Authors: MarĂa Paula Vargas Isabella DomĂnguez Printed in Barcelona, Spain April 2016
Table of Content Introduction Analysis Location Main Concepts Textures Color Palette Users References Installation Proposal Proposal Sketch Prints for the Floor Final Pictures
Introduction
This dossier is about the investigation and analysis process made about Passatge Permanyer located in Barcelona, Spain. It was developed in april during the Advanced Principle class at Elisava. The analysis led to the creation of an installation proposal meant to be done in museums or any place with a large white room.
Analysis
Location
Main Concepts
Dreamy & Magical Because of it’s preserved arquitecture, it’s pastel colors and the nostalgia that comes from imagining how life was at Barcelona a long time ago. A passatge that makes you feel like you are in a dream full of magic when walking through it. Romantic - Nostalgia - Past - Enchanted - Walking through
Textures
Color Palette
Sound Analysis
city
city music inside a house
steps
wind bird singing
Users
Users Flow Chart
Users Ezequiel “El del Atajo” - 58 years old. - Father and granparent to be. - Bakery manager. - Goes everyday through the Passatge on his way to work . - The place doesn’t call his attention, it’s just a shortcut.
Users Jake “Al Punto� - 19 years old - American student - He is doing a semester abroad - Goes to the passatge three days a week for his Spanish lessons - The place is part of his week routine
Users Anna “La Mariposa” - 26 years old - Spanish design student - Travels often - Loves finding new spots - Active in social networks - She finds the passatge unexpectedly and walks through it amazed by it’s beauty. Asks her friend to take pictures of here in there
References
(top left) Blueprint, 2010 Translucent nylon. (bottom left) The Perfect Home II, 2003 Translucent nylon. (above) Wielandstr. 18, 12159 Berlin, 2011 Polyester fabric.
References
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Do Ho Suh Migration, both spatial and psychological, has been one of Suh’s themes, manifested through biographical narrative and emotionally inflected architecture. Best known for his intricate sculptures that defy conventional notions of scale and sitespecificity, Suh’s work draws attention to the ways viewers occupy and inhabit public space. Interested in the malleability of space in both its physical and metaphorical manifestations, Suh constructs site-specific installations that question the boundaries of identity. His work explores the relation between individuality, collectivity, and anonymity.
‘Boat’, 2012 Miami Xuan paper, bamboo and cotton thread.
References
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Paper Boat -Zhu Jinshi The Boat constructed with rices paper, acts as a metaphor with both western and eastern significance: the artist’s personal voyage from east to west; as well as honoring the dead’s passage from living to afterlife, something that Chinese viewers would recognize from the meaning of the Chinese character for ‘boat’. Even time travel could be insinuated by the spaceship quality of the interior.
Richard Serra, Snake 2005, Guggenheim Sculpture.
References
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Richard Serra The two tilted, snaking passages, capture a rare sense of motion and instability. Snake preceded Serra’s Torqued Ellipses, the artist’s most recent rumination on the physicality of space and the nature of sculpture. Both Snake and the Torqued Ellipses seem to defy gravity and logic, making solid metal appear as malleable as felt. Shifting in unexpected ways as viewers walk in and around them, these sculptures create surprising experiences of space, balance, and sound and provoke a dizzying sensation of steel and space in motion.
Cornelia Konrads, Passage, 2007 Installation on a forest clearing Branches, steelrope, iron.
References
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Cornelia Konrads German artist Cornelia Konrads creates mind-bending site-specific installations in public spaces, sculpture parks and private gardens around the world. Her work is frequently punctuated by the illusion of weightlessness, where stacked objects like logs, fences, and doorways appear to be suspended in mid-air, reinforcing their temporary nature as if the installation is beginning to dissolve before your very eyes.
‘Roses’, Rebecca Louise Law, 2013
References
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Rebecca Louise Law Flowers and natural materials are at the heart of Rebecca’s creations. The sculptures and installations she creates take on a floral form or use actual flowers within the piece.
Juliana Santacruz Herrera, New York, 2011
References
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Juliana Santacruz Herrera The concept of decorating the potholes of the city using colorful strips of fabric. These were placed randomly in shallow breaks and cracks, creating a fun and colorful change in the landscape. The artist’s visual intervention brings a happy touch to the gray streets of Paris and creates a fun and appealing contrast with the dark cement.
(Left bottom) Chanel 2009 Haute Couture (Others) Chanel Spring 2015 Couture Runway
References
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Chanel Runways In these two different runways, Haute Couture 2009 and Spring 2015 Haute, Chanel used gardens made of paper flowers. They transmitted a holistic place where viewers could believe magic was coming to life.
Installation Proposal
Proposal Sketch
The proposal consists on installing a pair of 3 meters tall dry walls following the shapes shown on the drawings. The idea of doing this shape came from the sound analysis and the importance this has in the esence of Pasage Permanyer. The intention was to create a place where the sound change could be really significant. It was established that the installation should not occupy the whole room where it’s located, but be placed in the middle of it. This way, people would experiment the change of sound from being outside to going through the created passage, where sounds of birds, steps and leaves could be heard. The floor was made with the silouettes of the flowers and leaves found in the passage.
Prints for the Floor
Prints for the Floor
Prints for the Floor
Prints for the Floor
Prints for the Floor
Prints for the Floor
Final Pictures
Final Pictures
Final Pictures
Final Pictures
Printed in Barcelona, Spain April 2016