Renee's Art Progression

      Over the start of the installation preparations to executing the project, half of that time was spent deciding what theme I wanted to do. I had plans for how to execute both Installations and guaranteed participation from people I've asked to be involved with. What came down to the final decision, though, was asking my participants what they wanted to do since I knew I wouldn't be able to decide on my own. What they chose was Overcooked! - a videogame where players come together to cook food and serve the food in a timely manner. In sticking with this theme, I wanted this to be a surface-level and easy-going installation as a reflection of the game being simple.      My plans for this installation was to get people together and have them play the game and recreate some actions that one would do when playing this game. So first, I laid out my expectations on their part when participating in this installation. Like I said, I wanted this to be somet...

   Image: Superflex The artist I've chosen to research is Superflex. I chose to explore their work "Flooded McDonald's" because I wanted to research a superficial/unserious exhibition. At first glance, I was sure that a piece about McDonald's would be a simple "curiosity got the best of me" reasoning for this piece - maybe even a comedic aspect. However, upon further research, I found that this piece was NOT superficial but rather a take on consumerism and climate change through the use of an iconic character. Despite this piece alluding to a bigger concept, it was still fun to research as this piece was an acknowledgement piece rather than an interpretive piece. Superflex is a group of 3 people - Rasmus Rosengren Nielson, Jakob Fenger, and Bjornstrjerne Christiansen - who found that they really work well together and ended up creating their company together. They have been with each other since 1993 and are still around til this day -  a whopping 31 yea...