Jeffery Shaw

Jeffery Shaw 

Student name: Chan Yik Fei

Student number: 60169927


In this blog entry, I will explore Jeffery Shaw’s artwork “Nature Time”, which he collaborated with Sarah Kenderdine using the software Cheong Tai-leong Leoson. 




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This work is produced using 3 intricately placed curved screens, such that at least 2 screens can be seen at all times, the screens itself displays the Gardens of Versailles. Aside from the screens, the installation also includes a few bikes, it is used to “walk” or “cycle” through the Garden of Versailles. Combining the two installations, guests are able to take a leisure bicycle ride to explore the scenery of the famous garden. During which, guests are able to see what’s happening with the other guests that are riding their bicycles, through peripheral vision to see the other screens.


Nature Time invites the guests to interact with not only the installation, but also the other guests as well. Since the guests can see what others are doing in the same installation, such as where the others are and where are they going. To me, it reminds me of how we will pass by people strolling in the parks in real life, we can observe what the others are going through peripheral vision as well.


The work was produced in 2023, still during the midst of covid-19. It leads me to think that this installation gives people a chance explore the world freely without being constrained by quarantine rules through the use of screens.


Outside of covid-19, looking at it now, it reminds of how people nowadays see the world through their illuminating screens. It begs the question of why do people travel? If you can see the scenes from the screen, and experience the pleasure of exploring, what reason do people have to keep traveling?


At last, if there’s one thing I’d like to improve. It’s the ground. Everything else is made to be realistic, but the ground is just a flat green that doesn’t really even look like your average grass or lawn or path. I think it’s best to at least put some texture on the flooring and change the colour to match it with the visual. But I think if it’s available, why not project the floor altogether? That way, then the guest moves, the floor “moves” with them, creating a more immersive experience of motion.

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