An update
TS Tutorial:
My TS tutorial with John Noel was really helpful. He understood most of my project (barring the view of the basement - he doesnt think the whole tube angle is working for me and thinks it could be reworked to better suit my project). He did say something very interesting when looking at my embedded staircases by questioning how they could be nested not just in space but also in time. I really like this idea since it relates to my Re-con which collapsed space and time whereas the landmark inflates them. The nesting of space and time means not only how spaces can sit within one another but how the same space can operate at multiple scales and be perceived in a multitude of ways over time.
one idea that we discussed was a hinged stair whereby the stair can operate on multiple scales and keep changing its configuration over time depending on the amount and placement of hinges.
Since the jury, Ive been thinking a lot about what my landmark is.
I was re-reading parts of the Surreal House especially the section on the portable house which made me think that the landmark of home becomes a boite-en-valise of memories - a miniature, not-quite replicated collection of all our lived experiences.
Joseph Cornell. Untitled (Bird Box) c.1948
Also, continuing in the line of what Tom Weaver was saying at my jury regarding evidence or found objects: "If the surreal house is a found object, la maison trouvee, then the egg must surely be one of its most wondrous incarnations. And the cage, the ultimate symbol of confinement, also a home for birds, has particular resonance across the entire surrealist spectrum." I dont yet know how this will be helpful for my project - perhaps the symbolism or the idea of the house itself as a found object?
