meggy laguda
site seeing; interior sequence
What is the focus of your brief in relation to cinematic spaces?
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Tracking movement
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Leading viewer into a space
What do you know about your project, and how are you going to articulate that?
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I want this to be a reflection of my experience in the site, sharing my experience to others as a sort of lesson of safety in the city I suppose
What specific community is your design proposal in service of?
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The public - especially those without street smarts lol
How did your cinematic device document the site
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through a kinetograph, visual of a moving subject
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through a lens that allowed the light to pass through
And how did you respond insightfully to those findings?
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I responded to the typically unseen portions of the site and brought attention to them
What are the key thresholds/scene transitions in your proposal?
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across fort lane leading to the entrance of imperial lane and then to the dark inside of imperial
And how do you relate these to cinematic scene transitions? -
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Through the use of tracking shots
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And the use of over the shoulder shots - however this perspective would be captured by the actual viewer looking at the facade I propose
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How does your proposed design active the site as a public space?
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as it in an installed sculpture art which begins outside the site, it invites public into the space, humouring them to watch out for the next part of the sculpture
How are you exploring surface conditions as an integral part of your design?
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though semi transparent materials that take on properties of its surrounding environment: e.g. mesh, mirrors, semi see through fabrics
What has emerged from your material design processes?
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I’ve found myself working with darker materials and ones that often pick up on light whether it lets the light pass through or lets the light subtly reflect off the surface.
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BRIEF DRAFT
With rising crime in Auckland City, it becomes more and more unappealing to visit. A fair share of these crimes have happened to me, my partner and my property - one usually watchful and the other well accustomed to how the city used to be, pre-covid times. Three hooded figures which stalked us before grabbing my partner and making demands, walking off and passing property between the three seen and another three unseen by our eyes.
Playing on the childish psyche - a mix between playful exploration and paranoid imagination - the dark looming figures invite the public through curiosity while also triggering a state of awareness of surroundings.
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Reports of crime in Auckland CBD:
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/fort-st-sexed-up/EUIXB4ZWUINYIY7D4HAIZGMQ5Q/
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Wednesday Session; rethinking the brief
As now we have to create not just an installation but rather make it an event space of some form, I’d like to still continue with my preview idea with added complexities. I think as a form of safety, there is the saying of strength in numbers. I’d like this to be a space where people are continuously circling in and out, there are always people here while that sense of being watched is still continuing. I'm not entirely sure of the event that will run but the story is still there and I just have to figure out how to make these work in harmony.