Visual+Arts+-+Illusions+-+Commission+Art



=== Commissioned Art is found all over Melbourne and in many shapes and forms. The art that I am looking into is illusions therefore I have to go back to previous years of the creation and imagination of these illusions. They are designed on flat and boring surfaces and take that away to create something new and bursting with life. This year, 2011, the commissioned art in Melbourne is based on Aboriginal paintings and drawings, so therefore it did not include any Illusions that I could use. ===

//As It Appears//
=== As It Appears is a commissioned artwork from the year 2008; it was made by the artists Beth Arnold and Sary Zananiri. Its location is a small alley that is north of Mckillop Street. It first appears to you as an slowly warping anomaly; the wall appears to be alive and breathing. It gives the expectation of something that is pushing from the surface of the wall and is meant to resemble the embedded social society of the fabric of the city. As each building deteriorates or the life span continues to throb, As It Appears pulsates, fades and warps. It was shown between the time period of the 18th of July to the 23 of November 2008. ===

//Organization For Future Good Steps//
===The Organization For Future Good Steps is an architectural illusion by the artist Raafat Ishak. It is located in the Niagara Lane and was shown from the 4th of July in 2008 until the 15th of March 2009. It is an sculpture of a non-functional staircase and is meant to heighten/increase the feeling of nearness while also displaying the feeling of anxiety, delirium and distance. O.F.F.G.S. is a steel structure that connects two buildings in the narrow lane in which it is located. It has no clear start or finish and is elevated from the ground. The staircase is missing a couple of steps, platforms and railings and parts appear disconnected and broken. It is painted the color white, making it stand out against the dull laneway. Its appearance is wedged, giving the illusion of the consequence of apparition and it's meant to be a drama site.===

//Call Notes - Dan St Clair//
===They say that popular melodies are funny creatures. But why are they like funny creatures? Well, they can take you back to a particular time and place of the song and bring back memories of people and the time of when it was made. They are held back in our memory but can come back when we want them to, like a snake that is coiled up in a basket; it is lured out when the snake trainer calls it. Call Notes was shown from 8th of August until the 10th of February 2010. Call Notes is all about musical memories and what they can bring to your ear and memories. There is a bird that is sitting in a tree and that bird is sourrounded by musical notes hanging alongside it. There is a button you can press that will play any musical song listed there and the bird will appear as if it is singing and the notes are bouncing up and down. An image is not available for this artwork, but if you would like to see it you can click on the link below.===

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