Saturday, 4 August 2007

Identity>Visualization/////+10 Years

My current identity is embodied, briefly, through this highly symbolic, three dimensional collage. I have established a tall, transparent prism in which there are vertically oriented images. The nature of the transparent shell means that I can place within it images representing my current identity as well as my envisaged future. In this sense, the shell acts as a symbol of me, through which montages of influences and beliefs are visible.

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The shell itself, besides the see-through plastic ‘levels’, contains solid parts of a project from last semester, and imagery of the built environment and nature. This is in an attempt to follow on from some ideas that I developed last semester; that there should be an integration of a structure with its surrounds, in a very literal sense. This project, my first this semester, now features aspects of my most previous project.

/2/ This picture shows the prism in its mode of representing my current identity. Here, I have used images of albums and films that I believe create rich atmosphere and space, something which I would like to achieve through architecture. These influences remain pertinent my identity and I would like to embody these moods within buildings. Each strip of images is stretched out over the height of the box by incorporating each of the images into each other and repetition.

Following on from this is the shell as a visualization of my future identity /3/. This stage is still very much linked to the previous (my current identity), and thus still retains some images of influences from other artistic avenues (film, music). Though now some elements have been added that represent my imagined identity, ten years from now. I have added images exemplary buildings, influences and expected issues of the future, using the same mixing techniques from my current ‘identity’. In this montage are pictures of buildings that I admire, as well as the environment; an important facet of future architecture. But most importantly is a small artwork that represents individuality. I would like to maintain a sense of individuality through architecture, as I believe that it is truly an expression of personal beliefs in response to site. Any creative pursuit is best when conceived by the individual.

/current[left] /10years[right]












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