STUDY #1

For this initial study, I designed my piece in accordance to an ideology in which was prompted by Felix Gonzalez Torres. His interactive artwork exhibited a small pile of individually wrapped candies however as playful as this piece may appear, it acts as an allegorical representation of the artist’s partner, Ross Laycock, who died of an AIDS-related illness in 1991. As the viewer unwraps and eats the candy, he or she becomes complicit in the disappearing process. I wanted to further explore this idea of the viewers ultimately being liable for the outcome of the piece. Due to my extremely limited experience with the programming software and this being my very first technical assignment of the class, I decided to employ techniques in which I was taught in class, as these are some of the most imperative commands in understanding the software on a basic level. I didn’t quite find any large/ unavoidable challenges as I did choose to approach the assignment with simplicity, allowing it to act more as a learning experience for future MAX creations. I understand the extreme simplicity of linking a keyword (remove) to the closing of the camera, however,  with limited knowledge of the software, I wanted to give the audience the opportunity to take away from the piece, by removing the most fundamental aspect of its conception.

view study #1 here