Advanced 4 Listening 7B

1A What are installations?

• They are a mixed-media artworks that take up small gallery or space

• They are a mixed-media artworks that take up no space

• They are a mixed-media artworks that take up a whole gallery or space

• They are a mixed-media artworks that take up a tiny gallery or space

1B What are modern sculptures?

• They are assemblies of objects that may take up a little space

• They are assemblies of objects that may take up a lot of space

• They are assemblies of objects that may take up no space

• They are assemblies of objects that may take up the whole space

2 What basic similarity is there between installations and other more traditional forms of art?

• The artist is given an idea they want to communicate

• The artist doesn't have an idea they want to communicate

• The artist has an idea they want to communicate

• The artist copies an idea they want to communicate

3 Why might artists today choose to create an installation rather than a painting?

• Because they might have received more training in how to be creative

• Because they know how to draw

• Because they might have received more traning in how to make an installation

• Because it's more popular

4 Why are some people skeptical when they see an installation?

• Peple think that making an installation doesn't require expertise/skill

• Peple think that making an installation requires expertise/skill

• People think that is harder to make an installation than painting or drawing

• People think that installation is the new way of making art

5 What special skills did Damien Hirst need to create Away from the Flock?

• He had to research how the sheep could be quiet

• He had to research how the sheep could be preserved

• He had to research how the sheep could move

• He had to research how the sheep could sleep

6 What does it communicate?

• It's a kind of statement about death and life

• It's a kind of statement about sleeping

• It's a kind of statement about moving

• It's a kind of statement about sheeps

7 How is Tracey Emin's My Bed different from her real bed?

• Because the objects on the bed and on the floor have been specially placed and arranged in a particular way to communicate something

• Because the objects on the bed and on the floor have been randomly placed and arranged in a particular way to communicate something

• Because the objects on the bed and on the floor have been specially placed and arranged in a particular way to be funny

• Because the objects on the bed and on the floor have been randomly placed and arranged in a particular way to be real

8 What does it communicate?

• The objects on the bed and on the floor represent her future

• The objects on the bed and on the floor represent her parents

• The objects on the bed and on the floor represent her

• The objects on the bed and on the floor represent their bedroom

9 Why might it communicate more than a traditional self-portrait?

• Because we can look at it and understand nothing about her life

• Because we can look at it and understand a lot about her life

• Because we can look at it and understand a little about her life

• Because we can look at it and understand her sleeping habits