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Week 1 Design Studio: Social Space & Observing/Participating

Tuesday Lecture Notes: ‘Social Space’ – to gather together, public space, encourages social interaction. Henri Lefebvre – all space is is socially produced “space is at once result and cause, product and producer” What is the commons? Dictionary Definition: Common as an adjective: 1a: of or relating to a community at large : PUBLICwork for…

Week 2 Studio: Intuitive Mapping + Maquette Excersise

Tuesday: Streamside day – eutopia / distopia What are my interests and how does that affect what i’m paying attention to? I enjoy surf and surf culture, which leads me to look at what the weather is doing, wind patterns, swell patterns and tides. This also draws my eye to anything thats on the water…

Week 3 Studio:

Tuesday: Maintenance As Art Art truly is in the eye of the beholder. It’s a shame that most people don’t view the minor intricacies of the world as art until someone calls it out. Art is a mindset. An internal training that sets the world on fire. As long as you look for it, art…

Week 4 Studio: Part One Hand In

How can different modes of documentation affect how we understand spaces? I find having objects to interact with very engaging so I want my presentation to be tangible to a certain degree. Photos are good but I think having diagrams and graphs convey a clearer message as to what is being focused on/ deduced from…

Week 5 Studio: Part Two Intro

Inventory: To create my inventory I systematically made my way through the different rooms in my house and tried to create flat lays of the different materials and tools I came across. I found this really helpful in terms of changing the way I think about what qualifies as a tool or material and opened…

Week 6 Studio: Laying out the Map

Minimal interventions research/performance based practices: Fluids a happening by Allen Kaprow: I love the relational aspect of Kaprows Happenings. Fluids has two different audiences, the one who builds the ice structure and the ones who happen upon it. This creates different experiences for the two parties. I love the fluidity of the project that no…

Week 7 Studio: Proposals

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.…

Week 8 Studio: Documentation Artefact

Iteration development: After getting some feedback on my proposals I started to think more conceptually as to why I wanted to cause this disruption. What was the why of my intervention. I started thinking more about Orewa in regards to hazards and having to be cautious. Erosion in Orewa is common place as it gets…

Week 9: Manifestos

Manifesto Definition: noun, plural man·i·fes·toes. a public declaration of intentions, opinions, objectives, or motives, as one issued by a government, sovereign, or organization. Formats: List Poem Graphic Poster Report/article This manifesto is very poetic in writing and uses abstract ideas to communicate the main point. The use of Font, text size and layout slowly draws you in…

Week 10 Studio: Manifesto Development

Next three manifestos: In manifesto 4 I was trying to convey the ripple effect with the manifesto at the centre being the initial ‘drop’ to cause the ripple. The feedback I got for this one was that Lucy thought it looked more like a target than a ripple. She also posed the question of what…

Week 11 Studio: Manifesto development

Developing concept: I chatted with Rachel about my manifesto concept and my work up until this point which helped me to refine what my main focus was. When thinking about the space that is Orewa Beach, it is time specific, tide specific which then affects the spaces peak occupancy. In my part two I started…

Week 12 Studio: Final manifesto

10th iteration: I went a bit more poetic with the way i formatted the text in this one. i think by establishing a rhythm through out the text it makes the final line have a stronger impact to the reader really bringing home the point. I also started playing with colour and carrying on the…

Studio Part One Development:

Updated documentation: Artist research and influences. Analyse their why and the way it was received, what I liked. identify how people access the beach interview people on the beach. why are they there? observe rule compliance observe the hazards relationship with beach users. How do you move in the space Recorded movement, waves, people, Drawings/lists…

Studio Part Two Development:

Developed written statement: Orewa beach is a space open to anyone to visit and spend time. More often used by people local to the area. Orewa is generally quite a tame beach making it family friendly and more enjoyable for a wider audience. However, Orewa goes through seasons where the elements have eroded and damaged…

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