Rose

Rose is a rose is a rose is a... complete bore. Was anyone else completely bored by my latest installation, Rose, which seemed to just fall flat despite it's well lit and groomed appearance as fine art. All the elements of earlier and more successful work were there, so why the failure? I have a hunch it was the separation of the video (on a pedestal) from it's origin (the print) and the mysterious inclusion of the original rose (on the floor). The whole was the sum of the parts, nothing more. If I have an opportunity to show this piece again in the future I will have just the print hanging on the wall with the rose video installed behind it. This will simplify the piece and bring all the elements together making a more enjoyable and coherent work of art. But that's so predictable and just a re-run of earlier work. That was my first thought, so i separated the elements and tried to obviously expose the process and get away from what's already been done. It may have been a failure but i see it as a step in the right direction.