The Intersection continued (WIP)
Thinking about the intersection and how intersections can be different things to different people. The reminded me of the HSBC advertising campaign whereby one image said many words.
This is an interesting thought for the intersection since depending on how one approaches it and where the other routes lead can depend on its reading.
Building on my tutorial with Alex & Natasha, led me to begin to think about 2 ways in which the intersection can be approached.
1. Intersections are usually thought of in an x-y axis but in fact when applying an intersection to a cube - like i have attempted in my recon, the x-y axis gains the z axis. This reminded me of the Escher painting which I have also transformed into a cube adding a further dimension to it.
I can rearrange this precedent to make the cube relate to intersection which becomes the room - It's taking the basic concept of intersection amplifying it. A single cube can be navigated through but imagine creating more 'intersectional' cubes and aligning them or rearranging them, one can create an endless amount of different options to navigate though, giving also the option of expansion (like the gridded city).
2. At each intersection the viewer of my project will be presented with all or some of the following scenarios. collision, attraction, confusion, diversion.
For example:
COLLISION could be when two exhibits clearly clash (e.g. Anti fur art exhibition next to stuffed animals collection)
CONFUSION could be if one path led to another where there was no relevance
DIVERSION could be when someone changed their trajectory for something more interesting.
ATTRACTION could be following the relevant paths of a specific exhibition that have a clear link to one another.
Because of the decisions faced at every intersection the museum or city experience becomes personal and self guided.
These two points can be related if the cubes become the intersection at a larger scale.
Hope I havnt babbled on too much I will try and draw a diagram explaining this concept better. (hopefully before tomorrow).
Just in short - the room is the cube - the universe might be a tower of cubes or a field of cubes....everytime one cube connects with another its created more and more intersections which are ultimately created new trajectories.
The collections or trajectories may become something more personal to me rather then the art at the hermitage....this is all TIP AND WIP, but some interesting thoughts nonetheless
p.s. Can someone tell me the difference between Keywords and Tags in the blog?
