this book has a really long introduction that again refering to many aspects of installation art which sometime can still be difficult for someone to undertand what the installation is and what it is not. From reading both installation art book of this quarter and the last one byclaire bishop, it seems like many installation artists and audiences are still coming up with a common ground of descrbing what is an installation art and how it is different from just a 3D art or sculpture or architectural designs. though, i found that this issue of defining an type of art happens to all forms of art especially music because many time the definitions are open-ended. of course, it is good that we as an artist of audience should have some idea of what installation art is and what are some characteristic of it, but i think that we shouldn't be concern too much about weather if some pieces are considered an installation or not.

vip