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term three Camila E . S o t o m a y o r Tutor . S h a u n M u r r a y
Masters in Architecture c.sotomayor@ucl.ac.uk
|TABLE OF CONTENTS | ///\\\UNDERSTANDING THE SMEARS///\\\ .............................................................................. 3 ///\\\THE SMEARS AS EPHEMERA///\\\............................................................................................ 7 ///\\\THE KETTLE GRAB///\\\........................................................................................................... 10 ///\\\THE KETTLE GRAB | merengue smear model///\\\......................................................................11 ///\\\MAKING BREAKFAST | buildup on drawings///\\\..................................................................... 14 ///\\\VIRTUAL SMEAR PRODUCTION///\\\...................................................................................... 18 ///\\\VIRTUAL SMEAR ACCUMULATION | daybed///\\\................................................................... 20 ///\\\APT. 35b ACCUMULATION | virtual smears on occupant///\\\.................................................. 22 ///\\\VIRTUAL SMEAR ACCUMULATION | living + dining room///\\\................................................. 24 ///\\\ANIMATING THE EXTRAORDINARY WITHIN THE BANAL///\\\................................................ 26 V
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\\\Understanding the Smears///
+ Understanding the materiality, composition, the rules of the Virtual Smear via models. The objective with this experimentation is to create a surface that explains the accummulation over time within a space through use. The contracting and eventual depressing of Virtual smears as they buildup over surfaces. 3
+ Manufactured “fabric�, burning and layering of a surface made from plastic garbage bags. + Testing the pliancy and porosity of a synthetic surface in order to build a flexible smear structure.
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\\\The Smears as Ephemera///
+ This experimentation led to a more ephemeral material. Soap foam hung from a wire structure. As surface residues the accumulation would occur rapidly, so a quick buildup was necessary. The objective was to capture the buildup in an animation. [left] Adapted Tea Kettle with Virtual smears of a handle grab. Post 2 min.
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\\\The Kettle grab |
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\\\The Kettle grab |
merengue smearmodel///
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\\\Making Breakfast |
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+ Drawings began to accumulate on their own through a buildup within the production process. Using cat hair, watercolor pigments, foam, soap and water, time and smear creation is shown as crusted and layered to weave model and drawing. [here + next page] Watercolor with buildup of cat hair, salt, foam and ink.
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\\\Making Breakfast post 2 min/// \\\The Cliff | take| two///
A redrawing of the first cliff idea. Continuing with the focus on verticality and sheer drop of the ice floes [inuit relocating to cliff faces bypassing the melting glaciers], playing with the possibility of either hanging structures or actually interfering withthe volume of the cliff by digging perpendicularly. 17
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virtual smears///
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\\\Animating the Extraordinary Within the Banal/// Datamoshed virtual smears
\\\Morning Cup of Coffee |
Datamosh///
///\\\BIBLIOGRAPHY///\\\ Sotomayor, Camila E,. 2008-2009. Mirror Mirror. <http://vasavoircamille-theteaparty.blogspot.com/>
Without the insight of tutors, friends, colleagues and family one risks a project's core decaying into monocromatic tunnel-vision. Here I thank my tutor Shaun Murray for providing tireless intelligence and understanding with my work . Doron, Shin, Aubrey, Dave and Rikard for their humor, friendship and loyalty. Finally I dedicate this project to my parents, Monica + Cristian Sotomayor and my sister Gabriela you make projects like this possible. Thank You.
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