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S_I_T_E+M_O_T_I_O_N ~ 2nd Scene Portal ~ Materialised Surfaces + Movement Flow

MariaLardi — Fri, 08 May 2009 07:30:53 +0000

more about “MAADM (MA Arch. Digital Media)_Site+M…“, posted with vodpod

Materialized surfaces
Wet shadows are on the surface as there have been brushstrokes. the reflections make a
contrast between the obviously improvised and appear as if the brushstrokes swift way of
applying the paint, as confirmed by the look of tiny splashes surrounding.
Pictorial surfaces are materialized through the surfaces of things as well as through the
properties of them. I look at this from the point that they speak, to form an acting
subject. But while being pictorial subjects, they are also the surfaces of actual things
because of the natural parts of shadows or darkness lurking behind and beneath them.

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Wind+Leave’s Movement

MariaLardi — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 10:54:50 +0000

more about "wind-leaves", posted with vodpod

Extracted text from concept….
’I remembered studying mathematics at school, algorithms, physics, lines with their equation to form a
curve, matrices etc. I thought what if the simple things in life, like the blowing of wind and the
effect it has on the movement of these plants could be explained in a complex equation or mathematical
code. It is very daring, yes, but still there is this mystery to it that makes it yet more interesting.’….
‘Do we move like the plants under wind? Change our rhythm and direction like the wind affects
those plants?’

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Conceptual

MariaLardi — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 08:32:53 +0000

About
M.A.A.D.M
MA Architecture & Digital Media

Location:Uni Westminster/
Day: Saturday-Sunday-All week/
Time:Production time/
Aim: Shoot the Weather!

From Photographic Workshop:
Confrontation of the necessarily limited frame of the photographic image with the seemingly boundless quality of the space of weather.

This confrontation aims to question the integrity, or appearance of integrity of the photographic image. It is also an attempt at a constructed, larger space, a space related to a common understanding of weather and therefore a social envelope.

………………##Local Wather##………………

Photographs of this first part of the project at my Flickr photostream.

The Photographs used as in presented order are :

Weather Theme
First weather experience on campus: grey skies. Windy afternoon and rain… I began my concept by thinking how to line up compositions. It was quite a foggy afternoon, and the campus scene was soaked in water, there was dampness and wind.
What does water and wind have in common besides being essential composition elements of weather…Movement. Wind can move water enhancing the texture of the ground and surfaces, making them look soft and light, and water in turn, flows from wind.
Thinking of movement, I looked at people and water . I glanced at individuals stepping out in the courtyard and it was as every movement began with one person and then the rest followed. I found an interaction between human activity and behaviour in relation to the effect weather elements enclose.
Respectively, water made the wet surfaces appear as if they were fabric and bendable when people were moving, and it seemed as if it was flowing with them.
To represent movement I walked around the courtyard, taking shots from different points and levels, but always focusing my camera straight. It reminded me of the most simple 3d drawing with its vanishing point and all the activity happening or all the objects taking place within the boundary of that point. Then, when the photographs are placed together, the contrast between the different levels and spaces, are obvious as in terms of showing the movement from a certain point to the other and the specific still position of the camera.
Moving at the back side of the campus, I took some shots of plants. I liked the way they moved to the rhythm of the wind. I remembered studying mathematics at school, algorithms, physics, lines with their equation to form a curve, matrices etc. I thought what if the simple things in life, like the blowing of wind and the effect it has on the movement of these plants could be explained in a complex equation or mathematical code. It is very daring, yes, but still there is this mystery to it that makes it yet more interesting.
Concurrently movement as in terms of the flow of weather elements, change of levels, and people around the campus, also to relates to the rhythm of the plans caused by wind. There is certainly a common behaviour between these factors that is worth examined. And there is no explanation of why and how, weather elements affect our movement and behaviour besides the, obvious for everyone fact, that affects our mood. But how about the way we move? And what about our perception of movement? How and why does weather influence what we see and how we reach for something? Do we move like the plants under wind? Change our rhythm and direction like the wind affects those plants? Is our flow of movement within the wet surfaces same as the leave’s flow under wind…?
Hm……

Interactive Animation Main image – Centre point ‘’act’’

The main courtyard image is the part to keep an eye on. Everything takes place in here. Is the place where movement within the chosen element happened, and it is the link to all other explorations.

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Thinking

MariaLardi — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 22:39:47 +0000

With the rise of various online technologies and the so called web 2.0, we are in the process of generating
digital identities. These identities can be refered to as self projections..the digital “mirror” image of ourselves. Inevitably, one raises the question of difference between projective self and the real self. This further leads on to how we may communicate in your environments using the image as an interface
and how these environments can be explored spatially and the relation of body to spatial projection
and your interface.
Current technological advances in web 2.0 and our interaction with them are very much limited to what we think of as a screen. The questions arise from what are the effects if these interfaces were transformed into spacial opportunities and how we may interact with them. With the rise of mobile platforms and RFID technologies (google or wiki it) location tagging, information about us has never been more trackable. We should be wondering how these technologies can be utilised further beyond the cliché of surveillance but rather as spatial opportunities for architects.

RIGOUR / CONSIDERATIONS / TAGS:
Interaction, interface, distance, motion, speed, dynamics, relationships, touch, position, people, person,
children, size, location, activity, route, start, end, journey, context, thinking, myspace, projection, sensor.
places to download open source flash scipts:
www.flashkit.com www.uncontrol.com

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Introduction

MariaLardi — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 22:15:45 +0000

PHOTO, SURFACE, INTERFACE AND INFORMATION AESTHETIC
In this part of the Site and Motion module of my MA in Architecture and Digital media at the University of Westminster, there was a digital production investigation by exploring information
technology and the notion of interface, it’s relationship to architecture and spatial opportunities it might provide.
To achieve this was via exploring 2D interactive animation and as a form of interface. The questions we asked were “What if surface could function as a living systems and allow computation
to vanish”. Through understanding of design of a wide range of mobile, wearable, networked, distributed and context-aware devices you the attempt was to design an event – a proposal for interactive surface controlled by a computer, used by an group (social) and operated by an interface.

Four elements played a part:
1 computer/machine
2 individual
3 interface
4 information
5 group

Considering the following:
Kinetic – In the form of moving bodies though space with particular kinetic energy. The body maintains
this kinetic energy unless its speed changes.
Cognitive – processing of information, applying knowledge and changing preferences, Cognition/
(cognitive processes) can be natural and artificial, conscious and not conscious.
Physical – Interaction and physical relationships

In the work you produced the following questions were critical:
1. What is interface and how is this related to architecture?
2. How do we navigate your interactive surface?
3. How does one make a choice and what are the consequences of those choices?
4. What is the system of navigation?
5. What are the starting points and end points if your designed journey.
6. What is the Journey?
7. How do you as designers govern the journey and how much of it is based on user’s decision
making.
8. How do you control user’s decision making.
9. What is the social aspect of your designed interaction

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