Process Booklet

THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS PRESENTS — ICHNILITES

ADS 560 – EXHIBITION DESIGN SUMMER 2012 – TIM HOSSLER MARS DENTON

PRELIMINARY RESEARCH & EXHIBITION IDEAS

· The AIPAD Photography Show 75 different galleries combined to make one huge show with something for everyone · Berlin: Bernhard Martin he says that he wanted to, ‘harmonize the evil with the unfathomable’. · Paris: Josef Albers, a painter in America Love the geometry and how it effects where you are standing and how the colors are meant to evoke emotion without actually being an object or feeling · Akos Major Very stark photography, not visually energetic, but pensive and thought provoking · Mind the Map: Inspiring art, design and cartography – London metro transit system maps and art made to focus on them · The river thames – 15 different illustrators asked to make their own representations of the river thames · Akio Hirata’s Exhibition of Hats by Nendo -Floating above and below, but no where near where a hat would be · 2D/3D Chairs Installation by Yoichi Yamamoto Architects – from fixed perspective they appear the correct way, but really on the backs are 3d · Nendo’s designed space for fashion designer Issey Miyakewhere accessories are displayed atop clusters of steel rods. · Object dependencies by Nendo, furniture/ tables that only work when something is placed on them · Nendo for Established & Sons, crumbled London maps surround the room like the fog around the city · Lotus sculpture by Gerry Judah, knot of race track with cars suspended in motion on the tracks · FUTURE SELF by random international – lighted poles that mimic human motion as one views · Richard prince – the fug, collages with graphite, simple pictures you have to get close to to see · Dellacosta installation – Chicago hundreds of masks line the walls and hanve from strings · Christopher Jenner debut collection ‘The Looking Glass House’ - mirror polished Stainless Steel to “reflect a sound induced matrix of ever changing coloured light.” · Luminous lace by LOOP.ph - webbing of lace lit by blacklight froma post in the center or the room, glowing · Tuft pula, for use by Numen – womb like cocoon suspended about ground made with carpet on inside and outside is back of carpet · Hydro-fold by Christophe guberan – printer that prints with ink and water and

effects how the paper reacts with humidity creating 3d shapes from a 2d object · proposal for resuscitating prehistoric animals – marguerite humeau – created giant wooden structures and replication of windpipes of dinosaurs to duplicate the sounds they would have made Installation IDEAs 1. the birdhouse – trees and plants stretch up to fill the atrium space, a ladder attached to the wall allows veiwers to climb up and view inside a large birdhouse full of birds, feathers cover the floor and are changed constantly by the passers by the opposite of the atrium is two birdhouses large enough to be walked in with furniture set up inside 2. large bowls of water are suspended from the ceiling that sway back and forth sloshing water but never dropping any, the floor has sand on it 3. the floor has wooden panels over lapping from both sides attached to walls with bells at the top of thepannel on the wall, each step rings a bell somewhere else in the room 4. the atrium contains a large funnel under which is a large bowl full of fast food packaging the ceiling is black the bowl is overflowing allowing the trash to cover the floor 5. the dock, the foor is covered by drift wood logs, arranged like a pathway and pebbles cover the rest of the floor, on the walls hang photographs of water under which small reflection pools sit 6. sinks are attached to walls with mirrors above them , the sinks are ful of dark liquid resembling oil or blood and signs posted saying “employees must wash hands” the airspace in the atrium is ful of suspended paper towels and the floor is piled with dirty towels 7. a paper landscape resembling tundra covers the floor and envelops the walls, holes are cut into the paper revealing the grass and life beneath 8. the walls are covered with butcher paper and the wall has a shelf like the bottom of a chalkboard covered with crayons, visitors are asked to do what they wish to the butcher paper, everything but remove it 9. the floor is paper with carbon paper in between making impressions of every veiwers footsteps as they enter, peruse and leave, each day the next piece of paper is hung and the walls begin to fill with footsteps 10. pencils are sawed off and attached to the wall to give the impression of being stuck halfway in on the wall of the atrium, the other side of the gallery has the pointed ends and the walls in between are covered with stretched lines as if they were drawn while the pencils were pushed through 11. chairs and benches and carpets are attached to the ceiling and all the

