CONTENT / What it is relevant on Architecture and Art, talking about objects is the matter. Matter as a physical substance that create atmospheres, relations and light.
The proposal for the workshop is to create matter with lines. MARBLE IS A HARD ROCK THAT HAS A PATTERN OF LINES GOING THROUGH IT THAT CAN BE POLISHED TO BECOME SMOOTH AND SHINY. Using the definition of Marble, we are going to create matter with a pattern of lines that could be smooth and shiny.
AIMS / To understand the presence of the matter in our projects.
To relate drawings, physical models and video as a way to produce an architectonical_artistic project.
METHOD / The students will use the drawing to create matter. We will draw lines and model them to create a space as a matter.
Finding opportunities of Multimedia Dawing_Model_Video relationships to start with a project.
Part 1: Draw. Individual Work.
Select a piece of marble and draw the lines that constitute the matter of the stone.
BIBLIOGRAPHY / “Power of ten”. Charles and Ray Eames:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0fKBhvDjuy0&t=14s
Part 2: Model. Group Work.
Transform the lines into a three_dimensional object.
BIBLIOGRAPHY / “Cloud Cities and Solar balloon travel”. Tomas Sarraceno:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=61fybvkZiDE
Part 3: Video. Group Work.
Find a Program that matches with the matter of our project.
BIBLIOGRAPHY / Silk Pavilion – Mediated Matter Group, Media Lab, Massachusetts Institute of Technology:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tnH1C5rJ94k
SCHEDULE / Easter Workshop:
29 -31 March
EASTER 1-12 April
13-16 April
EVALUATION / Jury: UOU professors. 1st, 2nd and 3rd prize.
Alicante University (SPAIN) / Joaquín Alvado Bañón (joaquin.alvado@ua.es)
+ Javier Sánchez Merina (jsm@ua.es)