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Tuesday, June 15, 2010
Monday, May 17, 2010
EXP3: The Valley
The Grand Canyon, Arizona, USA.
(pictured with the Colorado River flowing through it.)
Modelling based on:
Monday, May 10, 2010
EXP3: The 3 Clients
Has Angela Merkel Played The Worst Poker Hand In History? (accessed 10/5/10)
Miranda Kerr
Miranda Kerr To Release Self-Help Book (accessed 17/5/10)
Helen Keller
NYC exhibit tells the fuller story of Helen Keller (accessed 10/5/10)
Sunday, May 2, 2010
EXP2: SUBMISSION
Below: depiction of the various land-form ramps that flow about the main structure.
Stephen Hawking said: "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?"
Nicole Kuepper said: "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…"
What underlies these two quotes are the ideas of boundaries and access.
OVERVIEW OF THE SCHEME: Set on a hilled island. Passive natural setting (no sharp or overbearing features to detract from the goal of the labs - to encourage thought) to benefit and not hinder the clients' thoughts and thinking processes.
HAWKING's SPACE: Jutting out over the island into space, with an expansive view of the curvature of the Earth - an open space with a specific view to inspire thoughts of boundarylessness. His ramp is obscured from the main space to reinforce the openness.
KUEPPER's SPACE: Though still mostly open, the walled space is representative of enclosure. The small off-centred window reinforces the idea of a lack of access. Something that could be taken for granted - the view - is only barely accessible for some people. The ramp's gradient becomes steeper as Kuepper climbs to her space, to reinforce the contrasting levels of accessibilty.
THE MEETING POINT: At night, primary-coloured lights illuminate the meeting point. The primary colours and their amalgamated hues represent the way the unique and disparate thoughts of the clients can meet and intersect in this communal space.
OVERVIEW (AT NIGHT): The communal space offers the source of light for the two spaces, and forms a neutral white glowing to keep the spaces free of interruptions to the clients' thoughts.
TEXTURES USED:
The Final Scheme used these three textures.
The use of the DARK TEXTURE in Kuepper's space helps to represent the heaviness of her idea - the idea that many people are not accessing simple things such as electricity. The dark also represents this on a literal level - the lack of light.
The LIGHT TEXTURE is used in Hawking's space to create a loftiness in the structure, and to draw focus away from the physical structure, into the metaphorical thought patterns that Hawking engages in.
The MEDIUM TEXTURE is used throughout the larger part of the structure to find balance between light and dark, and between the two clients.
Saturday, May 1, 2010
Monday, April 26, 2010
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...
Monday, April 19, 2010
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,
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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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Sunday, April 11, 2010
THREE ANIMATIONS
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.
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)
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.
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