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also i don’t fucking know where the time goes sometimes, god—i got out of class at 4 and got coffee, and then talked to el for ten minutes, and then wrote that last post and went to collect my bike, and… now it’s 6 o’clock? that is not a list of things that should have taken two hours! disconcerting and disheartening tbh. 🤔
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What is real really? Perhaps it’s a perception.
What is left once we shed our delusions and falsehoods? Do you truly know what you are without your mask?
Odilon Redon on Images in Images
The meaning of mystery is to be always in ambiguity, with double, triple aspects; in the hints of aspect (images in images), forms which will be, or which become according to the state of mind of the beholder. All things become more than suggestive because they appear. ...All my originality consists in bringing fantastic beings to life by making them plausible, and, as much as possible, in putting the logic of the visible at the service of the invisible.
-Odilon Redon
Drawing...again
For the last phase of our project we are supposed to draw from the pictures we took, our 3D object, or a combination of both. Over the weekend I decided to start working on it so I could get some feedback in class. When I came into class, I had 5 buildings drawn and a bunch of circles drawn in a target style in the sky. My idea behind the circles in the sky was to have the illusion of a vortex, overcoming the picture with so much information your brain doesn't know what to do first. The problem was that it looked too plain. Then Michael showed me some of Sarah Morris's work, which helped a lot. Morris has done work with buildings and geometric shapes that portray space in an unconventional way. Looking at her one piece in particular (it is posted below) I saw similarities to the multiple reflections in the buildings that I had left out of my drawing. After I saw that I realized that I needed to put the reflections in, they are the whole point of the project. After I came to that realization I added in more layers of reflected buildings and came up with this first drawing. When I scanned the picture into photoshop I had the idea to make lines in the circles, dividing it up like a toxic symbol. The lines, I believe, help to tie the sky into the rest of the picture. Im still toying with the idea of adding color, so far this is what it looks like.
When I finished adding color to the picture I drew, this is what it looked like. Although I like the way the colors look, I prefer the simplicity of the black and white picture. The colors don't have much meaning other than conveying the slightly dizzying effect of the city.
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3D Feedback
In class today we looked over the projects that were "finished". I put finished in quotes because the project is not due for another week and there is always room for revision. I found a few issues with my project today, but I got some good feedback in class. One problem I was noticing is that if you view my project through the hole in the bottom, when you move your eye around you can clearly see all the reflections and I am very happy with the way that turned out. The issue is that when you stick a camera in there, it doesn't roll to the right angle like your eyeball can. A few people made suggestions to use a fisheye lens or to make the hole bigger so the lens has more room to achieve the right angle. I will definitely try out these suggestions. All I can do now is to hope for the best and hope that all that work doesn't go to waste.
Building the Buildings
Last time I started laying out the tiles and I realized I needed a lot more to fill the 5 sides I needed to fill. I decided to make five buildings instead of six: three smaller buildings and two larger ones. I think the two different sizes with different tiled mirror patterns will make it varied enough but it will still be balanced. After I layed out all the tiles, I started to glue them on. Once the glue dried I decided to test out my glass cutter. The first tile went fine. The edge wasn't straight but it was close enough to the edge of the building that I think it was ok. As I moved up the building to the smaller pieces, the tiles started to either split in the wrong direction, broke off in the right place but shattered the rest of the tile too, or just completely come off the building. After about the third time that happened I was getting frustrated to say the least. This happened many times as I worked my way up and down each side of the front face for each building. Eventually I got the hang of the glass cutter. After I finished with the mirror tiles, I moved on to covering the sides, tops, and backs with aluminum foil. To keep the shine similar to the mirrors I glued the foil so the shiny side was facing outward. Once the sides were covered I was able to start assembling the buildings. I worked from front to back, gluing the sides to the front, then the back to the sides, and finally gluing the top in place. After repeating this process four times, I had all my buildings. Next, I took a piece of foam board and cut a circular hole in the middle. The idea behind that being that once I am ready to photograph the piece I will be able to take the photo as if I am in the street. This will help to force the perspective that the buildings are life size, or at least very large. I chose not to glue the buildings to the base so that when I photograph it I have the option of moving the buildings around to optimize the illusion.
Making the 3D Perspective
In class today I started off with the idea of making the buildings out of mirrors on the inward facing sides and aluminum on the rest. With the mirrors only on the inside the reflection will still create the illusion that there are a lot of buildings without having to cover every side with them. The aluminum will keep up the color scheme and will still be slightly reflective but not to the extent of the mirrored sides. When I was talking with Vicky she mentioned that it would be easier to work with foam cord and just glue the mirrors and aluminum onto the structures after they are made. So, I cut out the sides of one of the buildings in class and sanded the side and top edges to a 45 degree angle. The angle will help give me a clean edge when I assemble the structures. Once I had the one sanded I started to cut out more. Im figuring I will need about 6 to fill the space. I have 4 buildings cut out and today I went to buy the materials to cover them. I bought mirror tiles and started to lay them out to see how they covered the space. Im thinking that I will start with the bigger tiles at the bottom of the skyscrapers and will work my way up to the smaller ones to continue with the perspective.
