Something Beautiful

Osaka- Church of the light, Tadao Ando. This is a real inspiration for me in what i hope to achieve in my unreal tournament map through the use of space and the light protruding light.

Draft UT2004 Environment

Draft Images

Axonometrics

Stephan Hawking: "I have noticed even people who claim everything is predestined, and that we can do nothing to change it, look before they cross the road."

Focus: The idea of the cross and predestination.






Florence Nightingale: "How very little can be done under the spirit of fear"

Idea: Fear- to overcome this, we have to rise and often take a step of faith.

EXP2- Quotations

Jane Goodall:

“The greatest danger to our future is apathy”

Goodall, J 2002, ‘The power of one’, TIME, accessed 15th April 2008 from Time Magazine online.

Florence Nightingale:

“How very little can be done under the spirit of fear”

Cook, J 2004, The book of positive quotations 2nd edn.

Stephan Hawking:

“I have noticed even people who claim everything is predestined, and that we can do nothing to change it, look before they cross the road.”

Buxton, S 2008 'Stephen Hawking and Laissez-faire', accessed 15th April 2008 from Shirley Buxton Journals Online.

Beautiful- The Aston Martin DBS

The Aston Martin DBS to me represents the finest in traditional hand-craftsmanship and pioneering. I see it as both a technological masterpiece and a powerful visual and dynamic experience.

EXP1- The Datum- Waste/Perverse

Texture- Ricky Swallow


Texture- Patricia Piccini

Two Worlds Combined

Ricky Swallow- THE GAP

Patricia Piccinini- The Twist

Waste, Perverse

Ricky Swallow- Killing Time

The Work of Ricky Swallow often portrays both the finest of detail and craftsmanship through a variety of media, in particular the use of the natural material wood.  His sculptures and objects appear very intricate and therefore it appeared obvious to me that the artist has spent many hours in crafting his work. I therefore wanted to create an environment that allows Ricky to engage both in an inside, but more importantly in an outside workspace with nature and the natural environment that surrounded him. This reflects upon the heavy use of a variety of timbers in my design to suggest such concentration on texture and fine detailing that is clearly evident throughout his work. Furthermore, the staircase is designed to allow Ricky Swallow to maneuver his artwork easily back and forth from the gallery with relative ease and flexibility. This is to respond to the fact that his work such as 'Killing Time' is often of a considerable size and weight, hence the low risers, broad tread and steady incline. 

- Materials: Wood, cardboard, PVC, piping, plastruct and rubber. 

Patricia Piccinini- "Nature's Little helpers"

The work of Patricia Piccinini encapsulates a variety of  visualisations from the 'frontiers of bio-medical technology'. She works with a wide range of media throughout her artwork including painting, sculpture, video, sound and digital prints. I therefore wanted to create a space that was not restricted, but flexible for her to move around with enough space that did not feel claustrophobic. I think it is important for her to be in area which does not reflect everyday life. Her major artworks often reflect her interests in world issues including bioethics and biotechnology. To me, Paccinini's work thus appears rather perverse in their nature and therefore i created an environment that represents such a 'twist' or 'contradiction' to rational human thought. I looked to achieve this by using a significant use of shiny metal to provide a cold and unnatural atmosphere where the spiralling nature of the staircase looks to further seperate us completely from the nature world. It acts to represent this transition from the skin of the earth and into the 'genetics' of living creatures. 

Nature's Little Helpers:

- Materials: silicon, fibreglass, leather, plywood, hair

Textures