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
