Installation Art

Now that we have finished with modular experimentation, it is time to move to part 2 of the project, which has nothing to do with part1! 

Our team (and the other teams) have to come up with an intallation art concept that uses a specific location (of our choice) anywhere on campus. Due to the lack of materials, funding, building permits, etc we are not suppose to actually build it but to make it just look real. 

As soon as we were given the brief, our group seperated for the weekend for brainstorming and came back on Monday to discuss ideas. It was easier to see what each individual in the group wanted to see in the final concept and to ultimately come to a final decision.

Notably, the gameshow that is known in Australia as "The Hole" came up and the whole idea of silhoettes or holes through which, people can climb through and this way people could use the space as a type of playground. The issue of practicality arose and we had to expand on the idea. Then the silhouettes got us thinking about crime scenes, for some reason, and how body outlines can look cool!! Weird. 

...And we settled on that. Our installation concept became art/social experiment. More on that later. :)

Modular Madness Completed!!

I wrote in my previous post that our team was working on producing a stop motion animation piece with our modular system as our key subject. The narrative aims to explore the system's maximum construction potential.

I am pleased to announce that we finished and here is our final result:

Making Cardboard Prototypes/Alchemy Studio

This semester the Multimedia students are collaborating with the Architecture students. We learn how to make models and they learn how to use software like After Effects. So we both learn something new. On Thursday we had to  create 3 modular structures out of boxboard. We weren't allowed to use glue or any other adhesive to connect the pieces together so we had to come up with a seperate technique for each of the structures. I used the slot, the tab and the groove techniques and I also used scoring and that helped me to bend the thick cardboard into a more desirable shape. Unfortunately, I misunderstood that we were actually supposed to post pictures of our experiments on the blogs, so I actually threw mine out, thinking that I won't need them anymore. 

Later in the day we were formed into groups to work on the first part of our assessable assignment, which is going to be a stop motion animation. This is what one of my group member's modular system looked like:

The group decided to use the prototype that was already made in class. The prototype pictured directly above, offers many manipulation possibilities. It is simple on its own, but is capable of being constructed into complicated shapes. Each piece joins to another via slot system, in other words, each piece is fitted with multiple slots for greater shape possibilities.

The 30 seconds of animation that we are required to shoot, is to explore the potential of the modular system through a visual narrative that our group has to come up with.

Shooting day - Saturday

Update: ...And a bit on Sunday due to horrific weather today in the second half of the day!! :(

 

Special message for the blog! :)

Hi Blog. I didn't write in you for a while. Been neglecting you (not good). But I will rectify the situation starting from today. I went through some ups and downs and bumpy rides and a long pause (the process kind of aged me in the process too, lol!) Now it feels good to start the year from a clean slate and with the mind in the right place. Here's to a good year! :)

Ed Benedict

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Walt Peregoy

Walt Peregoy was a color and background artist for Disney. Famous for his color concepts for Disney's 101 Dalmations. I am mostly fascinated with his background designs as they are very modern looking and rely heavily on texture in combination with geometric shape and color.
His style is very effective in depicting any certain mood or ambience of a place, as well as describing the place itself for that matter.