Some Ideas

thin top slab for Stephen Hawking - idea of boundaries (lack of)

for Nicole Kuepper - need to figure out how to develop the idea of "taking things for granted"

Electroliquid Aggregation

Nicole Kuepper and Stephen Hawking say:

"The boundary of things that ought to be very special, something we can take for granted; and what is more special than the conditions in today's society? That there is no boundary about some people is just mind boggling. Some people don't have access to the universe!"

Note: the above quote is abstract in terms of its meaning... the quote below makes more sense. (Red is Stephen Hawking, Blue is Nicole Kuepper)

"There ought to be something very special about the amount of things that we take for granted in today's society. The boundary conditions of the universe that some people don't have access to is just mind boggling…and what can be more special than that there is no boundary?"

Together these quotes show the duality of access and boundaries. One the one hand, there are many things that we can access, and take for granted, but there are those things that some people do not have easy access to that form boundaries... but these boundaries can also be freeing. Between Kuepper and Hawking, there is a very abstract philosphical notion that forms as a result of electroliquid aggregations...

Hawking, Kuepper & Darwin

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"There ought to be something very special about the boundary conditions of the universe and what can be more special than that there is no boundary?"

— STEPHEN HAWKING,

as quoted in The Anthropic Cosmological Principle, Frank J. Tipler & John A. Wheeler (1986)

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"The amount of things that we take for granted in today's society that some people don't have access to is just mind boggling…"

— NICOLE KUEPPER,

as quoted in the video "Solar Star: Nicole Kuepper", UNSW (2008)

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"There is grandeur in this view of life, with its several powers, having been originally breathed into a few forms or into one; and that, whilst this planet has gone cycling on according to the fixed law of gravity, from so simple a beginning endless forms most beautiful and most wonderful have been, and are being, evolved."

— CHARLES DARWIN,

as quoted in On the Origin Of Species, Charles Darwin (1859)

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THREE ANIMATIONS

Click for Overview Animation on YouTube:

the scene: people viewing the 2 artworks in the open-air gallery space, Goodwin's studio looming over, and Piccinini's studio neatly tucked beneath, out of sight other than through the ground-level tinted skylights.

Click for Piccinini's Studio Tour on Youtube:

the scene: down the transitional staircase into the stone studio space. the natural light on the Stair makes its own art - potential inspiration for Piccinini (whose art is very much inspired by nature)

Click for Goodwin's Studio Tour on Youtube:

the scene: starting with a focus on the geometrically abstract stair, presents the overall architecture of the studio, and conveys the dual-geometries of the exterior and interior - from the outside, it is seen as a large shape reminiscent of an ant-hill; while the interior continues the idea of Habitat with a dome-like burrow.

SUMBISSION

So it all started with this...

HABITAT-Goodwin (Above) / RESTING-Piccinini (Below)

And with a little development, became this...

This is the interior of Piccinini's Studio space. 'Resting' can be interpreted as having to do with peace, and in this case the open spaces, curved & flowing stairs, and natural material (stone) are representative of this sense of peace. 'Resting' can also connote tiredness or age: another reason for the natural materials. Nature can be seen as patient and of a much greater age than impatient and short-lasting artificial materials. Note the natural light creating art of its own.

This shot of the stairs shows an application of a custom texture, as well as the stair tread changing from opaque to more transparent glass, to represent the transition in bringing the surreal, creative piece, into the tangible real-world gallery space.

Interior of Goodwin's studio. The dome-like roofing subtly invokes a burrow, or similar natural occurring Habitat; and the flowing, organic shapes create a sense of habitat or homeliness - more than sharp edges could. The main glass window, a source of natural light, is an application of a custom texture to represent "transparent". Timber is used as flooring, to retain the organic motif; while moulded steel and concrete act as the roof and exterior support - as a representation of the way Goodwin's art is interested in architecture.

Exterior of Goodwin's studio w/ Gallery space. The organic theme continues, with a third custom texture applied, as well as timber, to most of the ant-hill-like exterior. The open-air gallery as the datum line also acts as a mediator between the two enclosed-space studios. As with Piccinini's stair, Goodwin's contains a transitioning strategy, with each step becoming more abstract and oddly geometrical; just as Goodwin's art tends to blur the line between architecture and art.

Here is the Download Link for the full model.