Installation indicates pieces that are specifically designed to run on their own, with little or no intervention by the artist. These usually exist in gallery or museum spaces. In a way, the act of installing art transforms the way we think about space into a gallery or museum space and (usually) transforms the viewing experience from one that is collective—in the way theatrical/performance activity is—to one that is individual in which the viewer walks by/around/through the artwork and experiences it singularly or with a few others. Although film installations are ephemeral in a sense, as the art object only exists once it is installed and turned on, installing films for display into a gallery/museum ...
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