the experience to help the viewer generate
their own associations to her experience. In addition to describing the pieces
in great detail aesthetically, Beth Wilson also presents the idea of
discovering art at home by comparing the different modes of travel an
enthusiast might take. Knowing that “The
Chronogram” is a local publication, Wilson invites readers to become
viewers and to discover a different take on common elements whether the
experience draws a positive or negative response.
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