artwork on the walls hangs upside down 12. projectors and cameras are set up periodically throughout the space, when someone is looking at one projector, they appear across the room on another, the thought of being a spectator and being the object of gaze 13. lights suspended over planes of plastic bottles show a speckled array of light, some having colored sodas in them still, other bottles suspended on strings appear to be falling down to land on a cluster of dead hydrangea bushes 14. a room full of beds bolted upright to the walls while the floor is covered with nails standing on end 15. essential oils line a thin shelf that follows the wal all the way around wraping above doorways and climbing up to the top of the atrium , each bottle has been pierced so it leaks down a thin piece of paper, the paper becomes discolored and one woud tink this would smell good but the scents are all competing with each other and it becomes an overwhelming sensation, a small enclosure of glass in the middle closes with a door behind the person and a fan pumps fresh air in so that one can escape the overwhelming scents, made even more overwhelming by standing the the glass and coming out of it 16. tree branches wrapped in white string hang above pots full of liquid dyes and are only submerged when the viewer stands on the platform next the the branch 17. a drawing pendulum hangs from the top of the atrium , the floor is covered with paper, each day a new color of ink is used and visitors are asked to pull on a cord attached to the top to help change the direction of the swing making it their own 18. the gallery is set like a gala, fancy silverwear and place settings , thick plush curtains cover the walls, the plates however, are covered with teeth, fingernails, hairs and other disgusting bodily items 19. the ceiling is set up like a reverse teeter totter attached to chairs on the floor, when on person sits on a chair, another chair is raised off the ground ranging from a few inches to a few feet, weights help regulate the process of going back down to the floor so no one falls and gets hurt 20. the doors open into a portal forcing everyone to walk through a spherical walkway of tissue papers and cotton and other really soft fluffy things. In the enclosure are portal style windows with a few of the rest of the space, covered in broken glass, jagged rocks, nails etc, a sidewalk of fluff extends out the other end of the hallway allowing for a better view of the entire work

EXHIBITION IDEAS 1. Have a large screen projector on each wall showin real time an artist working with illustrator/photoshop, smaller screens showing the sped up version and even smaller screens with the finished work 2. Line the walls with portraits of the back of peoples heads 3. Display “graffiti” through the ages, from photos of cave paintings to photos of modern day artwork 4. Ask every professor in the building to draw a picture of A&D and display them in a long line around the entire room 5. Have work by tara Donovan placed on the floor 6. Install the “chocolate mill” and use the shavings to top free cupcakes 7. Invite members of the community to take a photo of themselves and put it in a small frame and place it on one of many nails at varying heights along the wall 8. Invite nendo to display his walking shoes around the space up the walls of the atrium and even onto the ceiling 9. Have bathroom designers set up different sinks toilets and tubs around the space and cover the floor with bubbles 10.

Framed magazine covers from the past 50 years cover every inch of every wall and extend to the ceiling 11.

Display every pair of shoes that “insert famous person here” has every worn on one big shelf wrapping around at an angle 12.

Display packs of gum on tiny pedistals all around the space, some open some closed 13.

Cover the walls with mirrors that have period clothing painted by differeing styles of artists and allow the viewer to become part of the art 14.

Bring in 6 mondrians, one for each wall 15. Bring in seven or eight Susan Vecsey Paintings 16. display the works of dan Christensen, neil Williams and jack roth 17. Katherine parker and lisa nankivil 18. two gonzalez and frank bowling 19. frank wimberly and betty parsons 20. Stanley boxer and marcela cabutti

INITIAL CONSTRUCTION & PRELIMINARY DESIGN

I considered adding stairs to the path to make it more difficult or more intriguing. Eventually I decided against them.

Shot from above: day one

ADDING COLOR & ADJUSTING FLOW

The texure on the walls is remnicsent of footprints, adding dimension to the plain white walls. The collage of footprints resembles cells — a type of organic organism — that mimic and support the idea of organic LEDs.

ADDING PRESSURE SENSORS & SCREENS

Originally designed as a carbon paper pathway, the trail evolved to include pressure sensor technology. working like the carbon paper would, the sensors record data of patrons footsteps and display said data on the organic LED screens that wrap around the room. This is a rough estimation of how the screens would appear.

REMOVING THE WALKWAY, ADDING NATURE

LAYING DOWN THE FOUNDATION

The floor is lightly covered with dirt and pebbles, varying in height and density. The rock statues, or kerns as they are reffered to by naturalists, represent pathway markers, allowing for easy (and confusing) navigation through the exhibition.

ADDING THE TEXTURES

By adding ground cover, dimension of the plane, and trees, the entire atmosphere becomes transformed. The scents, textures, and sounds of the forest life add to the sense of wandering. The kerns now becomes more important in leading one through the work.

FINISHING TOUCHES In Photoshop, I added people within the scenery. I applied filters and effects over the screens to make them appear to be illuminated and applied the vinyl to the walls.