Material Investigation - thread and stocking contd. resolved

The objective here, was to expand on the thread and stocking piece, by exploring time and space... implied receptacle of space - where it flows or is received.

The more obvious elements being hanging, or fallen objects and moving pieces where time is continuously in motion. I enjoyed the chaos of the string against the more methodical rounded forms - much like a bar of music there are notes following on from eachother to form a beat in a bar, or a space in a bar of music.

Material Investigation - thread and stocking

Subject – to show time and change through elevation, movement, distance, size and form (how long is a piece of thread...)

Cutting up stockings and stuffing them with stockings and thread, then wrapping in string – red and white until round – varied sizes.

'Hung in space' photographing action – kinetic sculpture.

Intention to show variation of the theme of temporal time and movement in
space in 'the moment'.

Material Investigation - Sand and Light

Sand and Light
Subject – to show time and change through the medium of sand and artificial light.

Throwing sand onto a light box and painting, removing form and adding form around negative shapes in a 'temporary' environment.

Showing the nature of sand as a sort of 'happening' that is ultimately wiped out of existence when the light is turned off or the sand is removed complete.

Intention to show variation of the theme of temporal time and movement in space in 'the moment'.

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“We were here”
A Panorama







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OBJECTIVE
The objective of the final exercise was to take my site and through a means (in this case digital photo manipulation), changing one object or concept within the site, from its original state, to “something else". I wanted to present 'virtual' installation of changing the balance between man and nature to create an altered state of nature vs. man.


The elements of nature and man made surroundings – the Kangaroo Point bridge, the walk ways, the buildings and apartments were removed initially and replaced with natural elements, such as foliage, cliffs and blue skies.

The method for this involved digital manipulation of images I had gathered over the five weeks of visiting my site. I wanted to represent the Kangaroo Point as photographed from the mangroves, and as 'found', not 'photographed'. I researched and gathered photographs of this location from 1858 – the first photographic recordings of the river. There are diarised accounts of what the Point looked like prior to this... I found this interesting on many levels, 1. 'recorded history' being so new 2. The camera only in use from 1850s 3. the photographs from 1860s onwards show all signs of urbanization, with very little of this diarised landscape visible. 4. how time lapse was recorded – through camera recordings, screen shots, digital photography, saved data, projected imagery. For this reason, I have toned the final image down, and ghosted out the 'man' element, but not completely removed... my experiences of the river are limited to photographic representations and written accounts of man's intervention with the river.

I thought very carefully about experimenting with the site in this way: I investigated physical vs. non-physical materiality, and came to the conclusion that where I had used projection in a previous exercise, would yield similar conceptual results. I experimented with software for the 'digital collage' and recording software.

Intention - the outcome is not meant to bye professional, however I did want the viewer to feel a postcard beauty – the panoramic nostalgic imagery you experience when someone sends you a note reminding the receiver, “I was here”... I was inspired by digital representations of history found in Museums as well as idyllic representations of these 'paradises' in postcards.

Museum and Reference Sites:
http://www.ourindooroopilly.com/oiogallery.html
http://www.brisbanehistory.com/photogalleryintro.html

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Recording King Tide for 17 minutes at midday

Capturing - reflections, the changing nature of the river's edge, the change in man made structures over time - ultimately the tide takes over the location. The glass slides under the pressure of the water and the glass slides into the river.

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“Changing the River”

Intervention - recording time and space

Looking at change within my site, by adding elements; glass and architects board used in previous example.

Changes over King Tide – photographic diary of a day with glass, thread, board and pins

With the intention of change in mind, I visited my site and carried out 2 installations. Both capture time and space, and represent the changes experienced by river through man's intervention, and nature's continuations.

With Glass, Thread, the architects board, used in the Dimensional Map exercise, I took my aerial map to the site constructed the same formation in hard mud.... my intention was to explore the parable of houses built on sand vs. Houses built on solid ground. I changed the installations to suit my needs, as in the first installation took place in the hardened mad of the mangroves and the second installation took place at the river's edge of the same location.

Aerial Map - History as Dimension

Resolved Piece
"the Scenery was particularly beautiful; the country on the banks alternately hilly and level but not flooded; the Soil of the finest description of Brush wood land on which grew Timber of great magnitude; of various Species, some of which were unknown to us, amongst others, a magnificent Species of pine was in great abundance."
(Royal Historical Society of Queensland)