Rest and Installation

Recently i've been trying to scale back the crazy as it were; or rather the chaos of my images. Trying to focus on the idea of still having these crazy moments of overwhelming imagery, but mixing those moments with calm sort of "rest" images if you will. That way the viewer can have varying levels of emotional reaction to an installation, and things might seem a little more clear, or understandable.

I've looked at the installations of James Hoff, and Wolfgang Tillmans a lot the past couple of days and i've noticed that they confuse you with imagery, but they install it in a way where you are able to follow it, flow with it, and then ultimately come to an understanding of the point the artist is trying to make, and i think if i really push the idea of installation in my pieces it will help with the understanding of such abstract forms.

Going back to that idea of rest, i keep thinking a lot about minimalist sculptors and painters, and the idea of simple forms just being placed in certain areas for the eyes to take a break and hop back to reality for a second before continuing. Kind of like how you see in movies when someone says "i need some air" I dunno i'm still exploring this, but i think my next step is to try and scale it back while also pushing it forward (if that makes any sense.) I think i have to come to terms with the idea of representation first. and maybe more thought to composition might help.