The first display we saw were examples of paintings by photorealist painter John Salt, despite having a large collection of his work its was exhibited in a large enough space that his work was well spread and I never felt crowded into one area, this gave me time and space to appreciate Salt's incredibly detailed work. This is something i would like to apply to my exhibition as i don't want the audience to feel crowded together in their chairs, I want to give them plenty of space to watch the film and have their own individual experience with it.
The other display we saw were a selection of films by Tadasu Takamine, as I'm presenting a film for our final show I found this exhibit the most useful. Within the exhibition there was little to no lighting except that from the projector and screen, I think this would be a good idea for my project as it draws all attention to the screen. One feature I noticed that his films Inertia and God Bless America used was a sound dome hanging from the ceiling that played all the film's sound. This provides an interesting effect when watching these films on your own however when there are more than a few people also watching them with you it didn't have as much of an effect and because all the sound was emanating from the dome rather than speakers as well I felt as though this took something away from the viewing experience. When exhibiting his film Kimura-san a countdown was used before each showing I thought this was a nice addition to the film because our group was aware of the controversial images (in this case Takamine fulfilling the sexual needs of his disabled friend) that we were about to see, so the countdown gave us a chance to discuss and create preconceptions. As the film is about challenging our preconceptions and opinions I felt this countdown although a small touch added a lot to the film.
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