Wednesday, 30 May 2012

Presentation | Notes

Phases of Presentation:

Part One:

Eleven Rooms | Marina Abramovich
Chinese Whispers
Childs Play
David Nash | YSP
Forest of Bowland | Logs

Part Two:
Urban Exploration
Sound Collage
Books of Floorplans
Model for a Proposed Echo Chamber
Oiticica
Dissertation
Meltdown

Part Three:
Lino Cutting
Knitting
Edited Prose | Cut-Up Technique..
Bill Boroughs – The Soft Machine & Allen Ginsberg - Howl
Roadside Scars Project
Construction Models
Monument to the Built-Up Environment
Ongoing Project | Possible Film

word of the day part:forty-six | perfunctory

perfunctory

per·func·to·ry [pəˈfʌŋktərɪ]

adj.
1. Done routinely and with little interest or care.
2. Acting with indifference; showing little interest or care.

[Late Latin perfnctrius, from Latin perfnctus, past participle of perfung, to get through with : per-, per- + fung, to perform.]

perfunctorily | adv
perfunctoriness | n

finished construction





Here is the finished contruction in it's final resting place. I have added a few close up shots of some the panels on piece number four.





bricolage

bri·co·lage [ˈbrɪkəˌlɑːʒ (French) brɪkɔlaʒ]

n.
Something made or put together using whatever materials happen to be available.

construction | photos







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The placing of three components of the installation. The fourth piece was being constructed and awaiting the hammer.


Tuesday, 29 May 2012

word of the day part:forty-five | hubris

hubris

hubris [ˈhjuːbrɪs] also hybris

n.
Overbearing pride or presumption; arrogance.

[Greek, excessive pride, wanton violence; see ud- in Indo-European roots.]

hubristic | adj.
hubristically | adv.

Saturday, 26 May 2012

word of the day part:forty-four | monolith

monolith

mon·o·lith [ˈmɒnəlɪθ]

n.
1. A large block of stone, especially one used in architecture or sculpture.
2. Something, such as a column or monument, made from one large block of stone.
3. Something suggestive of a large block of stone, as in immovability, massiveness, or uniformity.

[French monolithe, from Greek monolithos, consisting of a single stone : mono-, mono- + lithos, stone.]

monolithic | adj

Friday, 25 May 2012

construction

I have named my degree piece .. Monument for the Built-Up Environment. It still has one element to be constructed as of yet and is still unfinished.