work in progress

[build]ing

A few selected photos from the building process of the event 
 

Under Construction

Folly (Revised Version)

Updated Models, Tilting the correct way now

The Folly

The folly. White poles are the fluorescent lights. The empty white on the 2nd picture is the door.

Prototype Model

I finished making the prototype this afternoon. Here it is in all it's glory!! I have noticed a few design faults, but these will be easily fixed. I've given it a test run, there's just a few sand bags in it to hold it steady and it holds fine, so it won't need as much weight as we initially thought. One problem though, It is VERY heavy! we will probably have to substitute the 18mm ply for 12mm where we can.

the voids

Note: For Reference Only. Kindly note that these drawings and the dimensions of the cut-out/voids are not the "ultimate" final drawings as we always have to amend according to the CNC cutting. :)

Pamphlet for Sponsorship

Folly Design & Event Strategies [TSDG]

As a colours, black usually connotes death and darkness. But here in New Zealand, our sports teams wear black with a sense of pride. But to us, black is not just a colours; it is the absence of light. When black and white are inversed, the idea of positive and negative space becomes ambiguous. A void is created by the angled folly, to capture the 'black' space or the negative space between the folly and the shipping container. On the other side, the leaning folly projects a negative sense of the folly about to collapse onto the pathway. Lighting, attached to the scaffolding, is used to reveal the structure, as well as isolating the folly to give the illusion that it is floating on top of the container. When the lighting is inversed, the space between the folly and the shipping container will be lit up, giving emphasis to the void (the negative space).

















The idea of cut outs creating negative spaces was brought forward onto our event strategies. Our event design consists of black blocks with voids cut out to contain the dancers. The dancers are the 'black' that fill up the voids; as they leave the void, the negative space will be lit up. The contrast of the change between the voids being filled and emptied will be highlighted. The blocks will be spaced out accordingly to allow passerby to walk through and experience the space between each block. In the moment where all the dancers leave their blocks at the same time, the passerby will be overwhelmed by the sudden chaos crowding the pathway. Then back to silence. Having collaborated with the Dance Studies students, the voids are shaped in such a way that it creates a space for the dancers to be creative in exploring the possibilities of body positions in such a small space. When the blocks are aligned, the light from the voids will cut through the space. Till then, the black background will be highlighted and the negative space will no longer be the absence of light.







Gary Wang | Julia Loo | Tessa Song | Zee Shake Lee