EXPERIMENT 2 - THE EDGE: Quotes by the 3 Clients

These are quotes by each of the three clients: Jane Goodall, Florence Nightingale and Stephen Hawking, describing their ideas.

Jane Goodall:
"Each one of us must take responsibility for our own lives, and above all, show respect and love for living things around us, especially each other. Together we must reestablish our connections with the natural world and with the Spitiual Power that is around us."

(Jane Goodall: Reason for Hope, 2000, documentary, Australian Broadcasting Corporation, Sydney)

Florence Nightingale:
"Apprehension, uncertainty, waiting, expectation, fear of surprise, do a patient more harm than any exertion."

(Said What? 2007, SaidWhat?, United Kingdom, accessed 15 April 2008, <http://www.saidwhat.co.uk/quotes/famous/florence_nightingale>

Stephen Hawking:
"If we do discover a complete theory, it should in time be understandable in broad principle by everyone, not just a few scientists. Then we shall all, philosophers, scientists, and just ordinary people, be able to take part in the discussion of the question of why it is that we and the universe exist."

(Hawking, S 1988, A brief history of time: from the Big Bang to Black Holes, Bantam Press, London)

Youtube: 3 Animations of Final SketchUp Model

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PH_IOXsFdl8

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Xu0XFPjdJQ

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GjPWPlmvDLQ

FINAL SKETCHUP MODEL

Above: Patricia Piccinini's studo - word used: 'modernise'
Ground - Gallery
Below - Sidney Nolan's studio - word used: explode'

YouTube Video Related to my Experiment

My video shows the movement of a golf ball rolling down a staircase made from CD's protuding from a CD rack, serving as the steps. As the golf ball rolls down, it undertakes different materials and textures.The video then makes a transition to an animation of my SketchUp model, particularly focussing on the stairs.

Descriptions of Two Artists' Works

Patricia Piccinini - "The Young Family"

Piccinini’s work employs the materials of silicone, acrylic, human hair, leather and timber. Being a contemporary artwork, Piccinini’s “The Young Family” incorporates the use of variety of unique materials, such as human hair. Her work embodies a sense of nurture among the family, however, there is also a sense of grotesqueness through the artificiality of the animals with humanly features. Moreover, incorporating real human hair into the work creates a peculiar atmosphere. Piccinini would have made this sculpture by carefully making the shape of the animals through moulding, such as the technique used in ceramics.

Sidney Nolan - "Stringybark Creek"

Nolan’s work is made out of N’Ripolin on strawboard. This work is painted with dry brushstrokes through the technique of scumbling. Nolan employs a variety of colours, most prominently, blue, earth red, black, white and green, painted in a wild and gestural manner. Nolan’s work focuses on the natural environment, especially depicting the dry and harshness of Australia’s landscape. Also, the thickness of the paint suggests that Nolan may have used palette knives to spread the paint directly onto the work, and spreading it out.

2 Textures Imported into my SketchUp Model

These are the two textures I have imported into my SketchUp model. The 'smooth' texture is used for Patricia Piccinini's studio, and the 'natural' textre is used for Sidney Nolan's studio.

SMOOTH

NATURAL

SketchUp Model with Textures

36 Textures

SketchUp Model of Stairs

This staircase is made out of stone, with the balustrades made out of transparent glass.


This staircase is made out of timber with the 'strings' made out of heavy metal wire.

Stair Sketches

Stairs Sections

This is a section sketch of Carlo Scarpa's stairs.

18 Sketch Sections

Sketch Up Design Models

Front View

Back View

Description of Clients' Artworks

SIDNEY NOLAN
Stringybark Creek
1945
N'Ripolin on strawboard
63.4 x 76.1cm

Noun: noise
Verb: explode
Adjective: wild

RICKY SWALLOW
iMan Prototypes (edition of 3)
2001
pigmented resin

Noun: technology
Verb: modernise
Adjective: deathly





PATRICIA PICCININI
The Young Family
2002-3
silicone, acrylic, human hair, leather, timber

Noun: science
Verb: nurture
Adjective: grotesque

Original Photograph

Greg Bachmayer
"Boogie Rock"
PVC piping and lead weights

I took this photograph at the annual Sculpture by the Sea exhibition at Bondi. As I walked past the sculptures, I was captivated by the brilliance of vivid colours - pink, yellow, blue, purple and white. The combination of these colours, along with its placement on the contrasting, dark colour of the cliff's surface made it even more striking.
The geometric patterns created by the PVC pipes onto the natural environment made the surrounding nature part of this artwork.

Inspirational Buildings

I watched a TV program called "Grand Designs", which showcases complex and unusual architectural house-building projects. On one of its episodes, it showed an elderly couple who shipped a customised German post-and-beam house designed by architect, Peter Huf. They were inspired by Piet Mondrian's Composition artworks, incorporating this aspect into their house design. I was inspired by their architectural design of the house, reflecting the geometric lines of Mondrian's artworks on their exterior and interior of the house. The intergration of artistic touches with the architectural designs and structures has inspired me to become an architect.

Best Artworks from High School

This etching of my school shoe portrays one of my memorable objects during high school.
Through etching, I wanted to emphasise the weary lines of a worn out school shoe through the use of cross-hatching techniques. In addition, through printmaking I was able to contrast the black-and-white colours of the ink and the hahnemuhle paper. The use of minimal colours reflects the characteristics of an ordinary school shoe - simple and humble.




I produced this installation during high school as part of an environmental art. Using everyday objects, I made small, lifeless cotton buds into a monumetal-like structure that blended well with the natural environment. In particular, I took this photograph in a way that made the ordinary cotton buds seem larger than life through a close-up shot.




This is one of the artworks of my 7 piece HSC collection of works. This oil painting portrays our inevitable relationship with nature. Similar to naturally reading the newspaper everyday, we cannot avoid nature being an integral part of our lives. In this painting, I was inspired by the Pointillism techniques of using small, colourful dots to create an optical art. Furthermore, using myself as the model, and incorporating my home, as well as the newspaper, I made the subject matter more personal for me.