Gaurav Panchal wants to incorporate current technology to create a system within the gallery where viewers can log in to a site or app on their smart-phones to experience the gallery in a different way, creating distractions along the way; In essence the viewer gets lost in a digital world. I think his concept about perception is thought provoking and philosophical; Which experience becomes "real"? : The existence of a person's experience in the gallery, or the existence of the person's in a confusing gallery space though their virtual perception, or both?
His work talks about our use of technology as a distraction. It might be interesting it he creates a virtual tour including the work in the gallery with each artist's name and the location of the room. For example, "Kristen Pastore's GM paintings in the red room, " when it is really in the yellow room. Also, if he can make it look like a voomed in google-map, showing the paintings with a tag, further referencing technology in our society.
I think it would be interesting if Gaurav can make it into an "app" that one can use after the show. I think his work is culturally relevant and I am interested to see how it comes out.
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