ALICE VINSON
installation, etc.
glitter, glint, and glisten (2024)
substance or sustenance (2024)
Brouhaha and the Big Topsy-Turvy (2024)
A collaborative installation between Alice Vinson and Margaret Pope.
Brouhaha (a noisy and overexcited reaction or response to something)
Topsy-turvy (a state of utter confusion)
Brouhaha & the Big Topsy-Turvy is a visual response to the chaos and turmoil one might experience in a single day, as well as the accumulation of those experiences over time and how they may affect how we see ourselves, our future, and our place in the world.
PLaY (2017)
likeness of disposition
likeness of disposition is the working title of an experimental, virtual body of work that I began on Dec. 30th, 2014. It is an attempt to see if there is a correlation between one’s emotional and physical state and how a photograph turns out or does not turn out. In other words, is it possible that the tools and materials themselves are somehow able to reflect the mental and physical state that one might be in at the moment one takes a photograph?
The Process:
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Only one photograph is taken per day.
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I randomly select a Polaroid camera. I am currently working with six different ones; two different SX-70, three different 600 and a Dine Polaroid camera (uses 600 film as well) that uses a variety of close up lenses. The cameras contain either black and white or color film, but I am never certain as to which camera contains which type of film. By working with multiple cameras I am discouraging the possibility of learning how to properly use any one of them. This in turn deters me from attempting to take well-composed photographs with intention.
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The photograph is taken at a random time. I cannot actively seek out specific subject matter and must take a photograph as quickly as possible, as to avoid focusing on composition. This does not mean that an image will not have composition, but part of this experiment is to see under what circumstances does and does not composition occur.
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Once the photograph is taken I document the date, time, how I am feeling physically, how I am feeling mentally, general weather conditions, camera used and any problems or malfunctions that occurred when taking the photograph. I do this during the forty-minute development time.
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The photograph is scanned and posted to the project blog, a.k.a. the virtual gallery, with no data given. This is to give the viewer an opportunity to spend time with the photograph and comment as to what they, the viewer, feels that the image may reflect on a physical and emotional level.
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Data will be posted one week after the photograph is posted. Data will appear under the original image post.
View the project at:
https://alicevinson.wordpress.com
Drift (2014)
Snow falls, floating downward, slowly, making sudden sharp turns like startled prey. Whisks away in the blink of an eye as it concedes to an unseen current, drifts, eventually settling where it needs to be.
Drift is about following intuition and placing importance on the understanding that the best path in life is not always the straight one. It speaks to letting go of the past, taking chances, making sacrifices, and allowing failure without judgment. It is about appreciating a journey that can often seem unbearably long, difficult, and isolating; recognizing experience as a steppingstone to what comes next; and surrendering to that unseen current that allows us to settle where we need to be.
breathe (2013)
Excerpt from the video produced and used in the breathe installation.
The act of reading a book is a solitary act, one that allows us to temporarily escape everyday life. However, in order to experience the content of the book within our imagination, we must block out the surrounding world. What would happen if we could create an environment in which the act of reading a book becomes an immersive, interactive, and communal experience, where the reader’s surroundings are as much a part of the book as the physical page held in the reader’s hands?
Alice Vinson’s multimedia installation moves the book from the singular imagination of the reader to a more communicative form — through the construction of an installation that completely surrounds the reader with moving video and accompanying sound. The multiple forms of technology expand on the concepts of the book, while pushing the traditional confines of storytelling and the boundary of the written word. This installation will engage listening and seeing the concept, not just reading and interpreting the written word, pushing the concept of book beyond the edge of idea to become a sensory reality.