Recent developments in technology have enabled artists to push the limits of installation art, allowing them to create daring and experimental work. In addition to outdoor and gallery spaces, artists can now use new environments such as digital-, web- and other electronically-based spaces. However the relationship between time and space still lies at heart of each installation, prompting the artist to ask the same question: do we leave the viewer with the their rule-based notion of time and space or do we, as the creators, control their measure of time, leaving the viewer no choice but to emerge themselves in the installation?

Opal Productions creates several main types of installations: personal, site-specific and interactive.

• Personal installations allow a narrative to tell a story in an artistic manner.
• Site-specific installations alter the experience of an environment using new media.
• Interactive installations use the viewer’s interaction to generate meaning and understanding through an immersive form of art.




Title: Organic Leap (03:00mins on a loop, miniDV,2006/2007)
Director: Janine- Opal Fischer
Performers:
Copthall Synchronised Swimming Club
Dance Company Kasesa
Music: Tim Harris, Aumeta Productions

Synopsis: Organic Leap uses linear, architectural images, moving images and still images simultaneously exploring split screen as the vehicle of information and dance as the language to create links between all different aspects of the topic. It was our aim with this Interactive installation to challenge the viewers’ notion of “seeing” and thereby experiencing dance.

Quicktime is required to view the video.
Download it here.