*The Difference Between Sculpture And Installation

At the very first glance, some installations may resemble the traditional craft based sculptures. But this is actually an illusion. Installation art effectively inverts the principles of sculpture. Meaning, sculptures are designed to be view from the outside as a self-contained arrangement of forms whereas, installations often envelop the viewer or the user in the space of the work. The viewer enters a controlled environment where it sometimes featuring objects as well as lights, sound and projected imagery. The forms of the compositions are to be seen as secondary importance. What is most important is the effect towards the viewer's spatial and cultural expectations and experience as well as giving the viewer critical thoughts.

Above are one of the examples that are installation based where this was designed for 'For Use/Numen' by Vienna and Zagreb who had wove a web adhesive tape around scaffolding at the DMY, Berlin. The project was involved wrapping 45 km of tape about the posts over four days.

The idea for the installation originates in a set design concept for a dance performance in which the form evolves from the movement of the dancers between the pillars. The dancers are stretching the tape while they move, so the result shape is a (tape) recording of the choreography.

An example how installation can actually give the viewers or the users effects on the spatial and cultural expectations towards the given environment.

A photograph showing a sculpture called "Maman" done by a well-known artist, Louise Bourgeois where it was being displayed at the Tate Modern in London few years back. An example of a sculpture where it only projects how only the artist is describing it.