Debate and discussion exists all around us, in every facet of life, from the Houses of Parliament and lecture halls to the pub and the dinner table. In every conversation people bring their own experiences, histories, beliefs and opinions to play and as a result the perception the discussion is subtly different. When these spheres collide, through the medium of dialogue, they engender creativity, allow for the exchange of ideas and broaden horizons.
My project explores the unique spaces created by conversation. This study has resulted in the creation of platforms to allow a space and method of engaging and interacting in a dialogue with others. Ultimately I hope the knowledge gained by my work will enable the production of mediators and facilitators for discussion.
Through these objects I want to encourage vocalising and development of individually held ideas and opinions through exposure to those of the collective.
Proper Photography from Tomas
Some examples of the untouched, uncropped photography for the catalogue.
Photography by Tomas Valenzuela Blejer. Going to get the proper versions from him next week. I was kind of disappointed to have only prototypes but Tomas did a really great job, my making skills just brought it down.
Photography by Tomas Valenzuela Blejer. Going to get the proper versions from him next week. I was kind of disappointed to have only prototypes but Tomas did a really great job, my making skills just brought it down.
wooden box
I made use of my dad's tools while I was home over the Easter weekend and made a wooden prototype finally. So now I need to get it used by people.
five boxes = five people
I wanted to see how things would work with more than two people so I made one for five, which I figured was a good number for a conversation. It raises ideas of intimacy and how it affects the conversation, and how close the space forces people to get. So the confessional box style object creates a certain difference while the helmet idea I've been playing with creates more of a separation between the two individuals involved in the conversation but more of an intimate connection between the next set of speakers.
Been thinking about the conversations cues, so would there be cards with points on, or if I did this voice recognition/live transcript thing could be read a line of the last conversation and then go from there?
anywho, pictures, unfortunately blurry:
Been thinking about the conversations cues, so would there be cards with points on, or if I did this voice recognition/live transcript thing could be read a line of the last conversation and then go from there?
anywho, pictures, unfortunately blurry:
words, a little unpolished
Project description: Debate and discussion exists all around us, in every facet of life, from the Houses of Parliament, to lecture halls, to the pub. To every conversation an individual brings their own experiences, histories, beliefs and opinions and as a result of this, they will perceive the discussion in subtly different ways. When these various spheres collide through the medium of dialogue they engender creativity, allow for the exchange of ideas and a broadening of horizons.
My project explores the unique spaces created by conversation. This study has resulted in the creation of platforms to allow individuals a space and a method of engaging and interacting in a dialogue with others. Ultimately I hope the knowledge gained by my work will enable the production of mediators and facilitators for discussion.
Through these objects I want to encourage vocalising and development of individually held ideas and opinions through exposure to those of the collective.
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and a quick chat with Matt while asking him for MA references:
pushing the materiality of the object, various iterations
Matt/Jimm/Laura project: seven prototypes of the same object but do different things
look at object in different ways, different materials etc
My project explores the unique spaces created by conversation. This study has resulted in the creation of platforms to allow individuals a space and a method of engaging and interacting in a dialogue with others. Ultimately I hope the knowledge gained by my work will enable the production of mediators and facilitators for discussion.
Through these objects I want to encourage vocalising and development of individually held ideas and opinions through exposure to those of the collective.
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
and a quick chat with Matt while asking him for MA references:
pushing the materiality of the object, various iterations
Matt/Jimm/Laura project: seven prototypes of the same object but do different things
look at object in different ways, different materials etc
maybe it's just a fence
back to basics [of form that is... making has always been basic. time for a change.]
bad photography and it needs human interaction to mean anything.
bad photography and it needs human interaction to mean anything.
Sketchbook work
Been trying to work out some stuff through drawing, but I spoke to Luke for a bit today as I need to figure some stuff out, and he was saying that if I want to make it this service [which gives it a context] then maybe the most important thing I need to work out is the discussion cues and how they work, rather than what the actual thing is. So if I decide it isn't this canvassing/recording service then it's more about the actual object and how discussion happens in that, but then obviously this would need a revised context and reason for being or maybe it could just literally be a space for discussion which is placed in contexts. They're both kind of similar aims though, I guess, just one seems more playful than the other. Another point was that the audience/broadcasting idea kind of detracts from the whole confessional idea so scrapping that.
I was thinking though... if I do have this provoker/devils advocate person in one side of the confessional booth will it detract from the flow of conversation? I don't think it would be as organic, but if I didn't have them, would discussion happen at all? Or would it just be two people in a box feeling kind of awkward? And do I want it to be a continuous conversation, so two people begin, one person leaves and someone else comes in and then the first person leaves so another person comes in or is it just snap shots, so both have to come out and then a new pair goes in and in that case is there just one over-arching question/topic or lot's of little ones? Or will the fact it's people on a constant rotation mean that every new person takes the conversation forwards and/or into a new area. I'm inclined to trust to the latter as it's more in line with my project but I have no idea whether that will happen or not.
Also I was wondering if it should work for more than two people, whether that would be better... like an ideal conversation number. maybe it's three...
anywho, sketchbook stuff, yay:
I was thinking though... if I do have this provoker/devils advocate person in one side of the confessional booth will it detract from the flow of conversation? I don't think it would be as organic, but if I didn't have them, would discussion happen at all? Or would it just be two people in a box feeling kind of awkward? And do I want it to be a continuous conversation, so two people begin, one person leaves and someone else comes in and then the first person leaves so another person comes in or is it just snap shots, so both have to come out and then a new pair goes in and in that case is there just one over-arching question/topic or lot's of little ones? Or will the fact it's people on a constant rotation mean that every new person takes the conversation forwards and/or into a new area. I'm inclined to trust to the latter as it's more in line with my project but I have no idea whether that will happen or not.
Also I was wondering if it should work for more than two people, whether that would be better... like an ideal conversation number. maybe it's three...
anywho, sketchbook stuff, yay:
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