The final part of our summer work was to visit the BArch degree show and select 3 presentation techniques we thought would be useful as precedent for our own work. Unfortunately I missed the degree show, so I have selected 3 other presentation techniques from shows I visited over the summer.
Visited on 6th September 2011
Park transforms ordinary environments into extraordinary scenes in which the artist's hands interfere with the forces and currents in a way that is both comic and timely.
”To Let” is based on his time living in Manchester. His work has continued his research into personal feelings in differing living urban conditions across the world.
To quote the blurb from the exhibitions' promotional literature: "His work engages the audience to re- think of our surroundings in a magical way, the way that we sometimes forget to view the world with the grind of daily life. The way of a child playing with toys, with a city to play with rather than a toy box."
Useful as precedent for:
- Showing the designers’ thought process (though maybe a bit contrived) but it could retrospectively add a narrative to how you reach a particular idea
- Another installation (not shown) used of photos of the same scene at different times of day / year / weather conditions etc. The images were sliced up and overlaid like a flip book or jigsaw. This could help with understanding dynamic elements of a landscape and be a useful interactive form of presentation to allow audience to understand and visualise these dynamic qualities.
Visited on 2 September 2011
Living Worlds explores the connections between all living things, including us, and shows how we can all shape the future by the choices we make. There was a strong ecological theme with many extinct species displayed and stories behind them.
As a supplement to the exhibition, the museum has developed an app for smart phones / ipads.
The app enhanced the experience by:
- helping navigation round the gallery with a floor plan
- giving detailed information on each exhibit
- allowing you to read about the exhibits after you leave the gallery
- allowing the staff at the museum to add and update content as exhibits change
Could be useful as precedent for any future projects that:
- have a high degree of interaction with public
- require large amounts of information to be passed onto people
- may be dynamic and require regular updates of information Eg nature trails, sites of historical interest, archaeological sites
The Influence Machine” by Tony Oursler, Whitworth Park, Manchester (part of the Manchester International Festival)
Visited on 14th July 2011
The Influence Machine was comprised of projections of large faces onto smoke and trees with corresponding narratives--poetic texts written by Oursler for this project and other voices from the history of early technology. In addition to Oursler's abstract narratives, the soundtrack for The Influence Machine included segments of radio feedback, and unusual sounds. The artist aimed to explore the historical and current impact technologies have on our daily lives.
Useful as precedent for:
- In terms of presentation of concepts, ideas could use moving images or stills projected onto objects / surfaces not usually used for displaying work. This may help the viewer see the subject matter in a different light and will help the idea stand out from others
- In terms of a feature of landscape design precedent (ie actually in a scheme), I think the work here has more potential. The use of vegetation as a screen adds another dimension to a space. It makes people curious as to what they are seeing thereby engage with the space more, it creates light in spaces in a way that does not harm the trees and it adds a sense of drama, magic and mystery to a space.
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