The Extended Screen is a 12-week studio exploring the notion of screen, projection, surface, space, spectator, etc. Through out the whole semester, I did a 3-week group project based on readings and basic technique knowledge, and a 7-week individual project exploring my own site, precedents, theory background, design ideas, materials and technique supports. For the group project “Animate the Inanimate”, the idea is based on vital science and exploring the possibilities of synaesthetics by visualizing heartbeats, breathe and pulse in an abstract way. What we did was using daily objects as cores and wrapping them in the “skin” of polypropylene cones where the abstraction happens, indicating a strong difference between reality and illusion. We produced 3 small models covering a beaker, a shoe and a lamp, and projected footages on to them. The rhythm of footage on-offs, the occurrence transition, and the absence of both sound and vision were all taken care of during the process of showing. For the individual project “Where”, as a result of tons of testing, I experienced a series of changes in terms of ideas as well as techniques. The main brief aimed at distilling interests from the previous project and exploring a confined
project out of them. The whole project went though two stages. Firstly I was keen on the concept of vision, acoustics and kinesthetics, but it didn’t lead anywhere due to the complex of idea too broad, lack of site-specificity, inaccessibility of technique devices and even rejection towards real site installation. The next stage took the idea of movement from former process and introduced digital mirroring. Above all the project ended up with a set of 2 installations reflecting each other. One was supported by two projections on the ceiling connected with web-cams to create a maze of viewer not seeing his/her front but only the back. Another was a computer mapping on the voids of rafters showing a moving blue sky. The idea was talking about the directing light that the exterior sky indicates and the misleading illusion that the unfamiliar digital mirrors creates.
More informations about the project process please check out the studio blog: http://theextendedscreenscreenspace.blogspot.com.au
Lighting test for project 1 “Animate the inanimate“ https://vimeo.com/46664748 Mini project: https://vimeo.com/47348526 Movement exploration https://vimeo.com/47870224 Model testing for project 2 stage one https://vimeo.com/49168543 Digital mirroring test at home https://vimeo.com/49373776 Digital mirroring test at site https://vimeo.com/49825384 Computer mapping test 1 https://vimeo.com/50075505 Computer mapping test 2 https://vimeo.com/50509418 Final Video for project 2 “Where“ http://youtu.be/C84QgAX_Bfg
Relevant videos:
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RMIT Interior Design Year 3 Semester 2