Review : Instillation Art-Essence and Existence

In this chapter Nicholas Zurbrugg describes instillation art as work which is installed in a space and created in "real time" in accordance with the artists reaction of the space. He states that installations use three dimensional space as a medium for interaction and extend beyond the frame of a picture. That use of and reaction to the space helps in defining the work and that the interaction and creation of the work is part of the performance of the piece through the kinesthetic actions of the work.

Zurbrugg touches on a number of movements that inspired and affect the creation and exploration of contemporary instillation practice. and touches on a number of works to explore his opinions such as Monholy-Nagys "light-space modulator", which he describes as a kinetic static work and Kurt schwitter's "merzbau" which continued to grow and expand into spaces.

Zurbrugg's statment that the most sucsessful installations are those which evoke Reaction, ether from the work or the audiences continued movement is able to be applied to all artwork. the was article also useful in gaining interesting points of reference from which i may continue to explore.