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===working statement 23.10.12=== | ===working statement 23.10.12=== | ||
I would like to look at how ideas of tangible and intangible histories and cultural 'matierals' can be considered, interrogated, and reimagined, through strategies other than typical museum and/or collection-related, | I would like to look at how ideas of tangible and intangible histories and cultural 'matierals' can be considered, interrogated, and reimagined, through strategies other than typical museum and/or collection-related, authoritative positions. | ||
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In some ways, '''architecture can be as much a barrier to culture and heritage as a supporting mechanism for it'''. It can restrict access to tangible objects while creating an unnecessary container for intangible ones. This is particularly the case when we need to pay entry to museums and art galleries, when their opening hours are restrictive, when they are crowded or unappealing, when they do not meet the needs of certain groups, and when collection items are not available for public viewing. As well, the need to 'build something' is sometimes not possible on sites of intrinsic cultural and historical value. | In some ways, '''architecture can be as much a barrier to culture and heritage as a supporting mechanism for it'''. It can restrict access to tangible objects while creating an unnecessary container for intangible ones. This is particularly the case when we need to pay entry to museums and art galleries, when their opening hours are restrictive, when they are crowded or unappealing, when they do not meet the needs of certain groups, and when collection items are not available for public viewing. As well, the need to 'build something' is sometimes not possible on sites of intrinsic cultural and historical value. | ||
During the next weeks I will undertake a number of loose experiments around the idea of ''' 'barrier free' culture and heritage''' sites. | During the next weeks I will undertake a number of loose experiments around the idea of ''' 'barrier free' culture and heritage''' sites. Particularly interested in intangible, immaterial cultural qualities. | ||
===Sketch for an Fauvist Retreat=== | ===Sketch for an Fauvist Retreat=== | ||
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===Sketch for Morning Chorus=== | ===Sketch for Morning Chorus=== | ||
Interested in the | Interested in the intangible elements of the New Zealand landscape, including the idea of a recent pre-historic past, Maori and Polynesian mythology and other non-material concepts (such as [http://www.maoridictionary.co.nz/index.cfm?dictionaryKeywords=whakapapa&search.x=0&search.y=0&n=1&idiom=&phrase=&proverb=&loan= whakapapa] and [http://http://www.maoridictionary.co.nz/index.cfm?dictionaryKeywords=mauri&search.x=0&search.y=0&n=1&idiom=&phrase=&proverb=&loan= mauri]) and extinct species. These elements are not necessarily mutually exclusive. For example, the evocation of certain extinct species, also evokes a pre-historic or pre-European history as well as the modern-day mythology that these species have come to be a part of. | ||
I'm interested in how to bring certain species out of the museum and back into their original forest habitat. One of the most emotive ways to do so, would be to bring their song, the sounds of the extinct birds, back into the wider forest chorus. Including the fantastic and bewildering sounds of the great Haasts Eagle flying, nesting, and hunting. This could be achieved through a kind of remote digital sound landscape, which can be tuned into by users. | I'm interested in how to bring certain species out of the museum and back into their original forest habitat. One of the most emotive ways to do so, would be to bring their song, the sounds of the extinct birds, back into the wider forest chorus. Including the fantastic and bewildering sounds of the great Haasts Eagle flying, nesting, and hunting. This could be achieved through a kind of remote digital sound landscape, which can be tuned into by users. | ||
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J. W. v Goethe statuette. Purchased from the Weimar Tourist Information, Schillerstraße. Statuette is made of plastic and is of a generic nature. | J. W. v Goethe statuette. Purchased from the Weimar Tourist Information, Schillerstraße. Statuette is made of plastic and is of a generic nature. | ||
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mask development | mask development | ||
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examples of some of the initial 35 masks made, also experimenting with photographing the masks | examples of some of the initial 35 masks made, also experimenting with photographing the masks | ||
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document of a freshly set mask | |||
==installation tests== | ==installation tests== | ||
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