Proposal development:
Proposal 3
No access
Orewa has a grass/ sandy bank that separates the beach from the street. There are stairways dotted along the length of the beach to make it easy to get down it. For this proposal I want to use caution tape to tape off the access point at Koho Street. My intention for this proposal is to challenge peoples eagerness to access the beach and seeing how they navigate a new path. It would also be interesting to see how the hazard tape is received when theres no evidence of a hazard on the stair way.
Proposal 4
Hop scotch
One of the reasons people go to the beach it to have fun, relax and escape from the mundane routines of everyday life. I want to put in place a hopscotch game in front of the access point on Kohu street to invite people to actively engage with a game and loosen up in a visible way. The concept i’m exploring through this proposal is the physical outworking of someones internal processes.
Proposal 5
Beach Lounging
The concept i’m exploring with this proposal is what does it mean to relax on the beach. A lazy beach day. We have an idea in our head of what that looks like or should look like but i want to combine two ‘relaxed’ environments, the beach and the lounge, and see how it’s received by passerbys. I want to challenge the status quo on how we spend our time and how we set up our temporary space on the beach.
Further development on proposals:
In fleshing out my proposals,I have done some sketches but found that drawing on top of photos for context like Christo and Jeanne worked really well for portraying my ideas. I used a yellow oil pastel and a led pencil on each image to create some continuity.
I worked through the who, why, when, where and hows of each proposal also.
I’ve created a site map to locate where on the beach these proposals will be implemented and to provide a bit more context to the area.
I have altered the beach yoga proposal. slightly adding in that the ‘class’ will be filmed on a tripod furthering the idea of it being some kind of performance. This might make people more intrigued.
Presentation brainstorm:
I want to draw on the themes of the beach with its organic shapes and us the yellow colour from the drawn on photos to create a cohesive compilation of documents that obviously all belong to each other. Much like Kaprow, I want the look of my proposals to communicate to the critic that they are all by the same artist.
Final Proposals and revised statement:
Spatial Fabrication 