Elements of 4D_Justice Love

 10/2/22

Time

Time is an element that affects our lives and the world around us, it can be experienced and measured in different ways and art is no less of the exception. In 4D art, this element is introduced through participation, duration, and engagement. More importantly how we spend time is a key element in this type of art, such as watching videos (the example below) or just interacting with objects. Artists and designers also used time as a way to remind us the limits of our own existence, how we spend or experience our lives is crucial and art be used to elevate our time.

The Clock (2010), by Christian Marclay 

 The most well-known (and literal) take on time in art. The use of clips of very specific time points is very clever and also very amusing to me. There isn't about anything say dislike per se, I just really impressed with the amount of effort and time (literally) that was put into this. And the best part of this piece is that it actually syncs up to real time.

10/7/22

Sound

Sound is the ultimate mood setter, it can set the tone for any time and any place. It's one of our basic perceptions of the world, noise can tell us a lot about the world around us. And of course, sound can be used in artistic ways; sounds can be used to convey mood and tone for a space. Music is an obvious example, but events such as birthday parties or weddings can convey a feeling of joy and celebration. Noise has the ability to be expressive, but so does silence. Artists use sound as a way of expression and/or tone of their pieces. Sound is also a way to visualize the world without actually having to see.

Windows Media Player Lasers 

Not the most artistic of examples, but is the best visual of sound itself. It’s also rather nostalgic for me, sometimes I used to stare at this for an hour or so.

Movement

10/28/22

Movement in art is very common, especially in animation. It immerses and involves the audience into art itself, as utilizing its principles can create emotional and physical reactions. Our eyes are trained to follow slight movement, art and entertainment alike makes use of this by directing the focus of a composition.  Movement is a response for action, every move (or still) from beginning to end contribute’s to the viewer’s idea/response to the piece. Dance is the biggest example of movement in art, body language can express not only feelings from the actors but the mood of a piece. But sometimes the piece doesn’t need to move to use this element, patterns in 2D work can imply movement too.

Spanish Dancer, John Singer Sargent (1882)

In this picture, we can see as the dancer has an arch of movement which gives the image of her dancing. While it’s not exactly moving, we can still get the idea that that it’s meant to portray that feeling. When you look at how the figures interact with space- you can capture the feeling of motion.