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.

Thursday, 28 April 2011

40 Part Motet by Janet Cardiff at Fabrica, Brighton






As I was walking through the lanes of Brighton I heard what sounded like a coral concert coming from an unpronounced church doorway, on my approach the beautiful coral melodies of a renaissance choral work by Thomas Tallis became more prominent. However, this piece has been reworked under the creative influence of Janet Cardiff, who has recorded each individual choir member seperately (and therefore part) and placed these through a series of speakers placed within a circle. As you can see by the video above, this piece of work is extremely powerful - however I would say better in person as you can appreciate the complexities of both the piece and the performers, it also accentuates the acoustics of the church (not shown in the above video).


Through this adaptation Cardiff promotes 'sound art' but also updates traditional methods and shares them with a new audience. I was extremely moved by this piece and am excited to produce something similar through an circular audio installation of the 24 hour Thames... coming soon.
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