Thursday, April 23, 2009

EXP2 Experimental Sketches & Initial Concepts



The Clients are Alfred Nobel and Jacques Cousteau, who kept continuously attempted to enlight the darkness of the nature by human intelligence. Some of my initial ideas are shown by sketches above, as can be seen an approach of discovering the truth is the main clue of the whole space. This can be divided into two parts, for Nobel's lab, the darkness before achieving the success, and the brightness afterwards. Hence, a foyer was created, with a giant soild above, which make the space here extremely narrow and "repressive". This suggested the toughness of the process approaching to an achievement. In contrast, the hall after the foyer is filled with bright, and the light would shine onto the "rock" at the centre, which could produce a playful shading effect. The Entrance behind is the connection to the other client's space, and it also represents the non-stop discovery of a scientist.For Cousteau's lab, an installation upon the main space would be constructed in order to produce a sense of being under the surface of ocean, which is the theme exactly about. A tube will be built to connect these two labs, as well as the meeting place, hence different parts of the whole design can be well intergrated.

Monday, April 6, 2009

EXP2 Clients' Quotes

Alfred Nobel: "Hope is nature's veil for hiding truth's nakedness."
http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/a/alfred_nobel.html

Jacques-Yves Cousteau: "A lot of people attack the sea, I make love to it."
http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/j/jacques_yves_cousteau.html

Keith Campbell: "That's a difficult one. Scientists are asked to refree a lot of papers and to certain extent we have to believe each other as to the validity of the data."
http://thinkexist.com/quotes/keith_campbell/

Wednesday, April 1, 2009

EXP1 Downloadable Link for Sketchup Model

EXP1 Artists' Production Methods and Materials Use

The material use of Fiona Hall's works is critical to understand her philosophy. She basically picked up everyday objects, and developed them in oder to address on the issues, such as globalization, consumerism, colonialism and natural history. In her recent work 'Understorey', Hall applied glass beads, and threaded them onto wire, to create an object representing the relationships between nature and human activities, especially during the colonial time. The juxtaposition of its shape, showed the natural organisms, as well as the various colours applied.

The works of Rosalie Gascoigne would normally contain collage pattern, with beautiful use of shapes and materials. The materials she applied were developed from found objects, such as road signs, rusting corrugated iron and weathered timber. Additionally, she finds beauty in the imperfect, the humble, the simple and the incomplete, with the the preferences of simple shapes and lines.

EXP1 Three Animations





EXP1 Stairs Finished




Stairs (Above)


Stairs (Below)

EXP1 Stairs Sketch








EXP1 Exhibition Space

Texture for Exhibition Space