Projections in the public realm

Homeless Vehicle

Today in Jacqueline's workshop we looked at artists who have projected their work in the public realm. In particular we looked at Kryzstzof Wodiczko, an artist who is driven to produce political pieces of work. His intention is the same as mine, to highlight issues that are kept in the dark. His first piece Homeless Vehicle isn't a projection but it is intended to highlight the issues of homelessness in the USA. It worked as this piece gathered a lot of media attention. As did the swastika he projected on the South African Embassy, video here.

Other pieces he has created are Tijuana, which deals with victims of abuse and rape. This makes for uncomfortable viewing but by projecting this publicly and on such a large scale it is forcing the viewer to confront the issue. You can view a video on the piece here. You can also see how much he has thought about the place he is projecting, the use of the architecture aswell as the video itself.

I love his War Veteran work which was part of the AND Festival in Liverpool 2009. Here is a link to his work in Liverpool. This video shows the exact location I want to project my own work!!