The intervention within the drawing has to do with a chosen site (below the Williamsburg Bridge), located on the water where this abandoned cave-like opening of space (bounded by the walls of deteriorating bricks) exists as you come down this sloped path. I am drawn to this particular site because of the conditions of water (low/high tide), a great view, and the conditions of how it is treated by the people (collection of trash). the place has a very distinct repugnant smell. At low tide, one can enter this caved space (once intervened and then abandoned) and the ground is always damp.
At high tide, people trickle down this slope and spend some time (no more than 20 mins. because of the smell) overlooking the water to catch a glimpse of this view and to listen to the water echo in this space underneath them. it is only at low tide however, that this opening underneath the walkway can be revealed to those willing to walk on the pile of trash.
Back to the drawing below - the drawing was made out of memory rather than through a practiced precise documentation or notation. the top part is a section, the bottom is a plan looking down at the edge standing on the ground above the water - the edges of this contained space of bricks underneath is bounded by the red/orange/brown/slight green bricks which makes a frame for the perspective drawing of the interior of that contained space in the middle of the drawing. in it, i had put in two stills from the earlier film i had made on shadows - dealing with the projection of the self, the hidden reality, the unconscious (i must re-edit my film ).
To make this a lot more clear, i am dealing with a framework foundation of morality and space. The shadows have made me more interested in the unconscious/conscious. Such an interest has led me to the ideas of everyday things like people throwing trash on the ground. this has led me
to many didactic qualities i have always been looking at.
shadow/light , nature/built environment, adults/children - and trash and what they are and were as materials for use.
the dwg. then may or may not portray the ideas for an upcoming program -
6 comments:
this was supposed to be a notational drawing addressing program. you present a site here. where is the assignment?
i think you should be paying more attention to your precedent.
are you thinking about using this as your thesis site?
that trash projection is a one liner...your precedent was much much stronger.
thanks for the comments - excuse me for the late reply
i presented a site here because in my film i was shooting only shadows without the object and the light sources of what was making these shadows - was able to show shadows as another kind of space as they are everywhere but i didn't have a clear intention or a site to film. i also presented a site here because in order to conceive of an art installation, the installation needs to be site specific. no?
i must confess, i have been and am quite confused - but after the discussion i had two weeks ago when i presented my further interest to what i want to incorporate to the semester's research on the kind of framework i'd like to look at (morality - confrontations), i have been able to add more things to my project/head towards something, because i have been stuck with this shadow idea.
i will take a more close look at the precedent. you are probably referring to cornelia parker's installation am i correct?
i meant "stuck on the shadow idea"
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