Installation

Scott Andrew’s installation practice transforms physical space into immersive, often overwhelming sensory environments that extend the psychological, fantastical, and aesthetic themes present in his video and performance work. These projects typically blur the line between sculpture, ready-made objects, and projected media, actively integrating the viewer's body and perception.

Key installations in this section highlight immersive experience and critical engagement:

• Queer Decadence & Theatricality: Works such as Gilding The Lily and Phase Shift utilize ornate, camp aesthetics—mirror frames, crystals, and colorful objects—to create multi-channel portals displaying alternate personas and mythological worlds. Similarly, Planet Dragulon creates a tacky, sci-fi landscape, while Night Fever examines the enduring aesthetic and cultural legacy of disco.
• Ritual & Sensory Immersion: śarkarā (Sugar) invites visitors into a ritual space using sugar, sculpture, and video projections to explore themes of mortality and cultural excess. Glimmer employs a massive rotating mirrored crystal to refract video, casting audiences into a visceral, kaleidoscopic experience.
• The Institute for New Feeling (IfNf) Products: Projects realized through IfNf often manifest as installations mimicking retail or wellness spaces, featuring bespoke products with a critical edge. Examples include the faux-research station Air Freshener (dispensing odorless Oxytocin), the orthopedic device Insole, and the absurd comfort item Pillow.
• Interactive Environments: Kitty Kiddie Meow Meow, created for the Children's Museum of Pittsburgh, transformed a gallery into a sensory-focused play space based on internet cat memes, demonstrating a physical re-engagement with digital cultural phenomena.

These installations foreground the material, sensual, and often absurd dimensions of living in a media-saturated world, inviting confrontation with spectacle and consumer culture.