A man walks across this empty space whilst someone else is watching him, and this is all that is needed for an act of theatre.Peter Brook Introduction Our brief poses the question: can boredom and ‘optimal’ anxiety be effectively harnessed within a learning space for physical expression? With the amount of stimulus in present day … Continue reading Mid-Semester Crit [Presented Scheme]
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Stone Massing Concepts [Group work]
After gathering together our initial thoughts as a group, we needed to explore our various ideas in greater depth. To do this, we made massing models using the stones we collected (see them sorted into a draft taxonomy here). This was a way of not only using abstract masses to generally organise different spaces, but … Continue reading Stone Massing Concepts [Group work]
Initial Ideas (Part 2): Coming Together as a Group
Following on from the work completed individually, my group met to discuss our initial responses to the brief. Our ideas melded surprisingly well: there were several conceptual similarities between our ideas in terms of how we approached the anxiety/boredom theme of the brief, and each person had new details to add. The precedents that we … Continue reading Initial Ideas (Part 2): Coming Together as a Group
Initial Ideas
Having selected our brief and established our group, we individually worked on relaying our initial ideas onto paper. This was an important step, as we could sort through and consider our own thoughts first (and make these visible) without becoming muddled in an explosion of ideas in group discussion. This also made it easier to … Continue reading Initial Ideas
'What is a Wall?' & Other Questions 