Showing posts with label Use a Building as a Screen. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Use a Building as a Screen. Show all posts

8 December 2011

Use a Building as a Screen

"Use a Building as a Screen"




Artist Research:
Zaha Hadid
John Hutton & John Piper (Coventry Cathedral)


Other research:
LG Optimus advertising on the Kulturbrauerei building in Berlin:




I particularly liked the etchings on the screen of Saints & Angels - Coventry Cathedral, and the idea of using the windows/glass as way to use (part of) a building as a screen.  The idea of creating work that can be very subtle.

I thought that I could use a building to screen my own work.

This is an architectural model illustration - I have used the idea of eching my designs and projecting some of my pictures from the field guide project 'Create a work that moves from one place to another'.






I tried projecting a slide show of some of my ink photos onto the studio wall, to see if the ink patterns adapted a more 3D feel.  This could be better if the images were cropped to the same size to create a better flow.



After much discussion at my group crit, and trying various methods,techniques & ideas I felt as though I could not complete this project to achieve the results I wanted.  Originally it linked well with 'make a work that moves from one place to another' but as my ideas developed for that project I felt as though this project was no longer developing, and so decided to focus on my other 3 projects, leaving this as it stands.




7 November 2011

Coventry Cathedral

My first thought for 'Use a Building as a Screen' was to look at Coventry Cathedral.  This is an incredible building, with so much history behind it.  It was designed by Sir Basil Spence and filled with art from leading artists at the time including; Graham Sutherland, John Piper, John Hutton, Sir Jacob Epstein, Elizabeth Frink and Ralph Beyer.

John Piper designed the captivating stain glass baptistry window.



The entrance to the building is through the Screen of Saints and Angels - 70ft x 45ft screen of glass etchings designed by John Hutton.  









Zaha Hadid

Zaha Hadid - an architect who pushes the boundaries between architecture and urban design.  Her work ranges from urban scale through to products, interiors and furniture.

A large use of curved features give her architectural designs a feeling of fluidity and movement.