Jordana Gurney
Project One - Assemblage + Effect /Affect of Light2020 - Year 2, Semester 1 The below is the final presentation of a light design done as part of my digital fabrication minor. Initially this design was meant to be made using a combination of the 3D printers and wet lab at AUT. However, due to... Continue Reading →
I already had a digital model of the St. James Theatre foyer space that I made after our site visit in week 3. Once I had a more clear idea around what my actual intervention would be in week 6, I was able to begin to model the intervention into the space. I did this... Continue Reading →
Initially when thinking of materials, I considered using some kind of mouldable plastic such as acrylic. Through thermoforming it could be possible to create moulds of the desired shapes and then heat and bend the acrylic around the individual form - or a section of it, then join it together - as acrylic is easy... Continue Reading →
Abstract: Situated in the heart of the city with a near constant flow of working professionals, students, tourists and locals, the St. James Theatre has sat, overlooked and unused for years, a far cry from its previous life as a part of Auckland’s social scene. My aim is to reintroduce this historic landmark back into... Continue Reading →
Reading - A Global Sense of Place by Doreen B. Massey Can you think of any recent geopolitical events that are examples of, or the result of what Massey calls a "longing" for a time when "places were (supposedly) inhabited by coherent and homogeneous communities"? (146-47)Can you think of any examples from the more distant... Continue Reading →
Initially when it came to considering the colour palette I would be using for my design I immediately thought of using the exisiting palette that is prominent throughout the exisiting foyer space. As I intended to strip the space of its original furnishings, re-purposing the original colours seemed like an ideal way to pay homage... Continue Reading →
Exercise: Using the keywords I selected for the focus of my annotations I began to see a trend in what I was questioning and looking at in the readings. From this I was able to make a connection to my studio practice and create a critical question and statement that helps me to explore this... Continue Reading →
In Tuesdays class we did an exercise where we made a mind map of the work we have done so far and where we plan to go from here. I began by noting down significant steps for each week:Week 1 - I really liked the vibrancy of the wall surrounding the St. James Theatre and... Continue Reading →
Reading - Wiggle Room by Sara Ahmed Who is Sara Ahmed?- Independent feminist scholar and writer, until 2016 professor of Race and Cultural Studies at Goldsmiths University London, she works at the intersection of feminist, queer and race studies.How does Ahmed begin the text? If you noted down the 'sections' of this piece of writing... Continue Reading →
Exercise 1: Write about the space we are working in (home, studio, etc) and define how we see this space in the context of wiggle room. Initial paragraph: A home of three people with spaces of varying amounts of wiggle room. The living area, where we can all work and wiggle in our own space... Continue Reading →
Spatial Design 