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.

Saturday, 30 April 2011

Wave Organ

The Wave Organ is a work of environmental art created by Peter Richards and George Gonzales in 1986. Richards has used PVC piping to produce 'the worlds largest shell'. The tubes connecting to the sea bed are placed to be used as listening devices, connecting the listener closer to the shore beds audio soundscape (and amplifying it).The piece is called Wave organ and it has had a wonderful reception from all those who have experienced it.  The best time to listen to the Wave organ is at high tide - being apx 5.30am - which is the downside of the piece. 
Richards explains, 
"Someone made a recording of the sounds made by water going in and out of a concrete dock in Sydney, Australia. I'd been wanting to add an audible component to my art, and that tape gave me the idea for the Wave Organ."
The Wave Organ's music is a symphony of land and sea, complex, subtle, powerful, hypnotic. Although this is an interesting find for my research, I can't help feeling disheartened by how close to my design this is. However, I am pleased to see that the idea has been tested and works successfully on a large scale. 


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