My most recent critique went very well, everyone understood my idea and nobody pointed out any major flaws or discrepancies. Currently, the space that is allocated for me is very large. So I have decided to take a large painting frame, and frame a piece of printmaking paper with the following printed: "This piece has been relocated to our online art database. Please go to galleryconnect.mobi on your smart-phone to access the content." My frame works in two parts: (1) The viewer thinks that he/she would be looking at a real piece of artwork, but when they go up to read the small print, they realize it is actually located somewhere else. So for the viewer the piece of art might not even exist. Yet, the art is not the missing art piece, it is the actions of the viewer going through this process. (2) The viewer has a smart-phone and decides to connect to the indicated website. There, he/she becomes in tune to the digital aspect of my piece-- hopefully becoming lost in the app and its features.
The critique group was very interested in how my GalleryConnect mobile app functioned within the space. At first it had many activities for the user to be involved in, but it required the user to also be aware of his/her surroundings, yet I want the user to be lost in the functions of the app. So for the final version of app, it will make sure that it will keep the user busy and interested in the app, it will also be commenting on the user's habits with technology. My critique group also told me that the comments provided by the app weren't harsh enough, in order to get my message across, I would need to be more straightforward.
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