The Ten Minute Session: Instructional Art

Description

Instructional Art is created by the artist, formed by their ideas and concepts but is carried out exclusively by spectators.

Due to the instructions being followed by several different spectators it is unlikely that any of the results will be identical due to the individual’s interpretation of the instructions or any mistakes made.

Instructional Art is considered incomplete until the spectator has followed the instructions set out by the artist. This allows for the artist to create distance between themselves and the finished piece.

Some artists use of Instructional Art relies on the curators or galleries rather than spectators, with the artist leaving sets of instructions on how to install their work.

Instructional art can produce many outcomes such as drawings, objects and actions.

 

Task One

1 - Set yourself up with a piece of paper in the portrait position and a pen

 

2 - Starting from the top right-hand corner of the paper one cm in from the top and side of the paper draw a semi-circle with the outside of the semi-circle facing the left-hand side of the paper and finishing in the middle of the paper

 

3 - From the last point you made draw a second semi-circle with the outside of the semi-circle facing the right-hand side of the paper finishing at the bottom left hand corner one cm in from the bottom and side of the paper

Task Two

1 - Set yourself up with t a piece of paper in the portrait position and a pen

 

2 - Starting at the top left-hand corner one cm in from the top and side of the paper draw a vertical line downwards towards the bottom left hand corner one cm in from the bottom and side of the paper

 

3 - Starting at the top right-hand corner one cm in from the top and side of the paper draw a downward, vertical line to the bottom right hand corner one cm in from the bottom and side of the paper

 

4 – Starting at the top of the line on the right-hand side draw a diagonal line finishing in the centre of the paper

 

5 – Starting at the top point of the line on the left-hand side draw a diagonal line finishing in the centre of the paper

Task Three

1 - Set yourself up with a piece of paper in the portrait position and a pen

 

2 - Starting at the top left-hand corner one cm in from the top and side of the paper draw a horizontal line to the top right-hand corner one cm in from the top and side of the paper

 

3 - Starting at the bottom left hand corner one cm in from the top and side of the paper draw a horizontal line to the bottom right hand corner one cm in from the bottom and side of the paper

 

4 - Starting from the middle of the bottom line draw a vertical line finishing in the middle of the top line

Task Four

1 - Set yourself up with a piece of paper in the portrait position and a pen

 

2 - Starting at the top left-hand corner one cm in from the top and side of the paper draw a vertical line downwards the bottom left hand corner one cm in from the bottom and side of the paper

 

3 - Starting at the bottom of this line draw a horizontal line towards the right and side finishing one cm from the bottom and side of the paper

Task Five

1 - Set yourself up with a piece of paper in the portrait position and a pen

 

2 - Starting at the top left-hand corner one cm in from the top and side of the paper draw a downward, vertical line to the bottom left hand corner one cm in from the bottom and side of the paper

 

3 - Starting from the top of the line draw a horizontal line towards the right-hand side of the paper stopping one cm in from the side of the paper

 

4 - Starting from the middle of the first line draw a horizontal line towards the right-hand side of the paper stopping one cm in from the side of the paper

 

5 - Starting from the bottom of the first line draw a horizontal line towards the right-hand side of the paper stopping one cm in from the side of the paper