Creative Theories: Thinking and Making

After doing research, I have found a few adaptive reuse buildings that inspire me; Moritzburg Museum Extension , Nieto Sobejano Arquitectos The Moritzburg museum extension was designed by Nieto Sobejano Arquitectos in 2008, located in Halle, Germany. The museums history has been reflected in the many changes it has undergone over the years. But despite these changes, the building keeps to its original structure and architectural features within and around the museum extension. The museum inspired me with the application of new modern architectural design to the historic building, creating a clear 'territory' between the two, as well as presenting the historic building as its own exhibition, ultimately treating the historical building with respect while still being able to modernise it.  Photos and information obtained from;  www.archdaily.com The Jaffa Hotel, John Pawson Designer John Pawson restored and renovated the School of the Sisterhood of Saint Joseph convent, and ...

 Below is a copy of my poster of my artefact: Todays presentations went well and I received very helpful feedback; Look into Bricolage  Redundancy of functions – Broken / not wanted  Thinking about theatrical interaction with Wymering – stage sets / installations in the rooms – fragmentations/parts of the manor/historical? – response to ruination and how it is.  Sarah Sze, ruined site work - the last garden. See Adhocism Bricolage is the construction or creation of a piece of work from a diverse range of objects or materials that happen to be available, or a work constructed using mixed media. Its applied in an art context to artists who use a diverse range of non-traditional art materials. This approach became popular in the early twentieth century when resources were scarce, and aspects of surrealism, dada and cubism have a bricolage character. ( 1 ) I believe that my artefact is a strong example of bricolage and adhocism. Sarah Sze's The Last Garden is a very ins...

Below are some better quality photos I have taken of my artefact, S.A.H.R. ;

I am very pleased to present my finished artefact; S.A.H.R. (Scenography, Architecture, History, Representation).  Inspired by Nam June Paik, S.A.H.R. is a combination of technology and architecture in the form of a stage set, presenting Wymering Manor as a stage. S.A.H.R. focuses on layering and creating depth, producing a layered performance space with the elements of the TV and Wymering Manor. Similar to Sarah Sze, S.A.H.R. is made mainly from an object (a TV) that is designed for human scale, producing a sense of familiarity and nostalgia. These senses are increased for those who have visited the manor, as some of the layering have design elements from the manor and some memorable parts of the manor presented in an artistic or architectural way. Like the Collective Network City Model, S.A.H.R. has a clear distinction between the materials used, with this artefact I challenged myself to reuse as much of the TV as possible before adding new materials to it, totalling at three dif...

For the next stage of our project, we are starting to develop a poster of our artefact which includes; Photos of our artefact 300 words on our artefact Start considering a title for our artefact Three artists/ architects that we are inspired by Below are some designers that I am inspired by: Nam June Paik Nam June Paik was a Korean American artist. He worked with a variety of media and is considered to be the founder of video art. His method of combining art and technology (in terms of physical technology) is very inspiring as they are very diverse, I also like that his work can be interpreted in different ways, as well as that is it an unconventional way to use technology.  Photos and information obtained from; www.cobosocial.com news.artnet.com The Collective Network City Model; Roger Kemp, Raphael Kilpatrick & Anthony Fryatt The Collective Network City Model is a collaborative model of an imagined city / urban condition constructed by 20 students. I like the clear 'territori...

Once printing the plans and elevations of Wymering Manor in scale 1:20, I found that if I made my model of the manor in this scale it would not fit into the set space within the artefact, so I decided to work in scale 1:50 instead. I decided to use Balsa wood as it was cheap, I had an abundance of it, as well as it was the right colour wood I wanted to use as it creates a contrast between the model and the rest of the artefact. I started off by drawing the floor plans of the manor on cardboard and started assembling each floor individually, then adding a 'tech' element - a part of the TV - into each of the rooms, and then gluing the three floors together, bringing the sectional model together as a whole.  Below are photos of ground and first floor of the manor before I glued them together; I really enjoyed making the manor in this scale as it allowed me to spend more time in making smaller details of the manor that I initially overlooked; I also found that working from the floo...

Today on a sheet of perspex, I reflected my experience and interpretation of Wymering Manor using concrete poetry and paintings of parts of the manor that were most memorable to me. On the perspex I included; different angles of the stairs, the loft roof beams, the table and fireplace from the grand hall, different views of the exterior of the manor, lots of shrubbery and greenery, and concrete poetry.  I started by drawing my design with a permanent marker and then using acrylic paint, I decided to only partially paint the drawings as the perspex will be situated in front of the 'backdrop' that I have made, this is so the backdrop is still visible whilst having a design element in front of it, this also adds more layers to my 'set'. Also, I conscientiously painted particular parts as they were the most memorable elements in the manor; the green carpets on the stairs, the table in the grand hall, the roof of the manor, the shrubbery growing on the manor grounds, the dar...

Today I started making the frame and backdrop of the set in my artefact. I started off with having the metal backing of the TV that had the circuits and wiring stuck down on flattened to form the base of my set. From here, I decided to challenge myself to reuse as much as I can of the TV within my artefact before bringing in new materials.  I then started gluing some parts of the TV and remote to the inside of the TVs plastic back panel and reattached it to the TV stand. I found that I was reassembling parts of the TV much more often than I thought I would, I found this interesting as I didn't think I would need to reassemble parts of the TV to make my artefact. I chose to stick these parts to the back panel as they were some of the most heaviest and wouldn't of been supported by string if they were suspended, and they were also the largest parts and if they were suspended they would of obscured the view of the model of Wymering Manor. I glued the parts down in an ordered unifo...

 Today I started exploring different ideas on what to repurpose the TV to;  I had a few different ideas on what to develop the TV into; I explored the idea of turning the TV into a light box set up to display a puppet show that has a narrative evolving around Wymering Manor. I then explored the idea of having parts of the TV suspended with an element that involves Wymering Manor. I also explored the idea of turning the TV into a set with a model of the manor in the middle. I decided to further develop the set idea and incorporate handing TV parts into it. I started making notes and questions on what I need to do to achieve my idea, and how to achieve it.  I started exploring how I could incorporate the parts of the TV to the set and how to make my artefact secure and stable, on what the narrative focuses around, if I can make a forced perspective or to leave it as a 360 degree view of the model.  I am looking forward to next weeks workshop sessions to test out my ide...

Today and tomorrow we are in the workshop developing our artefact. Our artefact must be a second hand, old, or broken piece of furniture that we will be taking apart and repurposing with relation to Wymering Manor.  I have chosen a broken TV that I had in my possession. I chose the TV as it obviously relates to film, as well as it's a interesting comparison to 'traditional' furniture that one may think of when they hear the word 'furniture', as some wouldn't consider a TV as furniture. Also, I believe that it would be a lot of fun to take apart and repurpose it as it is made from lots of different materials.   As I wasn't able to attend Thursdays workshop session, I took apart the TV at home and documented it in the form of a time lapse video;  I really enjoyed taking the TV apart as I have never done it before and I have always enjoyed seeing what makes things work. I found myself being very gentle with the TV and its parts, even though it's broken. I s...