Week 2 – Scene Transition Models

On Monday we talked through our image sequences from site in our study groups. From this we chose one persons work to present to the whole class group and discuss and get feedback on other peoples work. It was good to see how other people had captured the site and to consider how I could use similar ways in my own work. After this was context talks around scene transitions and way we can create different thresholds and how we might experience these and the effects they create. With this in mind, on Tuesday we began making 3 quick fire models that aimed to represent the transitions in our image sequence from the site “fragments of spatial thresholds.”

Using card, masking tape, glue and mirror board I created a series of models that represented my initial thoughts about the site. My image sequence, through the use of angle mirrors, created a series of split views of the site. The buildings were cut and paste back together in news ways, often disconnected and sparked the thought of parallel worlds, similar but not the same to each other, both familiar and new. With this in mind I wanted my models to work with the change of levels and layers and reflection to give a sense of an extended object that doesn’t in fact exist. I wanted each model to be something that could be viewed in numerous ways both through rotation but also reflection.

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Model 1 feels like stepping up into a tunnel and the mirror reflection gives this the illusions of going on and on. Combined with changing lighting, this model can constantly shift and I get the sense of a series of doors.

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Model 2 is a more simple structure in which I was aiming to create something that looked different depending on where you viewed from. At a distance the structure could look like a solid, flat square but as you approach you notice the change of depth and layered height. It is easy to adjust the functionality of the threshold through rotation.

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Model 3 aims to show the cut and paste effect created in the image sequence. From different angle you get a different feel for the shape, in some ways it is softer and others more harsh. I think I would like to test this using more reflective materials in different sections to enhance the sense of something further co-exisiting.