Monday – site visit, question/ positioning statement that gets us inspired/ excited about the site and our project

This site visit I was looking for exotic/ out of place features within the site. I was also looking for signs of exhibition space, the controlling of an environment.

Boarders – plant pots, curbs to plant beds, trellise,

Concrete

Caution wet floor sign, very modern, bright and out of place.

Things that allude to a new world:

Shadow play

Grids on grids on grids

Layering of plants

Plants pressing up against the glass when viewed from the exterior. An escape attempt?

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General Atmosphere of the different areas that made the space notable:

temperature, light, smell, weight of the room/ space, density of foliage.

Questions to ask in relation to site:

Whats the plants perspective?

How does light change the atmosphere in the different spaces?

If history was different what could the space look like?

What are the effects of surface texture, materiality and layout within the site?

Positioning Statement:

The winter gardens were built for the purpose of providing an escape from the city and to provide something to do in the winter months. This idea of an escape from reality ties into the foreign, exotic plants within the site. Everything about the site takes you away from the norm.

I will create an intervention that doesn’t alter or damage the original structure but re imagines the space for a temporary food event. I want to explore the ideas of social distancing/ sharing a meal together in our current climate in a context of a space outside of our normal.

To create a psychedelic environment I will use bright colours at strategic places to cast colour around the space. I will utilise the natural light to manipulate shadow and alter how the space feels at different intervals throughout the day.

I will set up food within the space that explores themes like social distancing, the nature of eating and what is a normal way of eating. I personally love to eat in a grazing manner and would like to explore the use of hands when engaging with food and the controversy that comes with that in this current climate. Setting up food in a way that resembles fruit picking or gathering. Alternatively it would be interesting to explore eating with a distance element and explore how you can create an intimate meal between two people when there is physical distance between them.

Design Sketches:

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Wednesday:

Exhibition exercise:

Thinking about height, depth, levels, layers, light, movement.

My group –

Our group worked very sporadicly. We didn’t have a plan we all just got stuck into moving things around. As it evolved we just tweaked details working as a fluid entity. The result was very dynamic and allowed there to be relationship between the grids displayed. You were able to see through spaces and layering through depth created some cool moments.

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Other groups:

It was cool seeing all the different ways you could utilise the same objects. Some groups did a really great job of utilising light in their displays which we didn’t think about in our own. Some created strong movement and would draw your eye through the display.

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