For my final project I plan on continuing the piece I was making for my sewing project.
It should look something like this
(I modeled it in rhino so I could get the dimensions right)
They are made out of sheer transparent fabric and suspended in the trees.
(I LOST THE LITTLE ONE THOUGH DUMB DUMB DUMB)
There will be video projection of found home videos on each of the layers, each layer being played slightly slower than the layer outside of it.
My final piece will revolve around themes of comfort, secret keeping, and the idea of interior spaces.
The idea came to me when I was thinking about Ali’s advice to integrate all of our class work together. Recently I have become obsessed with small squares made up of tiny scribbles. So far, however, my work with these squares has been very 2D. I figured it would be really interesting to see how these squares would translate into a 3D/installation type piece. The squares have a huge focus on interior space, and hidden complexity. I plan to translate this to 3D by creating a piece that not only contains my thoughts and worries, but also swallows me.
The general theme of my final project is human interaction with others.
I know that I want to make a video piece but I have two ideas on the subject matter.
One idea, is based off of the mathematical Ramsey Theory, specifically the impact of Ramsey theory on the Theorem on friends and strangers, which can be read about here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theorem_on_friends_and_strangers.
I was thinking either embroidering or molding the heads and making the video piece of the lines being stitched, or tied.
My other idea was to create, using molding, knotting, and sewing, a 3D environment that is just as detailed and particular at a large scale as it is at a small scale. I would then incorporate a similar idea to my knotting project, and bring in some animals and humans to interact with each other and the environment. I would film this experiment.
This piece is still in the works, however the idea behind it was to create three structures that acted as “coat hangers” for people to leave behind traces of them in their absence. I was focused on the idea of companionship without the physical presence.
This is structurally an interesting piece to me because of how they drape the cloth and use frames within the structure. It is also a really good example of the impact that lighting has on a piece. If you watch the process video you can see the construction and the way the piece looks inside and with out lighting.
http://www.situstudio.com/works/projects/reorder#
traditional feminine craft for traditional feminine worry
you’ll get tired of me
fabric squares batiked and dyed with coffee
First I made a small scale paper model of the structure and then I scaled up.
Once there was enough put together I pinned the corners of the out ring of points on the dome and tied string to secure it to the ceiling.
I also tried lighting it from inside to see what it would look like.
I had also wanted it to be lit by fire so I tried shooting pics of it near the fireplace.
Here’s me inside it!
So my goals for this piece were to create a sort of geometric shell enclosure and to somehow incorporate the comfort in heat (hence the placement near the fireplace). I wanted it to be a strange extension to a practice I associate with companionship, cuddling by a fire. The shell is sort of a way of protecting and isolating its inhabitants. From the outside it also looks like a strange geometric creature sitting by the fire. The process proved to be extremely time consuming but I’m happy that it turned out dome/shell like.
I decided to create a wall of fabric, Initially, I wanted to have two walls of fabric hanging from the ceiling, much like a tunnel of fabrics. To me, big sheets of fabric hanging down from the ceiling recreates the atmosphere of a forest: being overwhelmed by the height and walking aimlessly through the trail. I thought it’ll be interesting to recreate that atmosphere in an urban setting.
Behind the scenes. I wanted to dye the fabric first. I’ve never dyed anything so I thought this assignment will serve as a good opportunity to experiment. I got Royal Blue and Sunshine Orange. I thought these colors would successfully convey the ambient atmosphere I was envisioning for the assignment. I kept listening to Ulrich Schnauss’ Celine while making this piece.
I created a prototype of a thread speaker to see if a conductive thread can act as a speaker. Surprisingly, the thread did play music, but it was very faint.
Also, I needed to see if I have to hand sew the thread speaker onto the fabric, or if I can use the sewing machine. I ended up hand sewing the speaker since I found it difficult to control the sewing machine. Because the speaker was in a spiral, I needed control over the needle.
After sewing the speaker onto the fabric, I connected the two ends of the speaker thread to a circuit to see if it actually worked. Unfortunately, I couldn’t get it to work last night, but I’m hoping it was the problem with how I connected the circuit board, rather than the problem of the actually thread speaker.
