Monday, 18 October 2010

ARCHIVE

In this project, researching a series of gallery/museum shops I tried to investigate the means of showing a three dimensional space within the constraints of photography (above). What was especially interested for me within the project is the deconstruction of spaces through separation of elements of design such as shapes, colours, light etc.(below). By studying each of the elements separately we learn more about them and can see spaces in a new light (metaphorically). While this is one of my first works and the quality of the drawings could be improved, I still find the concept of creation through deconstruction interesting and hope to come back to it at some point.



The above photographs were my first attempts at using a pinhole camera. The shapes are blurred and colours exaggerated. Again, by these simple means one's attention is immediately drawn to the beauty of these images. Below is a series of drawings of a leftover spaces project construction for which the above photographs were also taken.


The two technical drawings show a project where part of the sidewalk was wobbly, getting the passers-by to act a performance of trying to catch balance and prevent falling over.
This picture shows an earlier stage of the above project, with actual actors performing at the raised-level slabs. The image, with its exaggerated contrast, gives an illusion of light when trying to capture the movement.