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, 9 May 2011

ANALOGUE CINEMA // AMPLIFY




There remains something ultimately elusive about sound, about its complex movements in space and time, about the ways in which our listening and talking bodies perceive it and discuss it.

In this project I have attempted to listen out for those whispers, cries squeaks and rumbles that lie beyond ‘only the heard’ but also to appreciate sound as a meaning; as an awareness but as humor and provocation. The aim is to showcase the diverse meaning of sound by making it become the emphasis.

The work produced based upon this study, is to be experienced in it’s specific location, therefore it is about the place, reflects the qualities of the place and relies upon the place, to provide input to the process and therefore by its presence contribute a the dimension of the place.

Through the use of an analogue cinema upon the jetty, I aim to encourage those to stop and listen. By installing amplifying devices made from piping & instrument parts and periscopes, the project transfers the spatial experience of  what lies beneath us to an audible and visual level we can access. Immersing the viewer within the live showing of the Thames, creates a performative , cinematic, multi layered spatial experience.

This practice is significant, as I believe it engenders an experience making the subconsciously known, the mundane revealing itself as a surreal encounter of the world we live in and take for granted. By amplifying, framing and adorning the magical beauty of the rhythmic yet unpredictable power of the Thames, this process generates a suspended moment in time.

As a generation moving image and digital media surrounds us, I believe the use of an analogue approach questions what cinema is. The results seem to be more prominent because it is not using technology; it is simply amplifying certain qualities of the space the viewer is already within, manipulating their understanding of the site.
There remains something ultimately elusive about sound, about its complex movements in space and time, about the ways in which our listening and talking bodies perceive it and discuss it.
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