After checking out the websites/blogs this week, I started thinking about this question when I looked at the blog, Eye Level.
Here's what they're about...
"Eye Level is a blog produced by the Smithsonian American Art Museum. The name Eye Level imparts a sense of clarity to which the blog aspires. The name refers to the physical experience of viewing art, but it also plays on the many roles and perspectives that make a museum a reality—roles that will come into focus here."
What caught my eye (haha) was the following sentence...
"The name refers to the physical experience of viewing art(...)"
What's so fantastic about art is it's ability to make you think, but I started wondering what a visit to a museum would be like if I concentrated on how I physically (through my senses) took in the art and the space of the museum? I'm often not aware of my physical experience of viewing art, but at the same time, the person's working in the museum are very aware of that physical experience. In fact, they're so conscious of the space, I imagine they've set it up so I don't have to think about it.
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senses are powerful. i associate a lot of my memories through smell. i wonder what the experience of art would be like if the artists always took into consideration the smells around the work.... :)
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