ETHOS

I am a people watcher and that is why interaction is the focus and drive of my work. I feel over time physical interaction between people has significantly reduced. With Modern culture first closing down the doors of communal living, into our own personal worlds, everything at hands reach; personal computers; personal MP3 players; even to the extent of personal robotic pets. From there the doors began to reopen, but interaction as we knew it refreshed; a middle man is now required, ‘The Device’. I would agree that change and progress is important, but as I see it we are not gaining new skills, we are replacing. them. Physical interaction is comparatively rare to those of ‘the device’, and slowly we are loosing the ability to communicate to our previous level, creating age barriers of those before and after ‘the device’.


During the 3rd stage of ISD course I would like to design events which encourage physical interaction as I feel passionately about creating design for change, with my aims to bring back the community, whether that be through town planning or interventions which provoke a reaction and discussion. I am particularly keen on temporary structures and installations which pop up in busy places, as this opens them up for the ‘everyday’ person to see and often is a catalyst for discussion, inevitably flowing into the device interaction ; the news, networking and photo sharing internet sites, therefore creating a worldwide critic on just one persons vision.


I want to further my understanding of the context of space and abstraction of space, therefore allowing my work to become stronger and enable me to push my passion for creating discussion and physical interaction between young people.

Monday, 7 March 2011

Tides and Times


TIDES and TIMES:
As I am interesting in enhancing the Southbanks inhabiters awareness of the Thames ever changing state and how it can effect the atmosphere of the area, I began researching previous work involving this idea. I can across the BBC and RIBAs attempts to celebrate the Thames creating platforms for short films to be played and interactive software to be used by visitors.




A SONIFICATION OF THE THAMES




Flood Tide is a live musical performance generated by the flow of the River Thames. A sensor placed in the water registers changes in the current's strength, which is then converted into musical notation and performed by professional and community musicians, including an orchestra, vocalists and taiko drummers.
The music starts off gently, lilting as the low tide begins its imperceptible transformation into the flood. As the water's flow intensifies, the tempo, rhythm and tonality are amplified. At full strength the music pulsates with a passionate, dynamic turbulence.
First performed in 2008, this production of Flood Tide is the most ambitious yet, with a record number of musicians performing for the duration of a tide cycle.
By John Eacott, presented in association with the Centre for Young Musicians, Southbank Centre's Voicelab and Tomorrow's Warriors




RONI HORN
Still Water (The River Thames, for Example) is an installation of photographs of the River Thames in which the photographs are interwoven with text in the form of footnotes to convey ideas Horn’s had about the river. Water is an enduring motif in Horn’s work, whether it be the “palpable nature” of Iceland’s pools and hot springs, or the seascapes of the Arctic Ocean: “Going into water is going into yourself. Water is a mirror. When you see your reflection in water, do you recognise the water in you?”.


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