Sakshi Maeen+ Radhika Choksi
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PHENOMENON
These two concepts combined together through the aspect of scaling movements. The narrative is a strange collection of varieties but when seen from a distance induces a sense of stillness because of the scale of the space in which they are placed. Forming a scape of translucencies that one is meant to navigate and experience.
bandicam 2021-09-14 21-07-09-353 (online-video-cutter.com).mp4Mediating Distances
Mediating Distances
The phenomenon of mediating distance is navigated by the change of scale and proportion over a span of time. An actual displacement of the eye produces movement in the scene. There is a strategic illumination of light of various brightnesses that provide glimpses of masses and yet not the whole city.
Refraction of light through water
Refraction of light through water
The idea of distance differently by the act of seeing from afar and layering. The humans, despite witnessing this huge fire are still in nature which indicates their distance from the fire. The extent of the refraction of fire also indicates a distance from the water to the fire. The idea of stillness is also produced because of the scale of the setting in which this scene takes place (the huge backyard with tall trees).
InShot_20211028_093217705.mp4The drawing is an attempt to mediate the distances by making different sizes of apertures on a flat layer. The objects which are constantly under motion passes through these different sizes and the change of scale displaces the eye to locate the movement
The drawing is an attempt to mediate the distances by making different sizes of apertures on a flat layer. The objects which are constantly under motion passes through these different sizes and the change of scale displaces the eye to locate the movement
The drawing is an attempt at portraying translucency/opacity, foreground/background, delicacy/flatness, intersection of these contrasts such that they highlight the other, dynamic strokes interwoven with still, flat patches.
PRINCIPLE
WhatsApp Video 2021-09-29 at 8.08.44 AM.mp4The principle emerged as a screen that pixelates objects through shadow formation. Initially we were experimenting the pixilation in dark spaces by providing artificial light
WhatsApp Video 2021-09-30 at 2.28.12 PM.mp4Further the light source changed from artificial to natural sun light. The intensities of pixel formation on the screens started varying according to the sun angle and also according to the direction of the sun.
APPARATUS
The screen is a 3 layered structure with frosted plexiglass on either side of a ferrocement grid structure. Placing these screens with the orientation of the sun we started making pavilion spaces where the pixilation is acutely felt in the circulation areas where movement is explicit. The space also becomes dynamic at different times in the day according to the sun direction and the movements of the people through the screens.
SITE SENSORIUM
Since we were working with screens the program was thought of as public spaces where performances take place and the space also acts as a community centre for the city.The structure would require a large open space without any obstacles on the site, where direct light is received and hence the site was chosen as a large field which is beside a cricket ground in Nashik where the city dwellers usually come for walking. It sits next to a very busy road.
The site was then mapped through sections and plans where we cut the site at 8 different parts and mapped it through the amount of heat it receives throughout the day. Same as for the section where we tried to map the amount of sunlight particular parts receive throughout the day along with mapping the movement of people on the site.
WhatsApp Video 2021-10-07 at 4.11.10 PM.mp4
The grid was used as a structural principle and we started intersecting volumes where a gridded wall intersected with a solid wall facilitating pixilation and shadow formation. Since our apparatus also involves movements we started giving long narrow walking platforms to reach the amphitheater where constant pixilation is observed by the viewer. The orientation of the structure is such that the pixilation is observed on the western and northern front since sunlight is sharpest from the opposite directions. Thus the structure is slightly tilted facilitating this. The design is visualized as a community space to create a sensorium of these pixelated screens dramatizing the experience, that make a very dynamic kind of landscape where your sense of scale gets distorted thus enhancing the sensorium of the site. Where the people are able to only sense movements and activity and not directly see it elevating your anticipation.
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