ARCH1142 Third Rotation

The last workshop I enrolled in was Architecture in Motion, with Meeray Ghaly and Lara O'Reilly.

My first attempt at composing a stop motion film.

A story board of the opening scene in my movie, as the scene constructs itself.

Another scene as the ceiling cuts away from the scene to reveal a night sky behind.

Spatial Narrative:

"Down the suspended marble walkway, you notice the columns to your right and left extending below and above it. As you look up the heavily arched ceiling dissipates and the columns extend into the night sky. Realising the empowering strength of the columns, you yearn to exit this unreality, but as you look ahead, the columns have somehow returned to their original position. Is your mind deceiving you?"

The final movie consisting of 20 seconds, 76 stills.

Final Thoughts: This workshop was the most entertaining of the three, using a medium such as film to explore and architectural space. I enjoyed the notion that constructive criticism was brought about by not only the tutors, but by students as well. Also, this workshop gave me the opportunity to continually explore the skills I had acquired in the previous workshops. However, to improve this workshop would be to include more one on one time with the tutors, so a personal sense of feedback is established. This workshop began was interesting, entertaining, and felt like a collaborative group effort, as insipration was drawn for viewing other students works and reflecting on my own.

ARCH1142 Second Rotation

The next workshop I enrolled in was Fluid Thoughts to Actions, with Chrissie Ianssen and Anton Pulvirenti.

First ever experience using charcoal to draw the Sydney Opera House.

Gradually moving around the Opera House and drawing the different perspectives to portray fluidity.

A landscape looking down and across from level six of The Red Centre.

Interpretation of a text we were given by another student:

"There is a clean, cold tap as the heels of your boots step on the sterile tiles. They are of obsidian so black that they mirror the fountains on the roof. The orthogonal tunnel is long. Very long. The lights within each fountain provide a linear direction but the sheer length has the shadows engulfing these in the distance. In sharp contrast to the smooth, dark hallway that you are in, the row of fountains along the corridor are rounded and domed, as heavily ornamented as a roman artisan’s masterpiece and constructed by coarse, white granite. As if by some unfathomable power, the water spray falls towards the ceiling in the most natural manner. Is gravity playing a cruel trick on you?"

Both collaborative drawings, of a possible landscape looking through the stairs on level six of The Red Centre, followed by a landscape originally consisting of four very seperate drawings.

A select collection of A4 charcoal drawings that were completed over the course of the workshop.

Final Thoughts: This workshop proved to be the most challenging in terms of stepping out of my comfort zone and building confidence in a skill that I acknowledge is quite weak. Fluid motions gave me a large confident boost in my drawing technique. The introduction of charcoal as a staple drawing tool provided me with the ability to draw evocatively and full of emotion was achieved. A small negative of the workshop was the lack of tutor feedback, which didn't really warrent larger improvements throughout the drawing. However, this workshop provided me with confidence and the ability to trust in my drawing abilities.