"If it is true that installation has become party of the policy again, officials are limiting citizens' freedom to choose and freedom of expression," Ai said.
The particularity of the location, and its direct influence on the piece itself, create a deep connection between The Ark and the Ethnobotanical Garden of Oaxaca, acting as a true contextual installation.
Microsoft actually went to some lengths in Windows 7 to correct this soft spot of theirs, and it's true that the installation process is simpler and better.
The reverse is true for hardware installations without supportive software inputs.
Some visitors will find this disturbingly true of the Brooklyn installation too.
"I wanted to stay true to their original installation, placing them on the outside of a building," he said.
Such findings, even if they are true, may thrill the installation artists among us, but so what?
That's even more true of a later installation, "The Murder of Crows," which had its premiere at the 2008 Biennale of Sydney in Australia and is now at the Park Avenue Armory as part of the Mostly Mozart Festival.
The same is true in Ken Chu's installation of shattered Chinese plates neatly arranged on table-size mounds of earth, as if a family picnic were about to take place in a cemetery.
For justification, Ms. Barron quotes a recent study of museum audiences claiming that "new and returning visitors" are attracted by "compelling stories and opportunities that manage to engage all the senses". Such findings, even if they are true, may thrill the installation artists among us, but so what?
